Parts of Speech Review (not on test)
The part of speech italicized below.
"The dog ran outside."
What is a noun?
The three characteristics of a simple sentence are that it has a subject, predicate, and is this.
What is a complete thought?
A word that describes direction, location, or time.
What is a preposition?
This is the number of independent or dependent clauses in a simple sentence.
What is one independent clause?
This is the number of independent or dependent clauses in a compound sentence.
What is two independent clauses?
What is a period, question mark, or exclamation point?
The part of speech italicized below.
"The soft, pink petals bloomed beautifully after the rain."
What are adjectives?
What the sentence is about.
What is subject?
A prepositional phrase includes a preposition and this.
What is an object?
This kind of clause is a complete thought, it can stand on its own, is a simple sentence.
What is an independent clause?
A compound sentence joins two independent clauses with this type of conjunction.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
A comma always goes before this type of conjunction.
What is coordinating?
The part of speech italicized below.
"The wide receiver sprinted down the football field."
What is a verb?
The italicized portion of the sentence.
"Eating spicy food before bed is a bad idea."
What is a prepositional phrase?
True or False: a dependent clause can include a preposition.
What is true?
This type(s) of clause(s) includes a subject and predicate.
What is an independent and dependent clause?
This is the number of independent or dependent clauses in a complex sentence.
What is 1 independent and 1 dependent clause?
This type of punctuation is commonly used alongside conjunctions in compound and complex sentences.
What is a comma?
The part of speech italicized below.
"It began as a lovely Spring morning."
What is a pronoun?
The type of sentence written below.
"He should try out for soccer, for he is a great talent."
What is a compound sentence?
"My dog waited at the door for us."
What is at?
The independent clause(s) in the following sentence:
"Whenever I go to the store, I always need to bring money."
What is "I always need to bring money"?
The type of conjunction used in a complex sentence.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
The following sentence has the correct punctuation.
A. Students hate taking tests, yet most kids don’t mind coming to school.
B. Students hate taking tests yet most kids don’t mind coming to school.
C. Students hate taking tests yet, most kids don’t mind coming to school.
D. Students hate taking tests; yet most kids don’t mind coming to school.
What is A?
The part of speech italicized below.
"The cat pranced through the door."
What is a preposition?
The part of the sentence italicized below.
"The horses were fed even though the framer gave instructions not to feed them."
What is a subordinating conjunction?
The prepositional phrase in the following sentence.
"Although none of us wanted to leave, we had to be home before midnight."
What is "before midnight"?
The dependent clause(s) in the following sentence.
"I love going to the theatre as it makes for a better cinematic experience."
What is "as it makes for a better cinematic experience"?
Alternative for a coordinating conjunction, which is only used in compound sentences.
What is a semicolon?
The following sentence with the correct punctuation.
A. English is my favorite subject, since all my friends are in my class.
B. English is my favorite subject since, all my friends are in my class.
C. English is my favorite subject; since all my friends are in my class.
D. English is my favorite subject since all my friends are in my class.
What is D?
The part of speech italicized below.
"The deer quickly jumped across the roadway."
What is an adverb?
The four types of sentences.
What is simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex?
A prepositional phrase by itself is not a complete sentence. It would be considered this.
What is a fragment, phrase, or incomplete sentence?
If a sentence contains two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause, it is known as this 4th type of sentence.
What is compound-complex?
When the independent clause comes at the beginning of the sentence, and the dependent clause is at the end, this is where the comma(s) go.
What is no comma?
Where the comma(s) go in the following sentence.
"The hurricane even though it was miles off coast was a real threat."
What is before even and after coast?