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speech functions 1
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parts of a sentence
types of sentences
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A word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. Example: (Apples) are fruits.
What is a noun?
100
A word that shows action or links to a subject to another word in a sentence. Example: She is (running).
What is a verb?
100
A word or a phrase used to express strong emotion or surprise. Example: (Wow!) That's amazing!
What is an interjection?
100
The part of the sentence which says something about the subject. Example: She (is running).
What is a predicate?
100
Made up of one or more words which express a complete thought.
What is a sentence?
200
A word used to describe a noun or a pronoun. Example: The (weird) dude got a lot of chocolates from Halloween.
What is an adjective?
200
A word used in place of a noun. Example: (I) don't like homework.
What is a pronoun?
200
Words that show position, direction, or how two words or ideas are related to each other. Example: My friend hid (under) the stairs.
What is a preposition?
200
The part of a sentence which is doing something or about which something is said. Example: (She) is running.
What is a subject?
200
A sentence that is make up of two or more simple sentences.
What is a compound sentence?
300
Includes the preposition, the object of the preposition, and the modifiers of the object. Example: I went (to the state fair).
What is a prepositional phrase?
300
A word that is used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Example: I (boldly) entered the haunted house.
What is an adverb?
300
A word that connects individual words or groups of words. Example: She's (neither) happy (nor) sad.
What is a conjunction?
300
(She and her friends) went to the beach.
What is the compound subject?
300
A sentence that's made up of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
400
Nouns that show possession or ownership. Example: (Her) cat was very cute.
What are possessive nouns?
400
Adjectives that are formed from a proper noun and it's always capitalized. Example: He went to the (Chicago) museum.
What are proper adjectives?
400
A verb that transfers its action to a direct object to complete the meaning of the verb. Example: An earthquake (shook) Seattle.
What is a transitive verb?
400
The simple predicate and all the words which modify or explain it.
What is the complete predicate?
400
He is very sad when his son died.
What is a complex sentence?
500
A verb with a past tense that is different than the past participle with a helping verb. Example: I (ran) for my life.
What is an irregular verb?
500
A word or group of words that connects two clauses that are not equally important. Example: I wanted to take a nap (because) I'm tired.
What are subordinating conjunctions?
500
Conjunctions used in pairs. Example: She must (not only) so her homework (but also) study for her upcoming test.
What are correlative conjunctions?
500
He (is walking and chatting).
What is a compound predicate?
500
This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.
What is a compound sentence?