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Parts of Speech
Sentences
Nouns & Pronouns
Verbs
Subject-Verb Agreement
100
Names for persons, places, things, qualities, feelings, concepts, activities, and measures.
What is a noun?
100
These are the two parts of a complete sentence.
What is a subject and predicate?
100
These nouns are ALWAYS capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
100
This type of verb requires an object.
What is a transitive verb?
100
This is the area in which subjects and verbs must agree.
What is number?
200
This is the part of speech that replaces nouns.
What are pronouns?
200
A simple noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about
What is the simple subject?
200
These nouns use 's to show ownership.
What is a possessive noun?
200
The verb "tweeted" in the sentence "Jon tweeted on his new smartphone." is an example of this type of verb.
What is an intransitive verb?
200
Verbs must be this when the subject of the sentence is an indefinite pronoun such as every, everybody, someone, or anyone.
What is singular?
300
These modify adjectives, adverbs, and verbs, and answer the questions "How?" "When?" "Where?" and "To what extent?"
What are adverbs?
300
The subject of the sentence, INCLUDING all modifiers.
What is a complete subject?
300
Add -s, -es, or change the spelling of the noun (geese, countries, etc.) to make this.
What is a plural noun?
300
Sentences written in this voice place less emphasis on the doer of the action.
What is passive voice?
300
When a subject contains this word, you must look at the noun closest to the verb to determine appropriate number.
What is or/nor?
400
An example of this is the word "four" in the sentence "They discussed four important issues at the meeting."
What is an adjective?
400
A group of related words without a subject and a verb
What is a phrase?
400
Me, him, her, and whom are examples of this pronoun case.
What is objective-case?
400
This type of verb is added to the main verb to create VERB PHRASES, usually to help specify the time of the action.
What is a helping verb?
400
If one of these indefinite pronouns is in a subject that does not include or/nor, then the verb will be singular.
What is either/neither?
500
An example of this is the word "on" in the sentence "The legal assistant and the paralegal worked on the case."
What is a preposition?
500
These cannot stand alone as complete sentences and are dependent on another clause to get it's meaning.
What is a dependent clause?
500
They, she, he, and I are examples of this pronoun case.
What is subjective-case?
500
This is considered a mood of writing that expresses doubt, conjecture, or suggestions.
What is subjunctive mood?
500
The large abstract paintings in the lobby of the building puzzle/puzzles many people who pass by.
PUZZLE.