Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea.
A Noun
pretty, silly, smart, blue, hard, cold, wooden, smooth
Adjectives
superhero
common
Find the simple subject in the following sentence:
"Daniel drove to the market."
Daniel
The dog, the cat, and the gerbil.
Fragment
An Action (you can DO it)
Verb
Nouns
Mayor Garcia
proper
Name the predicate in the following sentence:
Alex jumped into the cold water.
"jumped"
Tell whether the following sentence is complete or a fragment:
Daniel drove.
Complete
Describes a noun
Adjective
and, for, but, so
Conjunction
"They visited Target yesterday."
Is "Target" a common or proper noun?
Proper
Find the subject AND predicate in the following sentence:
Isaiah watched anime all night.
Subject: Isaiah
Predicate: Watched
Tell whether the following sentence is a run on, complete, or a fragment:
Jose wrote his paper he put his pencil away.
Run-On
*For 100 extra Points, CORRECT IT*
Describes a Verb
Adverb
he, him, his, her, hers, she, they, theirs, them
Pronouns
"Have you seen your grandma lately?"
Is "grandma" a proper or common noun?
Common
Find the subject in the following sentence:
Yahir and Rafael took a tour of the museum.
"Yahir and Rafael"
Tell whether the following sentence is complete, a fragment, or a run on. If it is not complete, correct it!
Violet and Enrique got in trouble at the school today.
Complete
Takes the place of a Noun
Pronoun
Verbs (To Be)
"Can eat at the new Italian restaurant tonight?"
Which word in the sentence is a proper adjective?
"Italian"
Find the predicate in the following sentence:
Batman grabbed and threw his Batarang.
Correct the following run-on sentence:
The students were silent the teacher wrote on the whiteboard.
"The students were silent. The teacher wrote on the whiteboard."
"The students were silent, (and) the teacher wrote on the board."
Teacher will decide whether you are correct!