A word or wordgroup that makesthe meaning of aword or wordgroup morespecific.A run-on sentencein which only acomma separatestwo completesentences.A specialpunctuation marktypically used tomean “note whatfollows”, such asbefore lists.A run-on sentencein which nopunctuationseparatescompletesentences.A noun orpronoun placedbeside anothernoun to identifyor describe it.A horizontal linethat shows apause or break inmeaning, or thatrepresents missingwords or letters.The voice averb is in whenit expresses anaction done byits subject.Marks a pause ina sentence that’snot quite as strongas a period, but itis stronger than acomma.The word orwords that apronounstands for.A group of wordsthat contains asubject and a verband expresses acomplete thought.Used inplace of oneor morenouns orpronouns.A pronounthat points outa specificperson, place,idea or thing.A modifying word,phrase, or clause thatdoes not clearly andsensibly modify aword or word groupin a sentence.Thecorrespondence,or match, ingender andnumber betweengrammaticalforms.A very shorthorizontalline betweenwords.Pairs ofconjunctions thatjoin words orgroups of wordsthat are used inthe same way.A word, phrase, orclause that seemsto modify thewrong word orwords in asentence.Two or morecompletesentencesrun togetheras one.The use of the samegrammatical forms orstructures to balancerelated ideas in asentence.A group of words thatis punctuated as if itwere a completesentence but that doesnot contain both asubject and a verb orthat does not expressa complete thought.Noun, Pronoun, Verb,Adverb, Adjective,Conjunction, Article,Preposition: The rolea word plays in asentence.Indicates thetime of theaction or stateof beingexpressed bythe verb.The voice theverb is in whenit expresses anaction done toits subject.FANBOYS;Join two partsof a sentencethat aregrammaticallyequal.A word or wordgroup that makesthe meaning of aword or wordgroup morespecific.A run-on sentencein which only acomma separatestwo completesentences.A specialpunctuation marktypically used tomean “note whatfollows”, such asbefore lists.A run-on sentencein which nopunctuationseparatescompletesentences.A noun orpronoun placedbeside anothernoun to identifyor describe it.A horizontal linethat shows apause or break inmeaning, or thatrepresents missingwords or letters.The voice averb is in whenit expresses anaction done byits subject.Marks a pause ina sentence that’snot quite as strongas a period, but itis stronger than acomma.The word orwords that apronounstands for.A group of wordsthat contains asubject and a verband expresses acomplete thought.Used inplace of oneor morenouns orpronouns.A pronounthat points outa specificperson, place,idea or thing.A modifying word,phrase, or clause thatdoes not clearly andsensibly modify aword or word groupin a sentence.Thecorrespondence,or match, ingender andnumber betweengrammaticalforms.A very shorthorizontalline betweenwords.Pairs ofconjunctions thatjoin words orgroups of wordsthat are used inthe same way.A word, phrase, orclause that seemsto modify thewrong word orwords in asentence.Two or morecompletesentencesrun togetheras one.The use of the samegrammatical forms orstructures to balancerelated ideas in asentence.A group of words thatis punctuated as if itwere a completesentence but that doesnot contain both asubject and a verb orthat does not expressa complete thought.Noun, Pronoun, Verb,Adverb, Adjective,Conjunction, Article,Preposition: The rolea word plays in asentence.Indicates thetime of theaction or stateof beingexpressed bythe verb.The voice theverb is in whenit expresses anaction done toits subject.FANBOYS;Join two partsof a sentencethat aregrammaticallyequal.

October: Grammar Terms - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. A word or word group that makes the meaning of a word or word group more specific.
  2. A run-on sentence in which only a comma separates two complete sentences.
  3. A special punctuation mark typically used to mean “note what follows”, such as before lists.
  4. A run-on sentence in which no punctuation separates complete sentences.
  5. A noun or pronoun placed beside another noun to identify or describe it.
  6. A horizontal line that shows a pause or break in meaning, or that represents missing words or letters.
  7. The voice a verb is in when it expresses an action done by its subject.
  8. Marks a pause in a sentence that’s not quite as strong as a period, but it is stronger than a comma.
  9. The word or words that a pronoun stands for.
  10. A group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
  11. Used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
  12. A pronoun that points out a specific person, place, idea or thing.
  13. A modifying word, phrase, or clause that does not clearly and sensibly modify a word or word group in a sentence.
  14. The correspondence, or match, in gender and number between grammatical forms.
  15. A very short horizontal line between words.
  16. Pairs of conjunctions that join words or groups of words that are used in the same way.
  17. A word, phrase, or clause that seems to modify the wrong word or words in a sentence.
  18. Two or more complete sentences run together as one.
  19. The use of the same grammatical forms or structures to balance related ideas in a sentence.
  20. A group of words that is punctuated as if it were a complete sentence but that does not contain both a subject and a verb or that does not express a complete thought.
  21. Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Conjunction, Article, Preposition: The role a word plays in a sentence.
  22. Indicates the time of the action or state of being expressed by the verb.
  23. The voice the verb is in when it expresses an action done to its subject.
  24. FANBOYS; Join two parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal.