Parts of Speech
These are groups of words that act as a single part of speech.
What are phrases?
This always has a subject and a verb and acts as a complete thought.
What is a sentence?
This word tells you who or what the sentence is about.
What is a subject noun (or noun)?
Goes on a slanted line below the verb
What is an adverb?
for and nor but or yet so
What is a conjunction?
This part of speech will always be found in a phrase and end with a noun.
What is a preposition?
The purpose of this sentence is to tell us something or give a statement.
What is a declarative sentence?
This word/phrase in a sentence answers the questions how, when, where, to what extent and why?
What is an adverb?
Goes on a slanted line below the noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
The type of verb that transfers action to a person or a thing.
What is a transitive verb?
One of the jobs of this part of speech is to be the object of the preposition.
What is a noun?
The purpose of this sentence is to show excitement.
What is an Exclamatory Sentence?
This word in a sentence will answer the questions, which one, what kind, how many, whose.
What is an adjective?
This part of speech is colored blue
What is a noun?
Contains a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone in the sentence
What is a dependent clause?
Prepositional phrases act as two different parts of speech.
What are adjectives and adverbs?
The purpose of this sentence is to give a command.
What is an imperative sentence?
To find this part of the sentence we should ask to whom or for whom?
What is an indirect object?
This part of speech is colored yellow
What is a verb?
nouns that name the person or people being spoken to but are not apart of the subject.
What are nouns of direct address?
The part of speech of this phrase - "can be run".
What is a verb (or verb phrase)?
Declarative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, and Imperative
What are the four purposes of sentences?
To find this part of the sentence ask the question what or whom did the subject/verb.
What is a direct object?
This part of speech is diagrammed on a line above the main sentence diagram.
What is an interjection?
Verbs that transfer their action to the subject.