Parts Of Speech
What part of speech describes an action?
Verb
Would you use they’re, their, or there for the following sentence?
They won ____ game.
They won their game.
What is a noun phrase?
A group of words that function like a noun.
What does a period do?
Indicates that a thought or sentence is complete.
Give an example of parallelism.
I need new shoes and new pants, etc.
Identify the adjectives in the sentence: “The quick orange fox jumped over the lazy dog.”
Quick, orange, lazy
Would you use affect or effect?
The flood _____ the crops.The flood affected the crops.
Identify the adjective phrase in this sentence: “The dog with the fluffy tail is mine.”
“With the fluffy tail”
What is a comma for?
Provides pauses in reading by separating parts of a sentence.
What is the difference between ”its” and ”it’s”?
“Its” is a possessive pronoun indicating belonging.
”It’s” is a contraction for “it is”
Provide an example of a preposition.
”In”, “on”, “under”, “between”, etc.
Would you use its or it’s?
The cat is eating ___ food.
The cat is eating its food.
Give an example of a prepositional phrase.
“On the table”
What is a semicolon used for?
Connects two separate but related independent clauses.
Proper nouns, holidays, names, places, days, months, brands, beginning of a quote, first word of a sentence, etc.
What part of speech describes a verb?
Adverb
Would you use your or you’re?
Call me when ____ free.Call me when you’re free.
Give an example of an infinitive phrase.
“To play chess”, “To watch a match”, “To attend class”
What is the contraction for “they + have”
They + have = they’ve
What is the difference between “there”, “their”, and “they’re”?
There: adverb indicating a location.
Their: possessive pronoun indicating belonging.
They’re: contraction of “they are”
Give an example of a pronoun.
“They”, “you”, “it”
Would you use they’re, their, or there?
The keys are ____.
The keys are there.
What’s one difference between a phrase and clause?
Phrases don’t contain a subject and a predicate, clauses do.
Phrases can’t convey a complete thought, clauses sometimes can.
Phrases can’t stand alone, independent clauses can.
Is the apostrophe placement correct:
The boys’ hats.
Correct!
Can you name every person in the classroom?
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