Parts of Speech
A ________ names a person, place, thing or idea.
Noun
What type of sentence is a statement? (Example: My dog's name is Bella.)
Declarative
What is the term for a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
A (synonym/antonym) is a word that has the same meaning as another word.
Synonym
Correct the sentence:
Brooke is the tallest girl on her dance team she doesn't even have to use a step stool to reach the cabinets.
Brooke is the tallest girl on her dance team. She doesn't even have to use a step stool to reach the cabinets.
A ______ describes what the subject of a sentence is doing.
Verb
What type of sentence is a question? (Example: Do you know what your teacher's name is?)
Interrogative
What is the term in which the author gives human-like characteristics to a non-human object?
Personifcation
Nonrestrictive
Correct the sentence:
Can you bring me my purse asked Samantha.
"Can you bring me my purse?" asked Samantha.
An ________ describes the qualities of a noun or pronoun.
Adjective
What type of sentence is an exclamation? (Example: It is so hot outside!)
Exclamatory
What is the term for a comparison between two things by saying something IS something else?
Metaphor
A (preposition/interjection) is a word that relates other words in the sentence by showing location.
Preposition
Correct the sentence:
Do you know where I put the extra books!
Do you know where I put the extra books?
A _______ takes the place of a noun.
Pronoun
What type of sentence is a command or request? (Example: Please hand me my glasses.)
Imperative
What is the term for descriptive words that sound like the words they are describing?
Onomatopoeia
A (fragment/run-on) is two or more complete thoughts that are not separated by proper punctuation or conjunctions.
Run-on sentence
Correct the sentence:
I am so excited. To finally have my own room!
I am so excited to finally have my own room!
A ________ connects similar words, clauses or phrases within a sentence.
Conjunction
Is this sentence simple or complex?
The two girls walked to the store and then took the bus to the library.
Complex
What is the term for a phrase that means something different from how it literally sounds?
Idiom
A (linking/auxiliary) verb is used with a main verb to form a verb phrase.
Auxiliary
Maria and I checked the whether to see if it was going to rain today.
Maria and I checked the weather to see if it was going to rain today.