Grammar Gurus
Person, place, or thing.
What end punctuation does this sentence need?
I like the pizza
Period at the end of the sentence.
What is a topic sentence?
The sentence that tells what the paragraph is about.
What is a synonym for “happy”?
Glad, joyful, cheerful
Is this a question or a statement?
Are you coming to the party
Question
Choose the verb in this sentence:
The dog ran across the yard.
Ran
Fix the comma:
I have apples bananas and oranges.
I have apples, bananas, and oranges.
Add one detail to this sentence:
My cat is funny.
My cat is funny because she chases her tail in circles.)
What is an antonym for “cold”?
Hot, warm
Make this a command:
You should clean your room.
Clean your room.
Is the underlined word an adjective or adverb?
The blue sky is beautiful.
Adjective
Which words need capital letters?
we went to new york last summer.
We, New York
What’s a better word for “nice”?
Kind, friendly, helpful – accept any stronger word
Use the word “enormous” in a sentence.
The elephant is enormous.
Combine these sentences:
I love pizza. I love ice cream.
I love pizza and ice cream.
What is a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of a noun.
Where should the apostrophe go?
Thats my brothers book.
That’s my brother’s book.
Write a closing sentence for this paragraph:
I love playing soccer. I practice every day and try my best in games.
That’s why soccer is my favorite sport.
Match the prefix with the root:
un- + known = ?
What does it mean?
Unknown / not known
Change the sentence type (from command to question):
Turn off the light.
Can you turn off the light?
Identify all parts of speech in this sentence:
She quickly kicked the red ball.
She – pronoun
Quickly – adverb
Kicked – verb
The – article
Red – adjective
Ball – noun
Fix this sentence:
my friend and i went to the park yesterday it was fun
My friend and I went to the park yesterday. It was fun.
Put these sentences in order to form a paragraph:
A) I put the ingredients in the bowl.
B) I ate the cookies.
C) I baked cookies with my mom.
D) We put them in the oven.
C, A, D, B
What does “multi-” mean? Use it in a word.
Many – like in “multicolor”
Fix the run-on sentence:
I went to the park it was fun
I went to the park. It was fun. OR I went to the park, and it was fun.