Parts of Speech
takes the place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition
What is object of the preposition?
All the words that tell who or what the sentence is about
What is the complete subject?
Asks a question. Ends with a question mark
What is an interrogative sentence?
Work in pairs to join words/phrases
What is correlative conjunctions?
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
Shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word in the sentence
What is a preposition?
A group of words with a subject and predicate.
What is a clause?
Makes a statement. Ends with a period
What is a declarative sentence?
Join words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance.
What is coordinating conjunctions?
describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
What is an adverb?
Cannot stand alone
What is a dependent clause?
The main verb in the predicate.
What is the simple predicate?
The subject of an imperative sentence is *you*, even though it isn’t written.
What is the understood you?
Used before a list if it follows a complete sentence
What is a colon?
a word that shows action
What is a verb?
Begins with a preposition and ends with its object
What is prepositional phrase?
The main word (noun/pronoun) in the subject
What is the simple subject?
Two or more subjects joined by a conjunction.
What is compound subject?
Introduce dependent clauses and show the relationship to the independent clause.
What is suboordinating conjunctions?
desceibes a noun or a pronoun
What is an adjective?
Can stand alone as a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
All the words that tell what the subject does or is.
What is the complete predicate?
Two or more predicates joined by a conjunction.
What is compound predicate?
Used to separate three or more items in a series
What is a comma?