CATEGORY 1 - Parts of Speech
Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a Proper Noun?
Short for you are
What is you're?
A number used to show a pair
What is two?
A complete sentence needs these two things
subject and predicate
Is used to join independent clauses to create compound sentences
What is a comma and conjunction?
Names a mental or physical action.
What is an action verb?
Used when referring to something that belongs to them
What is their?
Short for they are
What is they're?
Included in the predicate, explains what the subject is doing
What is a verb?
This conjunction is used to show cause and effect
What is the word so?
A tense that explains something that is yet to happen.
What is Future Tense?
Means a lot or also
What is too?
Begins a sentence, followed by a verb
What is there?
Included in the subject, explains who or what the sentence is about?
What is a noun or pronoun?
Another way to join independent clauses to create compound sentences
What is a semicolon?
Replaces a noun
What is a pronoun?
Two words joined together to create one shorter word
What is a contraction?
Compares two things
What is than?
A simple sentence needs
What is one independent clause?
Expresses a complete thought
What is an independent clause?
7 coordinating conjunctions
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So?
Used to join two words together to create one shorter word
What is an apostrophe?
Shows what will happen next or after?
What is then?
A compound sentence needs
What are two independent clauses?
The classroom was full of energetic students in the morning, but the energy died down after lunch time.
What is a compound sentence?