Internal Punctuation
Identify the error in the sentence: "I need to buy milk eggs and bread."
Commas should be used to separate items: "I need to buy milk, eggs, and bread."
What type of sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark?
(a) Declarative Sentence
(b) Interrogative Sentence
(c) Imperative Sentence
(d) Exclamatory Sentence
(b) Interrogative Sentence
Should the title in "President Lincoln" be capitalized?
Yes
"President" is the title for Abraham Lincoln.
What does the contraction "it's" stand for?
"it is" or "it has"
What is the term for a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea?
What is a noun?
What punctuation mark can be used to create emphasis or indicate a pause in a sentence, often seen as a pair?
A Dash (--)
What type of sentence makes a statement and ends with a period?
(a) Declarative Sentence
(b) Interrogative Sentence
(c) Imperative Sentence
(d) Exclamatory Sentence
(a) Declarative Sentence
Do you capitalize "mom" when it's used as a proper noun, like in "I asked Mom to help"?
Yes because that is her title.
What is the plural form of "moose"?
Moose
Which of the following is NOT a noun?
(a) happiness
(b) run
(c) dog
(d) city
(b) run
Which of the following sentences is correct? (a) I invited Sarah, Tom and Jerry. (b) I invited Sarah, Tom, and Jerry.
(b) I invited Sarah, Tom, and Jerry. (correct use of the Oxford comma)
What type of sentence gives a command or request?
(a) Declarative Sentence
(b) Interrogative Sentence
(c) Imperative Sentence
(d) Exclamatory Sentence
(c) Imperative Sentence
What type of noun always begins with a capital letter and refers to a specific person, place, or thing?
Proper Nouns
Which is correct:
"The cats toys are missing"
or
"The cat's toys are missing"?
"The cat's toys are missing"
(shows possession)
What is the part of speech that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often ending in "-ly"?
Adverbs
How do you correctly hyphenate the compound adjective in the sentence: "It was a five hour trip"?
"It was a five-hour trip."
Which of the following is an example of an exclamatory sentence?
(a) How beautiful the sunset is!
(b) Do you like ice cream?
(c) I enjoy reading books.
(a) How beautiful the sunset is!
Which sentence is capitalized correctly?
(a) Last spring, Mary read harry potter and the sorcerer's stone for her English class.
(b) Mr. Baker brought his history classes to the United Nations on a field trip last fall.
(c) This summer, I plan to go to Disney World the week before the fourth of july.
(d) Andrea went on a cruise through the atlantic ocean with her family in June.
(b) Mr. Baker brought his history classes to the United Nations on a field trip last fall.
What is the purpose of an apostrophe in the phrase "the dog's collar"?
It shows possession, indicating that the collar belongs to the dog.
What is the term for words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence?
Prepositions
How would you correctly use dashes in the sentence: "She was going to the store she forgot her wallet"?
"She was going to the store—she forgot her wallet."
What type of sentence combines two independent clauses with a conjunction?
Compound Sentence
Should the word after a colon be capitalized in the sentence "She had one goal: to win the championship"?
No, it should not be capitalized unless it starts with a proper noun.
How do you form the contraction for "they are"?
they're
Identify the antecedent for the underlined pronoun in the following sentence: "Tanya smiled as her family began singing "Happy Birthday" at the dinner table."
Tanya