Punctuation
Clauses
Parts of Speech
Root Words
More Root Words
100

You use this to separate items on a list. 

What is a comma?

100

This type of clause can be replaced with a pronoun.

What is a noun clause?

100

You can replace this with a pronoun.

What is a noun?

100

Geo means this.

What is rock/Earth?

100

Logy means this.

What is the study of?

200
You use this to separate a list that already contains commas. 

What is a semicolon?

200

A clause consists of these two parts of speech.

What is a subject and a predicate?

200

This describes a noun. 

What is an adjective?

200

Bio means this.

What is life?

200

Vis means this.

What is to see/appear?

300

You use this to after introducing information before the main independent clause. 

What is a comma?

300

This type of clause is a complete sentence.

What is an independent clause?

300

This describes itself, a verb, or an adjective.

What is an adverb?

300

Hydro means this.

What is water?

300

Scribe means this.

What is to write?

400

You use this to separate two related independent clauses.

What is a semicolon?

400

This type of clause modifies an entire sentence and can moved or taken out. 

What is an adverb clause?

400

These words are an example of this: on, in, by, until, from.

What is a preposition?

400

Tele means this.

What is distance?

400

Lingu means this.

What is language?

500

You use this to introduce a quote after an independent clause.

What is a colon?

500

This type of clause describes a noun.

What is an adjective clause?

500

This connects identical words, clauses, and phrases. 

What is a conjunction?

500

Chrono means this.

What is time?

500

Inter means this.

What is between/among?