What Am I?

Grammar

100

I add extra information to a noun. I must be between commas.

An Appositive

200

I am used when the doer of the action is unknown, or not important.

Passive voice

300

I start with "that," "which," or "who" to describe a noun.

Relative clause

400

I am used when you want to talk about an action without doing the action.

Gerund

500

I am used to describe an action that started in the past and continues into the present.

Present perfect tense

Punctuation Marks

100

I separate items in a list.

Comma ,

200

I go at the end of a sentence when you are excited about something.

Exclamation mark !

300

I go before and after a sentence to show that it is not your own words.

Quotation marks "

400

I can go before a conjunctive adverb or between two clauses to separate them. I am not a period.

Semicolon ;

500

I go before and after in-text citations and things that are less important.

Parentheses ( )

Parts of Speech

100

I am a person, place, thing, or idea.

Noun

200

I am a part of speech that shows an action.

Verb

300

I am used to join clauses or sentences.

Conjunctions

400

I describe nouns.

Adjective

500

I am  a phrase used to show time, place, and purpose.

Prepositional phrase