A. Parts of Speech
A person, place, or thing
noun
What would make this a complete sentence?
To boldly go where no one has gone before.
This is missing an independent clause (subject + predicate/verb).
Example: His plan was (to boldly go where no one has gone before.
Or (if you know, you know) "Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before."
In the sentence: He arrived late to the party.
What part of speech is "late"?
an adverb (of time)
A word used to describe a noun:
an adjective
"classroom" is what part of speech?
noun
What would make this a complete sentence?
Because he didn't like olives.
Answers include:
A subject and a verb OR an independent clause such as "He didn't eat the pizza (because he didn't like olives)" or similar.
In the sentence: He arrived late to the party.
What part of speech is "He"?
A pronoun
What part of speech is "imaginative"?
Adjective
Is this a complete sentence?
They lunch after science class.
NO.
"gold" is what part of speech?
adjective
Identify the noun in the following sentence:
She can not play the flute.
flute
This part of speech that modifies or qualifies often ends in -ly
adverb
He, I, his, she, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?
pronouns
He drove quickly... Quickly is an example of ...
an adverb
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
Jesse did not have much money, but she went shopping anyways.
but
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
We needed a better place to study, so we packed up our things.
so
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
They live on a huge farm.
huge
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
Fred wanted to show hogs or goats at the fair.
or
In the sentence:
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
What part of speech is "beauty"?
Noun
It's also the subject.
In the sentence: He arrived late to the party.
What part of speech is "to"?
Preposition
The object of the preposition is "party."
"A", "the" and "an" are examples of...
Articles
What is the preposition in this sentence:
May the force be with you.
With
The object of the preposition is "you."
Which part of speech do you use when you need to join clauses, sentences, or words?
conjunctions
What is the acronym to remember conjunctions?
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FANBOYS
Which word is the antecedent?
Darby knows that she can't legally drive yet.
Darby