Parts of Speech
What is a Noun
What kind of sentence is below
Are you going to go to the mall today?
a. Interrogative b. Imperative c. Declarative d. exclamatory
Is the following a spelling error, a punctuation error, or a capitalization error?
Does it surprise you to learn that peanuts grow underground.
Punctuation
Which part of the sentences is the subject?
Mr. Morton walked.
Mr. Morton
Simile or metaphor
My dog snores like a lion every night and it keeps me awake!
simile
This part of speech that describes a noun.
What is an adjective.
With what kind of punctuation would you end an exclamatory sentence.
Exclamation point
Is the following a spelling error, punctuation error, capitalization error.
They are not really bears. they are marsupials.
Capitalization error
Which part of the sentence in the predicate?
Mr. Morton loved his cat.
What is the figurative language:
Angela was a breath of fresh air compared to her sister who had an attitude and was always in trouble.
a. simile b. metaphor c. hyperbole d. personification
metaphor
Name the words in the following sentence that are nouns:
The umbrella swayed back and forth on the beach.
What is umbrella and beach
What is a Declarative sentence?
A statement
Correctly write this sentence.
did they catch the plain in time.
Did they catch the plane in time?
What is a subject?
Who or what the sentence is about.
What is the figurative language.
The movie felt like a billion hours long. It was so boring.
Hyperbole
Which words in this sentence are the adjectives?
The book was long and boring, but Julie still read it.
What is long and boring?
What is the difference between a declarative and an imperative sentence?
AND
Give an example of each.
One is a command and the other is a statement.
Which word needs to be replaced?
The boy took too cookies and was troubled with guilt by his poor decision making.
too changes to two
What is the predicate?
What the subject is or does.
Give an example of an onomatopoeia
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The boy ran quickly to his mother to tell her all about his report card.
Quickly
Name all four types of sentences.
Declarative
Imperative
Interrogative
Exclamatory
the play, treasure island, was so long i fell asleep.
There are words that need to be capitalized.
The , Treasure Island, I.
Which part is the subject, and which part is the predicate.
The boys and the girls in the classroom were cold and hungry after recess.
subject: The boys and girls in the classroom
predicate: were cold and hungry after recess.
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Give an example of each.
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