Parts of Speech
Parts of a Sentence
Complements
Subject-Verb Agreement
Modifiers
100
Names a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
100
This consists of a simple subject and all of the words that tell about it.
What is a complete subject?
100
This complement carries the action from the subject, completes the action of the transitive verb and is always a noun or a pronoun.
What is a direct object?
100
This does not refer to a specific person, amount, or thing in particular. Some are always singular and others can be both singular and plural.
What is an indefinite pronoun?
100
This is the base form and not used for comparison.
What is positive?
200
Names an object that occupies space and can be perceived by the senses
What is a concrete noun?
200
This contains the simple predicate as well as all the words that tell what the subject is or does.
What is a complete predicate?
200
This complement is one of the subject complements. It is always a noun or a pronoun.
What is a predicate nominative?
200
When the subject is joined by AND or BOTH...AND the subject must be _____.
What is plural?
200
One must add an -est to the positive form of a word to create this form.
What is the superlative form?
300
an action verb that uses an object
What is transitive verb?
300
This consists of either a verb or a verb phrase and expresses the action and being of the subject.
What is a simple predicate?
300
This complement indicates to whom, for whom, to what, or for what something is done or given. It comes before a direct object and after a transitive verb.
What is an indirect object?
300
This would be an example of a special subject.
What is a collective noun?
300
This has no comparative or superlative form.
What is an absolute?
400
This part of speech tells where, when, how, or to what extent
What is an adverb?
400
This consists of two or more subjects that share the same verb and are connected by a conjunction
What is a compound subject?
400
This complement is one of the subject complements. It describes the subject.
What is a predicate adjective?
400
To find the agreement between the subject and the verb, one must ______ the interrupters.
What is eliminate?
400
This is when one combines an -er or -est modifier with more/less or most/least
What is a double comparison?
500
This specific type of conjunction shows comparison, contrast, sequence, and cause and effect. It can be remembered by the acronym 'THAMO."
What is a conjunctive adverb?
500
This consists of two or more simple predicates that share the same subject and are connected by a conjunction.
What is a compound predicate?
500
This complement has an understood "to be" in front of it and identifies or describes the direct of the sentence.
What is an object complement?
500
A question would be an example of this.
What is an inverted sentence?
500
A comparison will be incomplete if one omits one of these two words.
What are other and else?