Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

100

I represent a person, place or thing.

What is a noun?

200

I am an action.

What is a verb?

300

I provide description in a sentence but I do not end with -ly.

What is an adjective?

400

I end in -ly and also help describe things.

What is an adverb?

500

If you don't know someone's name or don't like someone you might use me to refer to them.

What is a pronoun?

Punctuation

100

When you are done with your thought you'd better use me or all your sentences will run together.

What is a period?

200

If you are naming a lot of stuff you would use me so that your poor reader can take a breath.

What is a comma?

300

I am very inquisitive--much like an owl.

What is the question mark?

400

When you get really, really excited you might use me.

What is an exclamation point?

500

I can be used to take the place of a vowel, to show possession but I am not a quotation mark--that's my cousin.

What is an apostrophe?

Synonym/Antonym

100

I am the opposite of a word.

What is an antonym?

200

I am the same as another word.

What is a synonym?

300

slow and fast, plus and minus are examples of this.

What are antonyms?

400

Nice, kind, gentle and sweet are examples of this.

What are synonyms?

500

Antonym for Hunter and Colin

What is Brittany (or a girl?)

Homophones

100

I sound the same but am spellled differently.

What is/are homophone(s)?

200

I am a picnic pest who bothers your mom's sister.

What are ant and aunt?

300

I'm your darling and a woodland animal--you may start a letter with my name.

What are dear and deer?

400

I am 60 minutes as well as things that belong to us.

What are hour and our?

500

It's nippy out, so have a bowl of bean stew and make sure to go to South America

What are chilly, chili and Chile?

Prefix/Suffix

100

I am at the beginning of a word.

What is a prefix?

200

I am at the end of a word.

What is a suffix?

300

in-, dis-, im-, il-, ir- are prefixes that mean this.

What is not?

400

If you are anti- something you are this.

What is against it?

500

If you are useless, clueless and helpless you are this.

What is without?