Fill in the Blank
Fill in the blank with the future tense of eat.
We ___________ at noon.
will eat
What does this mean?
Once in a blue moon
it rarely happens, does not happen very often
True or False :
There are exactly two mistakes in this sentence:
We sat over their with the to older ladys.
FALSE There are THREE
We sat over THERE with the TWO older LADIES.
Pick the correct possessive noun:
My brother ate my (sister) cake.
A. sisters
B. sister's
C. sisters'
B.
Sister is singular so the possessive turns into:
sister's
The cake belongs to my sister.
What is the plural of:
GOOSE
GEESE
Where, when, or why?
I put money in a box, _____ I keep all of my treasures.
where
What does this mean?
Spill the beans
to tell a secret
True or False:
-is- is a helping verb in this sentence:
Ben is eating his lunch.
TRUE
Pick the correct possessive noun:
Our (team) captain is a great role model.
A. teams
B. team's
C. team'
B. team's
Team is singular (meaning one team). It changes to team's to make it possessive.
The captain belongs to the team.
What is the plural of:
LOAF
LOAVES
join together phrases and clauses.
What does this mean?
Let someone off the hook.
True or False:
This is a compound sentence:
He went to the movies after he completed his homework.
TRUE- it has two independent clauses.
Pick the correct possessive noun:
The (players) bus was late to the game.
A. players
B. player's
C. players'
C.
Players is plural so to make it possessive, it changes to players'
The bus belongs to the players.
What is the plural of:
FISH
FISH
Like and As
What does this mean?
Go on a wild goose chase.
to do something that is pointless
As the sun was rising, the water was getting warmer.
FALSE
This sentence has one independent clause and one dependent clause.
Pick the correct possessive noun:
(James) performance was a hit!
A. Jame's
B. James'
C. James's
C. James's
James is one person. So even though it ends with a -s, it is still one single person.
The performance belongs to James = James's
What is the plural of:
CHILD
CHILDREN
Fill in the blank with a preposition:
She sits _____ the tree.
What does this mean?
Fish out to water.
To be out of your comfort zone.
True or False
"For" is a PREPOSITION.
FALSE
'for' is a conjunction.
Pick the correct possessive noun:
There's an (eagle) nest in the tree.
A. eagles
B. eagles'
C. eagle's
C. eagle's
There is only one eagle, so to show that the eagle owns the nest, it changes to eagle's.
What is the plural of:
PERSON
PEOPLE