What is the part of speech that names a person, place, thing, idea?
100
Coordinating conjunctions or FANBOYS
What is the part of speech that joins 2 sentences?
100
These contain a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone.
What is a dependent clause?
100
4 sentence types as far as punctuation goes.
What are declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory?
100
impede
im=not and pede=feet
What is to not let pass or go through?
200
verb
What is the part of speech that shows action or state of being?
200
compound
What is the sentence type joined by the CC's?
200
These contain a subject and verb and can stand alone.
What is an independent clause (or sentence)?
200
Declarative and imperative
What are the 2 sentence types that can use a period?
200
spec/spect=look
specimen
What is something looked at closely, for example under a microscope?
300
adjective
What is the part of speech that describes nouns or pronouns?
300
comma
What is used with the FANBOY or CC when joining 2 complete sentences?
300
phrase
What is a group of words that do not contain both a subject and a verb?
300
This sentence type uses the ? to end.
What is interrogative?
300
bene=good
dict=speak
benediction
What is a blessing or good wishes said for someone or something?
400
pronoun
What is the part of speech that can take the place or stand in for nouns?
400
semicolon
What is a way to join 2 complete sentences without the CC?
400
Find the complex sentence:
A. While the students were on vacation, the workers installed the new playground equipment.
B. During spring break, the workers installed the new playground equipment.
What is A?
400
This sentence type shows emotion and uses the ! to end.
What is exclamatory?
400
pseud=false/fake
nym=name
pseudonym
What is a false name often used by famous authors?
500
in, on, under, around , into and so on ...
What is a preposition?
500
The sky opened up all of a sudden; and the rain poured for 15 minutes!
or
The sky opened up all of a sudden, and the rain poured for 15 minutes!
What is the correct way to write this compound sentence?
500
Turn this into a complex sentence:
After the shower, the children went out to look for rainbows.
What is After it showered/rained, the children went out to look for rainbows.