Nouns
This type of noun names general people, places, or things.
What is a common noun?
The main word or words in the subject of a sentence.
What is a simple subject?
The word that receives the action of the verb.
What is the direct object?
A clause that can stand alone as a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
A sentence with one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
"Golden Gate Bridge" is an example of this type of noun.
What is a proper noun?
My father took his children to the airport. What part of speech is the BOLDED word
What is a simple predicate?
In "She kicked the ball," what is the direct object?
What is "ball"?
A clause that cannot stand alone
What is a dependent clause?
This conjoins a compound sentence.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
"Puppy," "book," and "desk" are examples of this type of noun that you can touch.
What is a concrete noun?
All the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about.
What is the complete subject?
A word that takes the place of a noun.
EX: He waved hello.
What is a pronoun?
Identify the independent clause: "Although she was tired, she finished her homework."
What is 'she finished her homework'?
A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
Love, courage, and freedom are examples of this type of noun.
What is an abstract noun?
All the words that tell what the subject does or is.
What is the complete predicate?
The word a pronoun replaces.
Ex: Jane forgot her bag at home.
What is an antecedent?
Identify the dependent clause: "If you study, you will pass."
What is 'If you study'?
A sentence with two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
A word that names a group of people, animals, or things—like "team" or "flock."
What is a collective noun?
In "The cat under the bed meowed loudly," identify the simple subject.
What is "cat"?
In "The dog wagged its tail," identify the antecedent of "its."
What is "dog"?
Identify the dependent clause: "Because she was hungry, she ate a sandwich."
What is "Because she was hungry"?
Identify the type of sentence, "She wanted to go on vacation, so she saved up her money."
What is a compound sentence?