Parts of Speech

Nouns

100

I make sentences smooth and point to the noun.

What is an article?

200

I modify nouns and pronouns.

What is an adjective?

300

I take the place of nouns.

What is a pronoun?

400

I answer the questions: "What kind? Which one? How Many?

What is an adjective?

500

I am the name of a person, place, thing, or idea and need a capital letter.

What is a proper noun?

Verbs

100

There are two types, action and linking. 

What is a verb?

200

I show the action of a sentence. 

What is an action verb? 

300

I modify a verb, another adverb, and an adjective too.

What is an adverb?

400

I link the subject noun to a description.

What is a linking verb? 

500

I answer the questions: How? When? Where? Upon a rare occasion I answer the question, "Why?"

What is an adverb?

Phrase/ Clause

100

I am a group of words that tell you something, but not a complete sentence.

What is a phrase?

200

I have a subject noun and a verb and can stand alone as a complete thought. 

What is an independent clause? 

300

I have a subject noun and a verb, but I cannot stand alone as an independent thought.

What is a dependent clause? 

400

I am a type of clause.

I have an amazing class! 

What is an independent clause?

500

I am a type of clause.

Because I teach 6th grade,

What is a dependent clause?

Punctuation

100

I separate and pause.

What is a comma?

200

I mark the beginnings of sentences and proper nouns. 

What is a capital?

300

I show ownership.

What is an apostrophe?

400

I connect words as well as prefixes and suffixes to words.

What is a hyphen? 

500

I create contractions. 

What is an apostrophe?