Parts of Speech
a person, place, thing or idea
noun
Identify the subject and verb in the following sentence.
Mangalica pig farmers raise the pigs for their excellent meat.
farmers raise
What type of clause begins with a subordinating conjunction and cannot stand along as a sentence
dependent
What type of conjunction joins words, phrases, or sentences. To help us remember them, we use FANBOYS
coordinating conjunctions
main noun or pronoun that a sentence is about
subject
takes the place of a noun
Identify the subject and verb.
Farmers should provide a suitable pasture for the pigs.
farmers should provide
What type of clause can stand alone as a sentence
independent
Type of conjunction that is always used in PAIRS and also joins sentence parts of the same grammatical function
correlative conjunctions
Type of sentence that makes a statement and ends with a period
declarative
an action or state-of-being
verb
Identify the subjects and verbs.
They root in the dirt for food and leave the ground torn up.
They, root, leave
Identify the underlined clause as independent or dependent.
Because they forage, Mangalica pigs may be a good choice for the first-time pig farmers.
dependent
type of conjunction that begins a dependent clause
subordinating
a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses joined by a comma and coordinating conjunction
compound sentence
describes a noun or pronoun
adjective
Identify the subject and verb.
Mangalica pigs do not require much care and usually forage for themselves.
pigs, do require, forage
Identify the underlined clause as dependent or independent.
Profits may be delayed since the pigs take longer to reach maturity than typical farm pigs.
independent
Identify the conjunctions and the type of conjunction.
Mangalica pork has the natural fat that is both high in omega-3 fatty acids and lower in saturated fat than butter.
both, and, correlative
begins with a preposition, ends with a noun (OP), and includes any modifiers in between
prepositional phrase
describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
adverb
Identify the subjects and verbs.
Farmers and pet owners have written praise for the Mangalica pig.
Farmers, owners, have written
Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence.
The pigs should be pastured where the ground can be torn up.
where the ground can be torn up
Identify the conjunctions and the type of conjunction.
Although once rejected as unhealthy, Mangalica pork has become enough of a favorite to save the breed.
although, subordinating
group of words that has both a subject and a predicate working together (can be independent or dependent)
clause