PENS STEPS
MARK STEPS
Parts of a Sentence
Simple Sentences
Complete Sentence
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What are the steps of PENS?
Pick a formula Explore the words Note the words Search and Check
100
What is the first step of MARK?
Mark out imposters
100
What is the subject? The angry woodpecker banged on the house.
Woodpecker
100
What's the formula? Casey raced to the fountain and threw in his penny.
SVV
100
What's wrong with this simple sentence? Mary screamed into the microphone
no endmark
200
What are the four simple sentence formulas?
SV, SSV, SVV, SSVV
200
What is the second step of MARK?
Ask, "Is there a verb?"
200
What is the verb? Mark raced across the parking lot.
raced
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What's the formula?
The horrible, old, mangy cat clawed the old tree.
200
What's wrong? james flew into the lake.
James is not capitalized.
300
What does Note the Words mean?
Write the words down
300
What is the third step of MARK?
Root out the subject
300
What is the infinitive? Mary wants to buy a new tv.
"to buy" in the infinitive
300
What is a simple sentence?
A simple sentence is a sentence with 1 independent clause.
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James and Marie is having a party on Tuesday.
are instead of is
400
What strategy to you use to Search and Check?
MARK
400
What are you looking for when you KEY INTO the beginning? The end?
Capital letter Endmark- period, question mark, exclamation point
400
What is the prepositional phrase? John walked under the bridge.
"under the bridge" is a prepositional phrase
400
What is an independent clause?
An independent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb that can stand alone.
400
What is an infinitive?
An infinitive is the word "to" and an action verb.
500
What are the two kinds of words you MUST think about when you "Explore the Words"?
The subject and the verb
500
Does this sentence make sense?
Ms. Narain are helping us with the math problems.
500
Name three linking verbs.
am, is, are, was, were, seem, be, become, been
500
What is the formula? The large grey bird flew towards the tree and crashed into the bark.
SVV
500
What is a prepositional phrase?
A prepositional phrase starts with a preposition and tells where or when.
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