Parts of Speech
What part of speech can be an idea?
A noun.
What modifies nouns and pronouns?
Adjectives.
This part of speech makes up a predicate:
A verb.
A sentence must have these two parts:
What part of speech says what the subject of a sentence is like or is doing?
A verb.
What modifies adverbs?
Adverb.
Verb phrases have a main verb and...
1 or more helping verbs.
What are 3 of the 4 sentence types?
Name 3: Statements, questions, commands, and exclamations.
What do you call a word that references a noun in a less specific way?
A pronoun.
What modifies pronouns?
Adjectives.
A predicate does what in a sentence?
Says what the subject is like or is doing.
What punctuation is used at the end of a question?
A question mark.
What are 2 parts of speech that modify or describe other words?
Adjectives and adverbs.
Who? To what extent? When? Where? How?
Adverb questions.
Actions.
A period or exclamation mark.
What are the 5 parts of speech we've learned so far?
Nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs.
Adjectives answer these 4 questions:
How many? Which ones? What kind? Whose?
Name at least 5 of the 24 helping verbs.
be, am, is, are, was
were, been, being, have, has, had
could, should, would, may, might
must, shall, can, will, do, did
does, having
How many parts of speech are there.
Eight.