Parts of Speech
What is an adjective?
The Greek root for "life".
What is "bio"?
The Latin root for "one hundred".
What is "cent"?
The two types of clauses that make up every sentence.
What are "independent" and "dependent"?
One of these is an adverb: funny, softly.
What is softly?
The Greek root for "water".
What is "hydr"?
The Latin root for "water".
What is "aqua"?
A simple sentence is also this.
What is an independent clause?
One of these is NOT an adjective: red, small, lovely, quietly.
What is quietly?
The Greek root for "false"?
What is "pseudo"?
The Latin root for "to look".
What is "spect"?
The type of clause that begins with "after".
What is a dependent clause?
The only part of speech that expresses gender in English.
What are pronouns?
The number of Greek roots in this word: microscope.
What is 2?
The Latin root in this word: fracture.
What is "fract"?
The independent clause in this sentence: Even though I love sushi, I haven't eaten it for a long time.
What is "I haven't eaten it for a long time"?
The part of speech you can put in the most different places in a sentence, and it still makes sense.
What are adverbs?
The Greek roots in this word: philanthropist.
What are "phil" and "anthro"?
The Latin root in this word: patriarchal.
What is "pater"?
The "formula" for a compound-complex sentence.
What is 2 independent clauses and 1 dependent clause?