Parts of Speech
Vocabulary
Sentence Structure
Punctuation
Root Words
100
This part of speech states and action or state of being. A. Verb B. Noun C. Adverb
What is a verb
100
This word means to leave something out; to fail to include it.
What is omit
100
This type of clause cannot stand on its own; it must depend on another clause to create a complete sentence.
What is a dependent clause
100
Please buy the following items from the grocery store (insert punctuation here) milk, eggs, and butter.
What is colon
100
This root word means "life."
What is bio
200
These are the 5 main linking verbs.
What is am, is, are, was, were.
200
This word means to cast out or eject; to refuse to accept
What is reject
200
This type of clause can stand on its own; it does not need help to create a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause
200
We bought twenty three copies of her famous book, "The Scarlet Letter." This punctuation should be inserted when dealing with numbers between 21 and 99.
What is hyphen
200
This root word means "hand."
What is man or manu
300
This part of speech relates one thing's location to another in a sentence. Think time and space!
What is a preposition
300
This word means to suffer from oppressive heat
What is swelter
300
This type of sentence contains an independent clause and at least one or more dependent clauses.
What is Complex sentence
300
Please insert the correct punctuation: This summer, we will visit Paris, France, Madrid, Spain, London, England, and Dublin, Ireland.
What is semicolon between each country.
300
This root word means "to speak."
What is dict
400
This is a verbal that poses as an adjective in a sentence.
What is a participle
400
This word means to assert or speak the opposite of something
What is contradict
400
This type of sentence contains two or more independent clauses.
What is compound sentence
400
This is the purpose of a semicolon
What is to join two independent clauses together that contain similar thoughts, or to separate items in a list.
400
This root word means "to carry".
What is port
500
This type of verbal acts as a noun in a sentence.
What is a gerund
500
This word means a person, place, or thing that is a complete mystery.
What is enigma
500
The words, "consequently" and "therefore" are marker words for what type of clause?
What is independent or main
500
Place the comma in the correct place: My brother was born on September 25 1979 in Atlanta Georgia.
What is September 25, 1979, in Atlanta, Georgia.
500
This root word means "to see or watch."
What is spec