Define Parts of Speech
Identify Parts of Speech
Subjects and Predicates
Types of Verbs
Punctuation
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A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
The main subject/noun in the sentence: Persuasive essays have become easy for Peterson's classes.
What is 'essays'?
100
Every subject has one.
What is a noun?
100
The verb and its tense in this sentence: We are learning grammar today.
What is ARE LEARNING, an example of the progressive tense. It is used to show continuing action.
100
Where commas belong in this sentence: When I think of you my heart sings.
What is after HEART? When I think of you, my heart sings.
200
An action word.
What is a verb?
200
The verb in the sentence: Peterson's classes will be ready for the STAAR in April.
What is 'will be'?
200
Every predicate has one.
What is a verb?
200
The verb and its type in the following sentence: I have studied very hard for the STAAR test.
What is HAVE STUDIED, an example of the perfect tense? It shows something that happened in the past but affects the present.
200
The missing punctuation in this sentence. Maricela's favorite color is green but I prefer blue.
What is put a comma after the word green? Maricela's favorite color is green, but I prefer blue. Note that the comma is attached to the word that comes before!
300
A word that combines two independent clauses.
What is a conjunction (FANBOYS)?
300
The best FANBOYS to use in sentence: Students are tired of practicing essays, ___ it is improving their writing.
What is 'but'?
300
The subject of the following sentence: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
What is FOX?
300
The verb and its type in the following sentence: Mary was disappointed by her grade in Advanced Economics.
What is WAS DISAPPOINTED, an example of the passive voice. It's used to show passivity and helplessness.
300
Two ways to combine two independent clauses (aka, complete sentences) such as My husband plays golf. I'd rather read.
What is COMMA + FANBOY or a SEMICOLON? My husband plays golf, but I'd rather read. My husband plays golf; I'd rather read. NOTE: the FANBOYS are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
400
Describes one thing in relation to another, location.
What is a preposition?
400
The two prepositions in the sentence: Most grades have been updated in HAC, but Peterson is still working on the Summative.
What are 'in' and 'on'?
400
The verb in the following sentence: Jasmine and Joseph jumped up and joined the dance (the jitter-bug, of course).
What is JUMPED AND JOINED?
400
The very and its type in the following sentence: At 10:00 p.m., I will have been studying for four hours.
What is WILL HAVE BEEN STUDYING, an example of the future perfect progressive tense.
400
Where commas belong in this sentence: Doctor Edgar Laird a professor of English at Texas State University taught me how to punctuate.
What is after LAIRD and UNIVERSITY? Doctor Edgar Laird, a professor of English at Texas State University, taught me how to punctuate. NOTE: the punctuation is ALWAYS attached to the word that comes before.
500
Two parts: A word that describes a noun and a word that describes a verb or other descriptive word (usually ending in -ly).
What are an adjective and adverb?
500
The adjective and adverbs of the sentence: The smug kid that finishes first doesn't usually do well on the STAAR.
What are 'smug' and 'first'/'well'?
500
The subject and the verb in the following inverted sentence: There are two toddlers taking their first steps.
What is TODDLERS (subject) and ARE TAKING (verb)? The word THERE acts as a placeholder. Remove it, and the sentence becomes: Two toddlers are taking their first steps.
500
The verbs and their types in the following sentence: I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Wiener.
What are WISH, an example of the present tense, and WERE, an example of the subjunctive mood. Use the subjunctive in hypothetical or contrary-to-fact situations.
500
A way to emphasize parenthetical information, as in this sentence: No matter how hard I worked and I worked very hard indeed I still couldn't pass that test.
What is using dashes to set off AND I WORKED VERY HARD INDEED? The sentence should read: No matter how hard I worked--and I worked very hard indeed--I still couldn't pass that test.
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