Grammar

Question 1

Words used to put sentences together

Answer 1

Conjunction
(and, so, but, yet)

Question 2

Describes a noun

Answer 2

Adjective
(tall, furry, quiet)

Question 3

Words you can use instead of a noun to identify something

Answer 3

Pronouns
(she/her, he/him, they/them)

Question 4

Names a person, place or thing

Answer 4

Noun

Question 5

Tells you where or when something is in relation to something else

Answer 5

Preposition
(under, next to, on, down)

Question 6

Two words put together to make a new word and a new meaning

Answer 6

Compound Word
(cup + cake = cupcake)

Question 7

Describes an action

Answer 7

Verb
(crying, jogging, cooking)

Question 8

Describes an adjective or verb

Answer 8

Adverb
(loudly, closely, silently)

Question 9

Phrases that do not mean exactly what they say

Answer 9

Idioms / Expressions
(it’s raining cats and dogs)

Question 10

Combine a pronoun or noun and a verb, or a verb and “not”

Answer 10

Contraction
(I am = I’m, should not = shouldn’t)

Question 11

Two words with an opposite meaning

Answer 11

Antonym(s)
(Hot - Cold, Day - Night)

Question 12

A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language

Answer 12

Synonym

Question 13

Words that have the same sound

Answer 13

Homophones

Question 14

Words that have the same spelling

Answer 14

Homographs

Question 15

Marks the end of a declarative sentence

Answer 15

Period
.

Question 16

Marks a pause between parts of a sentence or between elements in a list

Answer 16

Comma
,

Question 17

Directs attention to what follows, as in explaining, listing, or quoting

Answer 17

Colon
:

Question 18

Marks the end of a word or a sentence to indicate a query

Answer 18

Question Mark
?

Question 19

Replaces words that were left out (or used to create a pause)

Answer 19

Ellipsis
…

Question 20

Marks the end of a word or a sentence to express strong emotions or surprise

Answer 20

Exclamation Point
!

Question 21

Shows posession and constructs a construction

Answer 21

Apostrophe
‘

Question 22

Encloses a word, phrase, number, or expression

Answer 22

Parentheses
( )

Question 23

Used to join independent related clauses

Answer 23

Semicolon
;

Question 24

Used to identify a title, quoted passage, or a word or a phrased used as jargon

Answer 24

Quotation Marks
“ “

Question 25

Used to join words and used to separate syllables of a single word

Answer 25

Hyphen -

Question 26

Marks the start and the end of speech mentioned within a quoted speech

Answer 26

Single Quotation Marks ' '