Proper or Common?
Clue: This type of noun names any person, place, or thing and does NOT need a capital letter.
Answer: What is a common noun?
Clue: Commas separate this many or more items in a series.
Answer: What is three?
Clue: This punctuation mark, longer than a hyphen, looks like this: —
Answer: What is a dash?
Clue: A word part added to the front of a base word, like un- or re-.
Answer: What is a prefix?
Clue: Fix the capital letters: we visited denver in july.
Answer: We visited Denver in July.
Clue: Of these two, the one that is a proper noun: mountain or Mount Everest.
Answer: What is Mount Everest?
Clue: In "We packed tents, snacks, and flashlights," this little word comes right after the last comma.
Answer: What is "and"?
Clue: A dash can add this to a noun, making readers notice it.
Answer: What is emphasis?
Clue: The simple word before any parts are added.
Answer: What is a base word?
Clue: True or false: a comma goes after the last item in a list, right before the period.
Answer: What is false?
Clue: Days, months, and holidays are always this type of noun.
Answer: What is a proper noun?
Clue: A list with only two items, like pizza and tacos, needs this many commas.
Answer: What is zero?
Clue: When a dash sets off a noun phrase in the middle of a sentence, you need this many dashes.
Answer: What is two?
Clue: Add -er to "dance" to make this derived word.
Answer: What is dancer?
Clue: True or false: "run" and "ran" are a base word and a derived word.
Answer: What is false? (nothing was added, so there is no prefix or suffix)
Clue: The common noun that goes with the proper noun "Pacific Ocean."
Answer: What is ocean?
Clue: The number of commas needed: The store sells shoes socks hats scarves and gloves.
Answer: What is 4?
Clue: The noun phrase set off by dashes: My aunt—a talented painter—lives in Maine.
Answer: What is "a talented painter"?
Clue: Add -ness to "lazy" and spell the new derived word.
Answer: What is laziness? (the y changes to i)
Clue: Fix everything: my cousin ben packed sunscreen hats and water for mount shasta.
Answer: My cousin Ben packed sunscreen, hats, and water for Mount Shasta.
Clue: The number of nouns in this sentence: The coach gave Maya a trophy after the game.
Answer: What is 4? (coach, Maya, trophy, game)
Clue: Add the commas: Lena Omar and Priya won ribbons at the fair.
Answer: Lena, Omar, and Priya won ribbons at the fair.
Clue: Rewrite with two dashes: Our bus driver a cheerful grandfather waved.
Answer: Our bus driver—a cheerful grandfather—waved.
Clue: In "thoughtfulness," the base word and the two suffixes.
Answer: What are thought, -ful, and -ness?
Clue: Fix everything: our principal a former chef bakes with mrs. lopez in october.
Answer: Our principal—a former chef—bakes with Mrs. Lopez in October.