Capitalization, Commas, and Apostrophes
Which word needs to be capitalized in the following sentence?
Annabelle visited her family in california on Sunday.
What is California?
How would you make the following word plural?
Leaf
What is "change the f to v and add es" to make the word leaves.
Which of the following is a Dead Verb?
Slurp, Plot, Look, Embrace
What is Look?
What color are WHERE action parts?
What is orange?
Both BETTER and BEST Sentences use FIVE parts of speech. Please list them.
What is describer, subject, vivid verb, action part, action part.
What two words make up the contraction for the word "Couldn't"?
What are the words Could + Not?
Which word should go in the following sentence: Accept or Except?
I was happy to _______ the gift.
What is ACCEPT?
Give two better verbs that you can use instead of the word "Give" (synonyms).
What could be: transfer, contribute, award, deliver, present, sell.
List two ways that you can write a WHY action part.
What are: To+Verb, Because, Since, or So That
Is the following sentence a BETTER sentence or a BEST sentence?
The angry wolf stalks menacingly through the forest.
***DAILY DOUBLE: Can you make this sentence into the opposite type?***
What is a BETTER sentence?
***DAILY DOUBLE: move either menacingly or through the forest to the beginning and add a comma.
Where do you need to add a comma in this sentence?
I ate bread, cheese and ham.
What is after the word cheese?
I ate bread, cheese, and ham.
How would you make the following word plural?
Cactus
What is "change the US to I" to make the word cacti.
List the correct order AND the color for the following in a sentence:
- Vivid Verb
- Describer
- Subject
What is Describer (Brown), Subject (Red), Vivid Verb (Purple).
List two ways to show a DOUBT action part.
What are: If, Unless, Despite, Regardless, Although, Even Though
Is the following sentence a BETTER sentence or a BEST sentence?
Despite her suspicions, the scared girl approaches the wolf carelessly.
***DAILY DOUBLE: Can you make this sentence into the opposite type?***
What is a BEST sentence?
***DAILY DOUBLE: moving the action part at the beginning to the end and taking out the comma.
Where do you need to add a comma in this sentence?
After school I went to soccer practice.
***DAILY DOUBLE IF YOU CAN SAY WHAT TYPE OF ACTION PART IF BEFORE THE COMMA***
What is after the word school?
After school, I went to soccer practice.
***WHAT IS A WHEN ACTION PART***
Which word would go in the following sentence: Capital or Capitol?
Lansing is the __________ of Michigan.
What is "Lansing is the CAPITAL of Michigan".
Choose three Describers you could use to describe a puppy.
What could be: soft, fuzzy, small, cute, slobbery, hungry, tiny, adorable, excited, scared, yellow, white, black, brown, noisy, or type of dog.
What kind of action parts are used in this sentence AND what color should they be?
The kids play in the leaves after school.
What is Where (in the leaves, orange) and When (after school, green).
Add a HOW and a WHY action part to the end of this sentence.
The little boy sat.
What could be:
The little boy sat gracefully since his teacher was talking.
There are two errors in the following sentence that are either with capitalization, commas, or apostrophes. You must fix both errors for points.
comfortably the old man sat in his soft chair reading.
What are the C needs to be capitalized and there needs to be a comma after comfortably.
The correct sentence would be: Comfortably, the old man sat in his soft chair reading.
Which words would go in the following sentence: Their, There, or They're?
They mowed ________ yard.
What is "They mowed their lawn".
Identify the correct part of speech and which color they would be in the following sentence:
The cheerful girl meanders into the woods.
What is Cheerful (describer, brown), Girl (subject, red), Meanders (vivid verb, purple).
What kind of action parts are used in this sentence AND what color should they be?
The team won the game gracefully even though they were down by two points.
What is HOW (gracefully, blue) and DOUBT (even though they were down by two points, black).
Add a WHERE and a DOUBT action part to this sentence. Move the DOUBT action part to the beginning.
The angry bear growled.
What could be:
Although the campers were feeding him, the angry bear growled across from the campsite.