Parts Of Speech
Phrases and Clauses
Subject, Predicate, Object
Punctuation
Ground Zero
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What is a Noun?

A Noun is a person, place or thing.

100

What is a Phrase

A phrase is a group of words that functions in a sentence as one part of speech. Phrases do not have a subject and a verb, and they are not complete sentences.

100

What makes up a sentence?

Subjects, Predicates, and Objects.

100

What comes at the end of a sentence?

A punctuation mark.

100

How old was Brandon Chavez? 

Brandon was 9 years old

200

What is the word star in this sentence:

Jake is our star player

A) Adjective

B) Verb

C) Noun

The answer is A 

200

What is a Clause?

A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb. Clauses may or may not be complete sentences.

200

Identify The Subject:

Conner went to the park

Conner

200

How many ways can a comma be used?

Bonus: Name 2 ways it is used

There are 8 ways it can be used

  1. Separate items in a list

  2. Join two complete thoughts with a conjunction (and, but, or)

  3. Follows a command before a name (Stop, Sarah)

  4. Sits between a greeting and a name (Hello, Joe!)

  5. Surround definitions (appositives)

  6. Slow down the pace of reading

  7. Separate opener phrases and closer phrases from the rest of the text

  8. Separate multiple adjectives in a row

200

Who was the author of Ground Zero?

Alan Gratz.

300

What does FANBOYS stand for? What are they?

(Your team doesn't get points if you only get one question right)

For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so 

They are Conjunctions.

300

Identify the dependent clause? 

You have to finish your vegetables, and then you can eat dessert.

Answer: and then you can eat dessert.

300

Which one is not a predicate:

A)Jump

B)Swim

C)Water

D)Drink

The answer is C

300

What punctuation would be in this sentence?

Thanks so much

There would be a exclamation mark!

300
Who were the protagonists in Ground Zero?

Brandon, And Reshmina

400

What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?

Adjectives describe nouns while adverbs describe verbs.

Adjective ex: She has a small cat.

Adverbs ex:  He laughed loudly.

400

What is the difference between Independent and Dependent Clauses?

Independent Clauses can work alone, Dependent Clauses require another clause.

400

FREE SPACE

YAYYYY!!

400

How many functions does a Dash have? 

Bonus: Name 2 ways.

A Dash has 6 functions.

  1. Builds suspense

  2. Adds an additional detail to what came right before (goes deeper)

  3. Adds an additional fact

  4. Adds extra thoughts

  5. Creates an interruption in a thought or statement

  6. Makes an idea more specific

400

What happened to Reshmina's house? 

Reshmina's house got blown up. 
500

What are all the parts of speech, that we have learned?

Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection. 

500

What is a Adjective Phrase?

An Adjective Phrases  are a group(s) of words that modify nouns.

Ex: The test was super hard.

Super hard is describing the test.

500

What is the subject, predicate, and object in this sentence? The children gave mother a present.

Subject: The children 

Predicate: Gave

Object: Present

500

Fix the punctuation: Jane asked "Kate do you have a pencil"

Answer: Jane asked, "Kate do you have a pencil?"

500

Where did Brandon's dad work at?

He worked at windows on the world.