Elementary School

1. A group of sentences
that tell about the
main idea
Paragraph
Language Arts Terms 3

2. A verb that shows an
action that has
already happened
Past Tense

3. A group of words that
does not have a
subject or predicate
Phrase

4. Names more than one
person, place, or
thing
Plural Noun

5. A noun that shows
ownership. It is
formed by adding an
apostrophe and s to a
singular noun
Possessive Noun

6. May be used in place
of a possessive noun
Possessive Pronoun

7. Tells what the subject
of a sentence does or
is
Predicate

8. A word that shows
the connection
between other words
in a sentence, such
as at, for, with, or
after
Preposition

9. A group of words that
begins with a
preposition and ends
with a noun or
pronoun
Prepositional
Phrase

10. A verb that shows
action that is
happening now
Present Tense

11. The way in which
writers share their
writing with an
audience
Presentation

12. The part of the writing
process when the
writer chooses a topic
and plans the
composition
Prewriting

13. A word that replaces
one or more nouns
Pronoun

14. The part of the writing
process when the
writing is checked for
mistakes
Proofreading

15. An adjective formed
from a proper noun
and capitalized
Proper Adjective

16. A word that names a
particular person,
place, or thing
Proper Noun

17. The part of the writing
process when writers
make a final copy of
their composition
Publish

18. The goal of the
composition
Purpose

19. Punctuation use
before (“) and after (“)
a direct quotation
Quotation Marks

20. The End