Parts of Speech
What is a noun
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
In “The dog barked loudly,” what is the subject?
A group of words with a subject and verb that can stand alone.
What is an independent clause?
A sentence with one independent clause.
Simple sentence
Parse: “The dog barked loudly.”
Subject: dog, Verb: barked
What is an adjective?
describes a noun
In “The students are studying for exams,” identify the verb phrase.
are studying
A simple sentence has ______ independent clause.
A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
Parse: “The girl kicked the ball.”
Subject: girl, Verb: kicked, Direct Object: ball
In the following sentence which word(s) is/are a verb?
Would Vinny prefer a game of golf
would prefer
In “The cat chased the mouse,” identify the direct object.
What is “mouse”?
A compound sentence has ______ independent clauses joined by a __________ and a __________.
2, comma, conjunction
“She enjoys music, and he prefers art” is this type.
Compound
Parse: “My father is a teacher.”
Subject: father, Verb: is, Predicate Nominative: teacher
Which word in the following sentence is a preposition?
I went on a walk.
on
In “The teacher is a mentor,” identify the predicate nominative.
mentor
A group of words with a subject and verb that cannot stand alone.
"The wind howled through the trees” is this type.
Simple
Parse: “The boys ran and jumped over the fence.”
include the prepositional phrase
Subject: boys, Verbs: ran and jumped
Phrase: over the fence
An adverb usually describes a __________ and often ends in __________.
verb, -ly
In “The students completed the project,” identify:
Subject
Verb
Direct Object
S: students
V: Completed
DO: Project
In “Although it was cold, we stayed outside,” which is the dependent clause?
Although it was cold.
"They cooked dinner and washed the dishes” is this type.
Simple
Parse: “The storm passed, and the streets remained wet.”
Clause 1:
Subject: storm
Verb: passed
Clause 2:
Subject: streets
Verb: remained
Predicate adjective: wet