Definitions
This or That
In a Sentence
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Name the Types
100

The definition of a common noun.

What is a person, place, thing, or idea.

100
Between melody and melodic, the adjective.

What is melodic?

100

The verb in this sentence:

Ms. Hadden ate lunch.

What is ate?

100

Interjection

What is... [lots of examples]: Ouch! Oof! Wow! Oh my, Zoinks! Ugh.

100

The three types of common nouns.

What are singular, plural, and possessive?

200

The definition of a pronoun.

What is a word that replaces a noun?

200

Between sing and song, the verb.

What is sing?

200

The adjective in this sentence:

Ms. Hadden's students are very smart.

What is smart?

200

Pronoun

What is... [lots of possibilities]: I, we, my, they, them, our, etc.


BONUS 50 POINTS!: Was the pronoun you said a personal or possessive pronoun?

200

The three types of verbs.

What are action, linking, and helping?

300

The definition of an interjection.

What is a word that shows exclamation and emotion?

300

Between or and although, the correlative conjunction.

What is although.

BONUS 10 POINTS! What kind of conjunction is "or"?

300

The adverb in this sentence:

Ms. Hadden's students are extraordinarily smart. 

What is extraordinarily?

300

Conjunction

What is... [lots of possibilities]: 


BONUS 50 POINTS!: Was the conjunction you said a coordinating, subordinating, or correlative conjunction?

300

The two types of pronouns (that we learned about).

What are personal and possessive?

400

The definition of a correlative conjunction.

What is a pair of words that connects two dependent clauses in a sentence and shows the relationship between them.

400

Between borrow and beg, the transitive verb.

What is borrow?

400

The preposition in this sentence:

Ms. Hadden is going to play practice after school.

What is after?

400

Transitive verb.

What is... [lost of possibilities]: eat, watch, take, smell, freeze, etc.

400

An article is a type of this part of speech category.

What is adjectives?

500

The definition of a preposition.

What is a word that shows the relationship of location in time or space between two groups of words. 

500

Between the parents' child and the parent's child the properly formed possessive noun.

What is the parents' child?

500

The conjunction in this sentence:

Ms. Hadden wants peace and quiet.

What is and?


500

Intransitive verb.

What is... [lots of possibilities]: go, jump, think, laugh, talk, sleep, etc.

500

The three types of conjunctions.

What are coordinating, correlative, and subordinating?