Parts of Speech & Syntax
This part of speech describes an action or a state of being.
What is a Verb?
If something is very easy to do, you might say it is a "piece of" this dessert.
What is Cake?
This punctuation mark is used at the end of a sentence that asks a question.
What is a Question Mark? (?)
Use this version of "There/Their/They're" to indicate a location.
What is There?
This is a word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word.
What is a Synonym?
This is the plural form of the word "Mouse.
What is Mice?
To "let the cat out of the bag" means to do this.
What is to reveal a secret?
This mark is used to show possession (e.g., "The cat's toy").
What is an Apostrophe? (')
This word sounds like "Brake" but refers to something shattering into pieces.
What is Break?
This prefix means "again," as in "redo" or "reappear."
What is Re-?
In the sentence "She ran quickly," this is the part of speech for the word "quickly."
What is an Adverb?
If you are feeling "under the weather," you are feeling this.
What is 'sick' (or 'unwell')?
These are used to set off a direct quote or dialogue.
What are Quotation Marks? (" ")
Choose the correct word: "I have (too/to/two) many assignments."
What is Too?
This is a word that means the exact opposite of another word.
What is an Antonym?
This type of noun always starts with a capital letter because it names a specific person, place, or organization.
What is a Proper Noun?
This "metallic" idiom means to find a positive aspect in a bad situation.
What is a silver lining?
This mark is used to join two independent clauses that are closely related without using a conjunction like "and."
What is a Semicolon? (;)
This word sounds like "Weather" but is used to introduce a choice between two options.
What is Whether?
The Latin root "Aud" (as in Audience or Audio) refers to this sense.
What is Hearing?
This is the term for a "naming word" derived from a verb that functions as a noun and ends in "-ing" (e.g., "Swimming is fun").
What is a Gerund?
To "burn the midnight oil" means to do this.
What is to work late into the night?
This mark is used to introduce a list or an explanation.
What is a Colon? (:)
This word means "to influence or produce a change," whereas "Effect" is usually the result itself.
What is Affect?
This 11-letter word describes a word that is spelled the same way forwards and backwards (e.g., "Racecar").
What is a Palindrome?