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Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Conjunctions
Modifiers
100
These nouns are not capitalized, unless they occur at the start of a sentence.
What is a common noun?
100
The noun being replaced by a pronoun is called this.
What is an antecedent?
100
This is the verb in this sentence.
What is "is"?
100
"And" is this type of conjunction.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
100
"A," "an," and "the" are specific adjectives called this.
What are articles?
200
These nouns are capitalized, because they name specific people, places, and things.
What is a proper noun?
200
Mine and ours are singular and plural types of this pronoun.
What is a possessive pronoun?
200
The verb in this sentence is this type of verb.
What is a linking verb?
200
"After" is this type of conjunction.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
200
His apple was bruised and rotten. What part of speech is "his"?
What is an adjective?
300
Bravery is this kind of noun, one that can not be touched.
What is an abstract noun?
300
Myself is this type of pronoun.
What is an intensive or reflexive pronoun.
300
I will grade your papers over the weekend. The word "will" is this type of verb.
What is a helping verb?
300
What acronym helps you remember the common coordinating conjunctions?
What is FANBOYS?
300
Yesterday, Elijah saw a monster outside. These two words are adverbs.
What are "yesterday" and "outside"?
400
Team is this kind of noun, one that represents a group.
What is a collective noun?
400
When a pronoun is the subject or object of a sentence, it's known as one of these pronouns.
What is a subjective or objective pronoun?
400
DAILY DOUBLE: When a verbal is used as a verb, you can call it this.
What is a gerund?
400
What acronym helps you remember the common subordinating conjunctions?
What is SWABI?
400
What is the preposition in this sentence?
In
500
These kinds of nouns are actions turned into things.
What is a verbal?
500
Which, That, Who, and Whom are all types of this pronoun.
What is a relative pronoun?
500
Shaken, the woman didn't know what to do with the crying baby. When verbs like "shaken" and "crying" are used as adjectives, they're called this.
What is a participle?
500
The acronym THAMO helps you remember these types of conjunctions.
What are conjunctive adverbs?
500
DAILY DOUBLE: Over the weekend, a spaceship from Venus landed in my backyard. These are the prepositional phrases in that sentence.
What are "over the weekend," "from Venus," and "in my backyard"?