Parts of Speech
Person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
Tells which one? How many? What kind?
What is an adjective?
Tells how? When? Where? To what extent?
What is an adverb?
The "who" or "what" of the verb.
What is the simple subject?
How do you find a direct object?
What is...
Has to be a noun or pronoun
Follows an action verb
To find it, say "subject, verb, what?" of "subject, verb, whom?"
Me, my, our, we, are all considered _________ person.
What is first?
Which tense is the word had plus a past participle?
What is past perfect?
Shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.
What is a preposition?
Transitive verbs will take a __________.
What is a direct object?
An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject. To find it, say "subject, linking verb, what?"
What is a predicate adjective?
Which conjunction starts an adverb dependent clause?
What is a subordinating conjunction?
Links two words together.
What is a linking verb?
Shows action.
What is an action verb?
The simple subject plus its modifiers.
What is the complete subject?
A noun or pronoun that follows and renames another noun or pronoun.
What is an appositive?
Which pronoun doesn't refer to a definite person or thing?
What is an indefinite pronoun?
they, them, his, her, it are all _______ person pronouns.
What is a third?
"Helps" an action verb or linking verb.
What is a helping verb?
All linking verbs are always ___________ on Tuesday.
What is intransitive?
How do you label a prepositional phrase?
What is...
Adjective or adverb
The object of a prepositional phrase
You and your are _________ person pronouns.
What is second person?
FANBOYS stands for...
F=for
A= and
N= nor
B=but
O= or
Y= yet
S= so
"We" is a ______________ pronoun.
What is 1st person nominative?
The verb plus its modifiers.
What is the complete predicate?
Is a noun or pronoun, follows a linking verb and renames the subject, to find it, say "subject, linking verb, what or whom?"
What is a predicate nominative?