DGP Rules Practice

Words that represent people, places, things, or ideas are

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Nouns

• Verbs

Words that modify, or describe, nouns and pronouns are

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Conjunctions

• Adverbs

Which part of speech shows action or state of being?

• Noun

• Verb

• Pronoun

• Adverb

Words that can take the place of a noun are

• Adverbs

• Verbs

• Pronouns

• Conjunctions

Which part of speech shows relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence?

• Preposition

• Noun

• Adverb

• Adjective

Words that modify, or describe, verbs and adjectives are

• Prepositions

• Nouns

• Adverbs

• Conjunctions

Which part of speech is used to join phrases, clauses, and words?

• Verbs

• Conjunctions

• Pronouns

• Adjectives

What contains the "who" or "what" of the verb?

• Subject

• Predicate

What is a group of words called that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronouns?

• Adjective phrase

• Independent clause

• Prepositional phrase

• Dependent clause

What are the types of clauses?

• Subordinate and Descriptive

• Independent and Secondary

• Independent and Dependent