Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
The piece of punctuation missing from this sentence: "We need to buy apples oranges and milk."
comma
A group of words that expresses a complete thought and contains both a subject and a verb.
Independent Clause
Choose the correct word: "Make sure you pack (their / there / they're) bags before morning."
Their
Fix the capitalization error in this sentence: "I asked Mom if I could go to the movies, but she said no."
A word that describes or modifies a noun (e.g., blue, loud, intelligent).
Adjective
Which punctuation mark should be added to this sentence:
"What's your favorite color"
question mark
This type of sentence contains exactly one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Choose the correct word: "I love(your / you're ) sweater!
Your
Fix the capitalization error in this sentence: "My favorite subject in school is math, but I also love spanish class."
Spanish
These words substitute for nouns to avoid repetition, like he, she, it, or they.
Pronoun
What punctuation mark should be added to his sentence AND where:
"As I drove home I was imagining the delicious steak I would have for dinner"
Comma after "home"
A group of words that expresses an incomplete thought and contains both a subject and a verb.
Dependent clause
Choose the correct word: "You put (to / too / two) much salt on my fries!"
Too
Correct the capitalization error in this sentence: "Last Spring, my family went to Yellowstone National Park."
spring
Words like in, on, under, and through that show the relationship between a noun and another word.
Preposition
The proper punctuation mark used to join two independent clauses without using a coordinating conjunction (like and or but).
semicolon
A type of sentence that contains one independent clause, meaning it has one subject and one predicate and expresses a complete thought
Simple sentence
Choose the correct word: "My brother is a lot older (then / than) me."
Than
Fix the capitalization error in this sentence: "We are going to visit uncle Mark this weekend.
Uncle (Rule: Capitalize family titles when they come right before a proper name).
Identify the part of speech of the uppercase word: "WOW, that was an incredible buzzer-beater shot!"
Interjection
This specific type of punctuation mark is used to enclose extra, non-essential information inside a sentence.
Parentheses
A sentence that joins two complete sentences (independent clauses) together into a single sentence.
Compound sentence
Choose the correct pronoun: "My teacher gave the homework assignment to Sarah and (I / me).
These specific nouns, including names of people, specific places, and months of the year, must always be capitalized.
Proper nouns