The acronym for the words for, and, nor, but, or, yet and so
What is FANBOYS?
Modal, Linking, Auxiliary and Main
What is a verb?
commonly ends in -ly
What is an adverb?
A, an & the
What is an article?
A sentence containing one independent clause
What is a simple sentence?
A word that connects nouns, pronouns or phrases to other words within a sentence
What is a preposition?
The name of a student
What is a proper noun?
a word used to describe a noun
What is an adjective?
A clause that can stand alone
What is an Independent Clause?
Ruby aced the exam because she studied all night.
What is a compound sentence?
A word used to connect clauses, phrases or sentences
What is a conjunction?
a word used to identify any class of people, places or things.
What is a noun?
What are the adjectives in this sentence?
I planted orange flowers in the round pot.
What is orange and round?
A clause that needs help
What is a dependent clause?
The four different types of sentence
What is simple, complex, compound and compound-complex?
When the exam is going to be...
What is last lesson, week 8?
A clue to figure out when something is happening in a sentence
What is verb tense?
Adverbs are used to describe what kinds of words
What is verb, adjective, preposition, article or clause?
BONUS ROUND: You ask the class a question and choose who answers it.
If they get it wrong, you get a prize. If they get it right, they get a prize. Choose wisely
You MUST be able to answer your own question.
Every sentence must have
What is a capital letter and a full stop/end punctuation?
What is coordinating, subordinating and correlative?
What are the eight types of nouns?
What is Proper, collective, concrete, abstract, countable, pronoun, common and compound?
Which of these words is an adverb?
1. Costly, 2. Fully, 3. Secretly
What is costly?
Must always contain a subject and a predicate
What is a clause?
Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.
What is a complex sentence?