Parts of Speech
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What punctuation ends a question
A Question Mark "?"
What is a synonym for "Happy"?
Joyful, Glad, Cheerful, etc.
I runned to the park.
I ran to the park.
What is a character in a story?
A person, animal, or being in the story.
Give an example of an adjective.
Anything describing word. (For example, blue, big, happy, smiling, fancy)
What does an apostrophe show?
Possession or a contraction (Example: Sara's book, can't, don't)
What does "antonym" mean?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
Is this a fragment or a sentence:
"Because I was late."
A fragment. (Something incomplete)
What is the setting of a story?
Where and when the story takes place.
What is the verb in this sentence. "She dances every day"?
Dances
Fix this sentence. "I cant do it."
I can't do it.
What's the common structure of an essay.
5 paragraphs.
1 introduction paragraph
3 body paragraphs
1 conclusion paragraph
rewrite "She goed to school."
She went to school.
What is the main idea of a story?
What the story mostly is about.
Define an adverb.
A word that describes a verb, adjective (Quickly, soft, something like a place, someones manner)
What is a comma used for?
To separate items in a list, before conjunctions, or in dates.
What does "homophone" mean?
Words that sound the same but have different meanings or spelling (Example: "their" and "there")
What is a compound sentence?
A sentence made of two independent clauses, joined by conjunction (example: "I went home, and I took a nap)
define "fiction"
A story that is made up or not real.
Name 3 pronouns.
He, she, it, they, us (Words that describe people or things)
Where does a period go in a sentence.
AT the end of a complete statement.
Give an example of a homonym.
Bat ( an animal and a baseball bat)
Find the subject: "The dog barked."
The dog.
What is a "fable"?
A short story that teaches a lesson, often when talking to animals.