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Part of Speech Vocabulary
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100
My dad loves to read.
What is dad
100
Monica threw the ball across the field.
What is threw
100
Plants were the first living things on earth.
What is on
100

T/F This a simple sentence: The cat and the dog ran and rolled around in the yard.

True.

100

When the doorbell rang, my dog Skeeter barked loudly.

What is when?

100

What is an independent clause?

A group of words that has a subject and a verb and CAN stand alone.

100

Something that names a person, a place or a thing

What is a noun. EXAMPLES: ball, student, mall, park, pizza, candle

100

Words used to name general people, places, things, and ideas rather than specific ones.

What is a common noun?

200
The crowded mall was a nightmare.
What is mall and nightmare
200
Friends sometimes argue when they spend too much time together.
What is argue and spend
200
The policeman walked through the doorway and into the garden.
What is through and into
200

T/F This is a simple sentence: Mom and Dad went home while I stayed at the mall.

False -- Complex Sentence

200

Bill refuses to eat peas, nor will he touch carrots.

What is nor?

200

What is a dependent clause?

A group of words that is missing a subject or a verb and CANNOT stand alone.

200

A word that shows action

What is a verb. EXAMPLES: kick, tell, throw, ask, write

200

What is the independent clause in this sentence? The game will be delayed unless it stops raining.

The game will be delayed

300
Peter's honesty allowed him to stay out of trouble.
What is Peter, honesty, and trouble
300
He was angry when it rained all afternoon.
What is was and rained
300
People around the world can communicate with each other through the internet.
What is around, with, and through
300

Fill in the blank: NBA Youngboy rapped a song last night on tv ______ I didn't get to watch it. Hint: there are 2 parts to the answer

, but

300

The coordinating conjunctions:

What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?

300

What is a compound sentence?

Has two or more independent clauses joined together with a coordinating conjunction.

300

A word that describes a noun or a pronoun.

What is an adjective. EXAMPLES: red, smart, funny, stale, cool.

300

A word that represents a concept without a physical form. Something that cannot be seen, smelled, tasted, touched, or heard.

What is an abstract noun?

400
Carmine and I liked to tell scary stories on Halloween.
What is Carmine, stories, and Halloween
400

The teacher has corrected my poor grammar.

What is has corrected

400

I looked under my bed, behind my dresser, and above my bookshelf for my missing necklace.

What is under, behind, for, and above

400

What type of sentence is the following?  Although Mitchell prefers watching romantic films, he rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much.

What is compound-complex.

400

We won the game, but my uniform was muddy because it rained the entire time.

What are but and because?

400

What is a complex sentence?

Has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses that are joined together with a subordinating conjunction.

400

A word that replaces a noun.

What is a pronoun? Examples: he, they, it

400

A word expressing a relation to or between nouns/pronouns and another word.

What is a preposition?

500
Time seemed to go by quickly while she was watching television.
What is time and television
500
My father must have thought I could swim.
What is must have thought and could swim
500

Due to the storm, it was very difficult to walk against the wind.

What is against and due to

500

What type of sentence is the following?   Timmy loves to play basketball; his dad did not have a hoop until he bought one yesterday.

What is compound-complex.

500
The subordinating conjunctions:

What are after, although, as, when, while, unless, until, before, because, if, since?

500

What is a compound-complex sentence?

Has at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses that are joined together with subordinating and coordinating conjunctions.

500

A word that connects clause and sentences.

What is a conjunction? Examples: but, for, although

500

What is the dependent clause in the sentence? While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.

While we are learning to jump rope