Tenses
Sentence Types
Sentence Punctuation
Commonly Misspelled Words and Meanings
There/Their/They're
Your/You're
100
Verb tense that expresses action that will take place
What is Future Tense
100
Appositive - An Appositive is a noun placed next to another noun to define it Identify the appositive in the following sentence: James Madison's wife, Dolley, was a famous first lady.
What is Dolley
100
This punctuation goes at the end of a sentence that is an inquiry
What is Question Mark
100
Have an effect on; make a difference to ***Be Sure to Spell Out Your Answer***
What is Affect
100
This is a contraction of the words "They" and "Are" ***Be Sure To Spell Out Your Answer***
What is They're
200
Verb tense that expresses action that did take place
What is Past Tense
200
Complex Sentence - a complex sentence has one independent clause (sentence) and one dependent/subordinating clause (fragment) Identify the independent and dependent clause in the following sentence: When Maria moved to El Paso, she made many new friends.
What is Independent Clause - She made many new friends. Dependent Clause - When Maria moved to El Paso
200
This punctuation goes at the end of a sentence that is showing excitement or intense emotion
What is Exclamation Point
200
A change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause ***Be Sure To Spell Out Your Answer***
What is Effect
200
This is a contraction of the words "You" and "Are" ***Be Sure To Spell Out Your Answer***
What is You're
300
Verb tense that expresses action that is taking place now
What is Present Tense
300
Compound Sentence - contains two or more simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction or by a semicolon. Identify the conjunction in sentence 1. Identify where the semicolon should be placed in sentence 2. 1. Eudora Welty is a novelist, but she also writes essays. 2. Eudora Welty is a novelist She also writes essays.
What is 1. But 2. After novelist or before she
300
This punctuation goes at the end of a sentence that is making a statement
What is Period
300
The second month of the year ***Be Sure To Spell Out Your Answer***
What is February
300
In, at, or to that place or position ***Be Sure To Spell Out Your Answer***
What is There
400
In what tense is the following sentence written? The teachers at Null Middle School are excited about their students passing the STAAR Test!
What is Present Tense
400
FANBOYS are the conjunctions. This represents...
What is F - For A - And N - Nor B - But O - Or Y - Yet S - So
400
This punctuation goes at the end of a sentence making a command
What is Period
400
The 4th day of the week (Remember the first day of the week is Sunday) ***Be Sure To Spell Out Your Answer***
What is Wednesday
400
Belonging to or associated with the person or people that the speaker is addressing; Belonging to or associated with any person in general. ***Be Sure To Spell Out Your Answer***
What is Your
500
In what tense is the following sentence written? Null Stallions will rock the STAAR Test!
What is Future Tense
500
Simple Sentence - A simple sentence has one or more subjects and one or more predicates (Subject = Noun, Predicate = verb; phrase stating something about the subject) Identify the subject, verb, and predicate in the following sentence: Null Middle School 7th graders are going to pass the STAAR Test!
What is Subject - Null Middle School 7th graders Verb - are going Predicate - to pass the STAAR Test
500
All correctly punctuated sentences should begin with
What is The first letter of the first word CAPITALIZED
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! When in doubt about words on the STAAR Writing Test, we should always use a...
What is Dictionary
500
Belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified ***Be Sure To Spell Out Your Answer***
What is Their
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