Parts of Speech
This part of speech describes an action, occurrence, or state of being.
What is a verb?
The most basic sentence structure consists of a subject and this part.
What is a predicate?
This punctuation mark is used at the end of an interrogative sentence
What is a question mark?
This tense expresses an action that happens in the past.
What is the past tense?
The subject of this sentence is singular, so the verb must also be singular:
The dog ____ in the yard.”
These words describe or modify nouns, telling us more about them.
What are adjectives?
This type of sentence makes a statement and ends with a period.
What is a declarative sentence?
This punctuation mark separates items in a list.
What is a comma?
his tense indicates an ongoing action that happens in the present.
What is the present continuous tense?
n this sentence, the subject is plural:
“The students ____ excited for the field trip.”
Answer: What is "are"?
A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
What is a pronoun?
sentence that contains both a dependent and an independent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
This punctuation mark is used to show possession or to indicate contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
This tense expresses an action that will happen in the future.
What is the future tense?
When a collective noun like "team" is the subject, the verb is typically in this form.
What is singular?
This part of speech connects words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence.
What is a conjunction?
This type of sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a conjunction or semicolon.
What is a compound sentence?
This punctuation mark is used to introduce a list or an explanation in a sentence.
What is a colon?
his tense describes an action that was happening at a specific moment in the past.
What is the past continuous tense?
n the sentence "Neither the teacher nor the students ____ available," the verb should agree with this part of the sentence.
What is "students"?
hese words express relationships of time, place, or direction in a sentence.
What is a preposition?
This type of sentence expresses a strong emotion and ends with an exclamation point.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
This punctuation mark is used to set off non-essential information in a sentence.
What is a pair of commas?
This tense indicates an action that will have been completed by a certain point in the future.
What is the future perfect tense?
In this sentence, the verb should agree with the subject “team” (singular), not “members” (plural): “The team ____ practicing today.”
What is "is"?