Parts of Speech
Phrases
Prepositions
Active/Passive Voice
Surprise
100
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
100
This type of phrase contains either the doer or receiver of an action
What is a noun phrase?
100
This type of preposition describes where something is.
What is a spatial preposition?
100
The candy was eaten by the boy.
What is the passive voice?
100
Capitalization, punctuation, spelling
What are conventions?
200
shows action
What is a verb?
200
This type of phrase can stand all on its own and does not need the help or support of other phrases.
What is an independent clause?
200
This type of preposition describes the time in which something occurs.
What is a temporal preposition?
200
This shows an indirect or unclear way of expressing meaning; it could have many methods of interpretation.
What is the passive voice?
200
adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, adjective
What are parts of speech?
300
this part of speech modifies or describes a noun
What is an adjective?
300
This phrase shows what the doer of a sentence performs, or what happens to receiver of a sentence.
What is a verb phrase?
300
"With" is an example of this type of preposition.
What is a logical preposition.
300
The car is blue.
What is the active voice?
300
to the store
What is an dependent clause?
400
This words usually end in "ly" and modify verbs
What is an adverb
400
This phrase needs the support of other phrases, otherwise it is considered a fragment.
What is a dependent clause?
400
"After" is an example of this type of preposition.
What is a temporal preposition?
400
This method is used for precise writing; there is only one real interpretation of its meaning.
What is the active voice?
400
Mr. Elkins enjoys taking long walks on the beach and eating peanut butter and nutella sandwiches which are very delicious and then he usually drinks a glass of milk with his sandwich because milk is very tasty with peanut butter and nutella but not everybody thinks this is true.
What is a run-on sentence?
500
This part of speech connects phrases together sometimes with the use of a comma.
What is a conjunction?
500
This phrase describes things that are temporal, spatial, or logical.
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
This author is famous for using many prepositions in his writing.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
500
The candy was eaten by the boy, and then the boy ate another candy.
What is the passive and active voice?
500
December 29, 2010
When is Mr. Elkins wedding day?