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

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