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Parts of Speech I
GRAMMAR: Parts of speech up to conjunctions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The "cat" played in the tree. | Noun |
| Yesterday we "went" to the store. | Verb |
| The lazy troll laid "under" the bridge. | Preposition |
| She wanted chocolate "and" french fries. | Coordinating conjunction |
| "Unless" the kids went to the store, they couldn't sit still. | Subordinating conjunction |
| "No one" likes to wear pants on Sunday. | Indefinite pronoun |
| Sally cut "herself" shaving. | Reflexive pronoun |
| Antecedent | The name of the formal noun a pronoun replaces |
| The "jagged" edge of reason is often a worthy adversary. | Adjective |
| The raven "quickly" darted clear of the oncoming windshield. | Adverb |
| The night bat is known for "the" way it has liquid eyes and uncanny olfactory senses. | Article |
| The cat decided to scratch on the "sofa." | object of the preposition |
| the main subject of a sentence in one word | Simple subject |
| consists of two Independent phrases joined by a conjunction | compound sentence |
| consists of an Independent phrase and at least one Dependent (Subordinate) phrase joined with punctuation. | complex sentence |
| one independent phrase | simple sentence |
| "After" the bugs scattered, he screamed. | Subordinate tag/word |
| "After the bugs scattered," he screamed. | Subordinate clause |
| Reflexive pronoun | Pronoun used when receiver of an action is identical to the doer of the action "Louise cut herself" |