Easy Parts of Speech
Hard Parts of Speech
Easy Functions
Hard Functions
Verbals
100
A word that names a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun
100
The four questions adjectives answer.
What is which one, what kind, how many, or how much?
100
The noun, pronoun, or combination of words naming the person, place thing or idea about which something is being said.
What is the subject?
100
The complete definition of an appositive.
What is "An appositive is a noun or pronoun that follows another noun or pronoun and is used to rename it."
100
A verb form used as another part of speech.
What is a verbal?
200
A word that takes the place of a noun or group of nouns.
What is a pronoun?
200
The four questions adverbs answer
What is where, when, how, or to what extent?
200
A noun or pronoun that follows an action verb and receives the action of the verb.
What is a direct object.
200
The complete definition of a gerund.
What is "A gerund is a verb form used as a noun. Gerunds usually end in “ing”?"
300
A word that is used to show strong emotion but is not grammatically connected to the rest of the sentence.
What is an interjection?
300
The complete definition of a preposition.
What is "A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence."?
300
A noun or pronoun that follows an action verb, comes before the direct object, and answers "to whom" or "for whom" the action of the verb is done.
What is an indirect object?
300
The complete definition of an object compliment.
What is "An object complement is a noun or an adjective that follows some action verbs and direct objects and is used to rename or modify the direct object."
300
The complete definition of a participle.
What is "A participle is a verb form used as an adjective?"
400
A word or words that joins words or groups of words.
What is a conjunction?
400
The complete definition of a verb.
What is "A verb is a word that expresses action, links the subject to the predicate, or helps the main verb make sense in a sentence."
400
A noun or a pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject.
What is a predicate nominative?
400
The complete subject in the following sentence. Playing in the NBA has always been Sam’s dream.
What is "playing in the NBA?"
400
The complete definition of an infinitive.
What is "An infinitive is a verb form that is preceded by to and can be used as a noun, adjective, or an adverb?"
500
A word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
500
In the following sentence, there are this many adverbs. The very beautiful girl laughed hysterically at the quite ashamed young boy.
What is three?
500
An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject.
What is a predicate adjective?
500
The function the word grandmother has in the following sentence. In the back of his mind, he always knew that Lattie, his wife's grandmother, wanted to see him dead.
What is an appositive.
500
In the following sentence, there are this many verbals. Praising her fine performance, the amazed teacher gave the startled girl a $50 gift card to spend at Walmart.
What is four?