Parts of Speech
Person, place, thing or idea
Noun
Every sentence starts with a
Capital
Every sentence has at least one
independent clause
I love sushi
period/exclamation point
It is over _____.
their, there, they're
there
Takes the place of a noun
Pronoun
Two parts that every sentence needs
Subject
Predicate
Cannot stand on its own
Dependent Clause
capital I and period
It took far ____ long.
to too two
too
Modifies verbs, adjectives and other ____
Adverb
I like to ride bikes, and my brother does too.
This is a
Compound sentence
To connect independent clauses you use
a comma and a FANBOY (coordinating conjunction)
After we went to the park we go to the store.
verb tense: went/go
comma after park
I went to ___ some whole wheat ____.
buy by bye flour, flower
buy
flour
Shows relationship between noun/pronoun and another word in a sentence
Preposition
Jason folded origami cranes while the adults talked.
This is a
Complex sentence
an AAWWUBBIS (Subordinating conjunction) and a comma if needed
wow that is a huge lion but i am not scared
Capitalize: Wow and I
Comma after lion
period after scared
hole whole hour our
whole hour
Two types of words that connect clauses
Subordinating conjunctions and coordinating conjunctions
After making my bed, I decided to go for a run, so I changed into my trail runners.
This is a
compound-complex sentence
A comma is needed in a complex sentence when
the dependent clause is first
after waking up i felt overwhelmed so i made a list
comma after "up" and "overwhelmed"
period after "list"
Capitalize "i" "i" and "after"
I ___ ___ ___ ___.
know no - knot not - to too two - stare stair
know not to stare