Parts of Speech I
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a pronoun?
Takes the place of a noun.
What is a subject?
a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.
True or False? A preposition can be followed by a verb.
false
If an independent clause comes first, you do not need a comma. (True/False).
True
An action... You can DO it!
What is a conjunction?
a word used to connect clauses or sentences or words
What is a predicate?
the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject
What is the prepositional phrase:
Due to the storm, it was very difficult to walk against the wind.
against the wind
What is a dependent clause?
A clause that has a subject and predicate, but can't stand alone, and is not a complete thought.
What is an adjective?
Describes nouns and pronouns.
What is a helping verb?
A word added before the action verb to add detail.
What is/are the subject/s and predicate/s in the sentence?
My mom and my dad are watching me perform a persuasive speech.
S- mom and dad
P-are watching
What are the prepositional phrases
People around the world can communicate with each other through the internet.
around the world
with each other
through the internet
What is an independent clause?
A clause that has a subject and a predicate, can stand alone as a sentence, and it a complete thought.
What is an adverb?
Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
What are the three types of nouns
pronoun, common and proper
What is the subject and predicate in this sentence?
Lindy and Sally ate hot dogs and cried during bowling.
S- Lindy and Sally
P- ate
How many prepositional phrases are there?
Mt. Saint Helens in the state of Washington did $1 billion of damage in the 1980 earthquake.
4: (in the state) (of Washington) (of damage) (in the 1980 earthquake)
Identify the part of speech of each word in the sentence:
Carmine and I told funny stories at summer camp.
Carmine (noun), and (conjunction), I (pronoun), told (verb), funny (adjective), stories (noun), at (preposition), summer (adjective), camp (noun)
What is a preposition?
a word proceeding a pronoun and expressing a relation to another word
What is the difference between a subordinating conjunction and coordinating conjunction
Coordination joins sentences with related and equal ideas, whereas subordinating conjunction joins sentences with related but unequal ideas.
What's the subject and predicate in this sentence?
The girl was doing homework; however, her sister was too.
S- "girl" and "sister"
P- "was doing" and "was too"
I looked under my bed, behind my dresser, and above my bookshelf for my missing necklace. I even looked into my backpack and near my window.
under, behind, above, for, into, and near
Identify the part of speech of each word in the sentence:
Someone scolds the cutter and sends him or her to the end of the line.
What is someone (pronoun), scolds (verb), the (article), cutter (noun), and (conjunction), sends (verb), him (pronoun), or (conjunction), her (pronoun), to (preposition), the (article), end (noun), of (preposition), the (article), line (noun)