DMA - Grammar

Part of Speech

100

a person, a place, a thing or activity, or quality or idea.

Noun

200

Words used before a noun or pronoun to show place, time, direction,...

Preposition

300

Words that describe a verb, an adjective, another of its name, or a whole sentence.

Adverb

400

Words or phrases that are used to express a strong feeling or emotion.

Interjection

500

Words that are used before a noun to modify the noun.  Hint:  There are only 3 of them.

Article

Sentence Type

100

Asks a question.  Ends with (?)

Interrogative

200

Makes a statement.  Ends with (.)

Declarative

300

Shows strong feeling.  Ends with (!)

Exclamatory

400

Gives a command.  Ends with (.) or (!)

Imperative

500

Joins two or more independent clauses with a coordinator such as for, and, or but, or a semi-colon.

Compound Sentence

Punctuation

100

Used at the end of a sentence to make a full stop.

Period

200

Used at the end of a sentence that asks a question.

Question Mark

300

Used to indicate a pause in a sentence.

Comma

400

Used to show shock, surprise, anger or a raised voice.

Exclamation Point

500

Used to show possession or contraction of a word.

Apostrophe

Spelling

100

Choose the correct spelling:   beleeve     beleive     believe

3. believe

200

Choose the correct spelling:  absence    absense     abscense

absence

300

Choose the correct spelling:  annoint    anoint    annoynt

anoint

400

Choose the correct spelling:   jealousy    jelusy    jeolusy

Jealousy

500

Choose the correct spelling:  counsler    counseler    counselor

Counselor

Punctuation and Sentence Type

100

Finnegan and Amber are dogs

period (.) - Declarative

200

STOP; there's a car coming

Exclamation Point (!) - Exclamatory

300

What time does class start

Question Mark (?) - Interrogatory

400

Go play outside

Period (.) - Imperative

500

Do your homework now

Exclamation Point - Imperative Sentence