Parts of Speech
What is a noun?
A person, place, idea, or thing
it describes a noun or pronoun
What is the prefix, root, and suffix of this word?
Deconstruction
de/construct/ion
Find the wrong word and replace it with the correct spelling:
He thought he had scratched his aye.
aye = eye
How many syllables in the word "academically?"
6 Syllables
What is a pronoun?
Takes the place of a noun in a sentence
What is a conjunction?
What is the prefix, root, and suffix of this word?
Behaving
be/hav/ing
The school wanted to higher someone right for the job.
higher = hire
What is a morpheme?
Part of a word: prefix, root, and suffix
What is a verb?
An action word
What is a preposition?
It connects a noun to the rest of the sentence
What is the prefix, root, and suffix of this word?
Reappears
re/appear/s
The students were not aloud to listen to the meeting
Aloud = allowed
What is a syllable?
"A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word"
A sound part of a word
What is an adverb?
It describes a verb
Give three examples of adjectives
Answers may vary
What is the prefix, root, and suffix of this word?
Independent
in/depend/ent
It was hot so she decided to where shorts.
Where = wear
What 2 things are required for a simple sentence?
Object and Predicate
What is an interjection?
It shows strong emotion in a sentence
Give three examples of conjunctions.
Answers may vary: for, and, as, but, yet, that, so, or nor
What is the prefix, root, and suffix of this word?
Unhappiness
un/happi/ness
They told the class to meat them beside the portables.
What is syntax?
"The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language."
Using words and phrases in a specific way to form a sentence