PARTS OF SPEECH
A word that shows action
What is a verb?
Used at the end of a question
What is a question mark?
A sentence that asks something
What is an interrogative sentence?
"I eat" - present, past, or future?
What is present tense?
"Its" vs "It's" - which shows ownership?
What is "Its"?
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
Used to show possession: Sarah__ book
What is an apostrophe?
A sentence that gives a command
What is an imperative sentence?
"She was running" - what tense?
What is past continuous / past progressive tense?
Joining 2 sentences with only a comma
What is a comma splice?
A word that replaces a noun
What is a pronoun?
Used to list items in a series
What is a comma?
A sentence with 2 independent clauses joined by "and"
What is a compound sentence?
"They will travel" - what tense?
What is future tense?
"There", "Their", "They're" - which means "belonging to them"?
What is "Their"?
A word that connects ideas: and, but, or
What is a conjunction?
Used around someone's exact words
What are quotation marks?
A sentence with 1 independent + 1 dependent clause
What is a complex sentence?
"I had finished before she came" - what tense?
What is past perfect tense?
2 complete sentences joined with no punctuation
What is a run-on sentence?
A word that describes a verb: quickly, well
What is an adverb?
Used before and after extra information in a sentence
What are commas / parentheses?
A sentence with 2+ independent clauses + 1 dependent clause
What is a compound-complex sentence?
"I will have eaten by 8pm" - what tense?
What is future perfect tense?
Using "me" instead of "I" as the subject
What is a subject pronoun error?