Punctuation
What would you put at the end of this sentence?
"I saw Santa Clause tonight"
"!"
What is the difference between a transitive and intransitive verb?
transitive has a receiver of the action while intransitive does not
What is the difference between a proper noun and a common noun?
Proper nouns are places and people that you would capitalize (think specifics)
Common nouns are general places, people, and things.
Answers will vary
What is the difference between an independent and dependent clause?
In a reading, how can you tell when someone is speaking?
" " Quotation Marks
Give me an example sentence with a present participle verb
answers may vary
What is the difference between a subject and an object?
Subject does the action, object receives the action
What is an adverb? what information does it tell you?
Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. they tell you when, where, how, yes, or no
What are the main parts of a sentence?
a subject and a predicate.
When do you use quotation marks?
Dialogue, Quoting someone or a reference source
Which is correct in the following sentence?
Lay/Lie down here
Lie
What is a restrictive clause and a non restrictive clause? Please write an example of either one on your board.
What is an adverbial noun? Give me an example of an adverbial noun?
dollars, hours, etc.
What are the 3 main types of sentences
Simple, compound, complex
When do you use a comma? (give me 3 examples even though there are more)
Separate words in a series, set off addresses, to set off words of direct address or parenthetical expressions, to set off non restrictive phrases and clauses, to set off direct quotation or parts of divided quotation, before coordinating conjunctions if it is compound sentence, after the salutation in a friendly letter,
What do linking verbs connect?
The subject to its complement
List all of the subject pronouns
i, you, he, she, it, we, they
What is the adverb phrase in the following sentence?
Monarch butterflies return north in the spring?
In the spring.
What is the difference between correlative and coordinating conjunctions
Coordinating joins groups or words that are similar and correlative joins words that have equal importance in a sentence
What is the difference between a colon and semi colon?
(or when would you use them)
Colon: before a list of timers, after the salutation in a business letter,
Semi-colon: separate clauses in a compound sentence, separate compound sentences, before parenthetical expressions, separate clauses that use punctuation
What is the difference between action verbs and state of being verbs? Give me an example of each.
What is a reflexive pronoun? Write a sentence using a reflexive pronoun.
They cooked themselves meals over an outdoor grill.
What is the difference between these two sentences?
1. The abolitionists worked dedicatedly to free slaves?
2. The abolitionists worked with dedication to free slaves?
Adverb with an adverb phrase
What is the difference between a gerund and a participle?
Gerund is a verb that acts as a noun
Participle is a verb that acts as an adjective.