Parts of Speech Definitions
What is a Noun?
What is a person, place, thing, or idea?
What part of speech is the italicized word?:
Welcome! Make yourself at home.
What is a noun.
What punctuation mark ends an exclamatory sentence?
What is an exclamation mark!
What is a clause called that can stand alone as a sentence?
What is an independent clause
What type of sentence is this?:
The dog likes to run, jump, and sleep.
What is a simple sentence
What is a verb?
What is a word that expresses an action or state of being.
What part of speech is the italicized word?:
Welcome! Make yourself at home.
What is a verb
What punctuation mark ends an interrogative sentence?
What is a question mark?
What is a clause called that cannot stand alone as a sentence?
What is a dependent clause?
What type of sentence is this?
Despite loving dogs, my parents decided to adopt a cat.
What is a complex sentence
What is an adjective?
What is a word that describes or modifies a noun.
What part of speech is the italicized word?:
Welcome! Make yourself at home.
What is a pronoun.
What punctuation mark ends a declarative sentence?
What is a period.
Identify the ind. clause in this sentence: "Although it was raining, we went for a walk"
What is "we went for a walk"
What type of sentence is this?
He wanted to go to the zoo, but his mom wouldn't drive him.
What is a compound sentence?
What is an adverb?
What is a word that describes or modifies a verb.
What part of speech is the italicized word?:
Welcome! Make yourself at home.
What is a preposition?
What punctuation marks are used to enclose dialogue or quotes?
"What are quotation marks"
Which clause type begins with a subordinating conjunction?
What is a dependent clause?
What type of sentence is this?
I always knew that I wanted to be rich, so I became a doctor.
What is a compound sentence
What is a conjunction?
What is a word that joins words, phrases, clauses, or sentences (FANBOYS).
What part of speech is the italicized word?:
Welcome! Make yourself at home.
What is an interjection?
What punctuation can you use instead of a comma + fanboy in a compound sentence?
What is a semicolon;
What is the dependent clause in the sentence "I haven't liked storms since the third grade"?
What is "since the third grade"
What type of sentence is this?
I don't like purple although I love blue and red.
What is a complex sentence