Parts of Speech
Spelling Basics
100

A person, place or thing

What is a noun?

100

This part of a word doesn’t change and serves as the foundation for adding prefixes and suffixes.


What is root?

200

An action

What is a verb?

200

When adding two or more prefixes to a shared root word, you should do this to each prefix for clarity.


What is a hyphen?

300

Sometimes ends in "-LY"

What is an adverb?

300

This punctuation mark is used to show ownership

What is an apostrophe?

400

A word that describes a noun

What is an adjective?

400

This possessive pronoun is often confused with a contraction, but it never takes an apostrophe.

What is "its"?

500

Some folks have "preferred" these. Please respect them!

What are pronouns?

500

To pluralize a compound noun like “father-in-law,” you apply the plural to this part of the word.

What is "Father"? (Base Noun)

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