Parts of Speech
Words used to connect words, phrases, or clauses.
Conjunctions
The naming part of a sentence or clause.
Subject
The 4 types of sentences according to their purpose or style of message.
Declarative
Interrogative
Exclamatory
Imperative
Name 3 ways to end a sentence.
Period, question mark, exclamation point.
The error in this student's sentence: I don't have no more money.
Double negative: I don't have any more money.
A word used in place of a noun (or a noun phrase).
Pronoun
The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject.
Predicate
A sentence made up of two or more simple sentences joined with a conjunction (and, or, but).
Compound
"Full stops" are called.
Periods
The error in this student's sentence: We was about to go to the park.
Subject-verb agreement: We were about to go to the park.
A word that express a physical action, a mental action, or a state of being.
verb
The 2 main parts of a sentence.
Subject and Predicate
The 2 types of sentences that students in K-2 learn based on the K-2 Sentence Composition academic standards.
Simple and compound
You can use this form of punctuation before any coordination conjunction and after a dependent clause that starts a sentence.
Comma
The error in this student's sentence: Susan and me went to the mall.
Objective Pronoun: Susan and I went to the mall.
A word that describe nouns and pronouns.
Adjective
The elements contained within the subject or predicate, that add meaning or detail.
These elements include the direct object, indirect object, and subject complement.
The two ways sentences are classified.
Structure and purpose
Punctuation is a system of symbols used when _______ a language.
Writing
The error in this student's sentence: He went to lie on the bed.
Confusing pairs of words: He went to lay on the bed.
A word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Adverb
The 8 parts of a sentence.
Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
The type of sentence that has an independent clause with a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
Simple sentence
Use this mark to form possessive nouns and to show the omission of letters.
apostrophe
The error in this student's sentence: I brung my lunch today.
Nonstandard verb form: I brought my lunch today.