Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
S, SCS, SCV, F, CD, or CX
Making Complex Sentences
Potpourri
100

Define reticent

Reluctant to talk; reserved

100

Goodness! That loud bolt of lightning sounded terrifying!

part of speech for goodness?

Interjection

100

In the park and around the corner

F

100

She screamed the door slammed unexpectedly.

CX, when, (2)

She screamed when the door slammed unexpectedly.

100

Adjective questions

What kind? How many? Which one?

200

Define valiant

Showing bravery

200

Did you remember to do your homework last night?


Part of speech for did?

Helping verb

200

Remember your backpack!

S

200

Go to bed brush your teeth

CX, before, (1)

Before you go to bed, brush your teeth.

200

This type of clause has a subject, verb, and CANNOT stand on its own as a complete thought

Dependent clause

300

Define prevalent

Widely practiced

300

Ziggy's behavior during walks has improved.


Part of speech for Ziggy?

Possessive Noun Adjective

300

My nieces and nephews came over for dinner.

SCS

300

She stayed up she finished her homework


CX- until, (2)

She stayed up until she finished her homework.

300

_______ : tennis :: club : golf

Racket

400

Define validate

To confirm truth or fact

400

The rude kids loudly talked throughout the movie.


Part of speech for loudly?

Adverb

400

The students clapped their hands and cheered loudly.

SCV

400

She hates tomatoes she loves ketchup.

CX- Although, (1)

Although she hates tomatoes, she loves ketchup.

400

When you have an inverted sentence, you underline the predicate parts twice and the subject parts once. What do inverted sentences start with? (must get all 3 of these.)

Helping verb, prepositional phrase, or an adverb

500

Antonym for validate

Refute

500

The teacher and her students decided to go outside during class on Friday.


Part of speech for teacher/students?

Compound Subject Noun

500

After you finish your homework, you can watch TV.

CX

500

The projector stopped working Mr. Phillips came to fix it.


CX- when, (1)

When the projector stopped working, Mr. Phillips came to fix it.

500

He forgot his phone at school over the weekend.


Part of speech for "he"?

Subject Pronoun