EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SENTENCE AND A SENTENCE FRAGMENT?
What is A SENTENCE IS A GROUP OF WORDS THAT EXPRESS A COMPLETE THOUGHT. A SENTENCE FRAGMENT IS A GROUP OF WORDS THAT DO NOT GIVE A COMPLETE THOUGHT.
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Be sure that every sentence begins with a
and ends with the correct
What is
CAPITAL LETTER
PUNCTUATION MARK
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IDENTIFY the letter for each correct answer.
1.Which of the following groups of words is a complete sentence?
a.Davy’s ax and rake.
b. Was elected to Congress after saving the world.
c. Davy could drink the Mississippi River dry.
d.Very strong and brave.
2.Which of the following groups of words is a sentence fragment?
a.The pretty girl was Sally Sugartree.
b.The President’s law that Halley’s Comet couldn’t crash into Earth.
c.Death Hug liked to dance.
d.Davy was fast.
3. In which sentence is the simple subject underlined?
a.Davy enjoyed spending time in the forest.
b.Sally danced better than anyone.
c.Davy hurled Halley’s Comet back into space.
d.The President thanked him for his help.
What is
CLASS ANSWER!!
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SPELL ALL THE HOMOPHONES FOR THE WORD (THERE)
What is
THERE
THEY'RE
THEIR
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A COMMAND TELL SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING, WHAT TYPE OF PUNCTUATION SHOULD A COMMAND SENTENCE HAVE?
What is
A PERIOD
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A SENTENCE AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A SENTENCE FRAGMENT
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THE ANSWER MUST BE AN EXAMPLE OF A SENTENCE, AND A SENTENCE FRAGMENT.
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Read each sentence. IDENTIFY the simple subject, and IDENTIFY the complete subject.
1.A brave man lived in the mountains.
2.Davy’s pet bear danced in the forest.
3.The big, bad comet hurtled toward America.
4.Davy Crockett’s red-hot enemy was discombobulated.
5.The beautiful Sally Sugartree married Davy
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CLASS CORRECT
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Underline the simple subject of this sentence.
4. Davy saved the United States from trouble.
Underline the complete subject of this sentence.
5.Sally Sugartree and Davy Crockett got married after the parade.
Underline the complete predicate in this sentence. Circle the simple predicate.
6. Davy wears a coonskin cap on his head.
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CLASS ANSWER
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CORRECT THE SPELLING FOR THE FOLLOWING WORD
PROBALEITY
What is
PROBABILITY
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NAME THE TYPES OF WORDS/LETTERS THAT MUST BE CAPITALIZED WHEN WRITING?
What is
PROPER NOUN, NAMES, PLACES, SPECIFIC IDEAS, THE FIRST LETTER OF THE FIRST WORD IN A NEW SENTENCE.
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HOW DO YOU CORRECT A RUN-ON SENTENCE?
What is
You can correct run-on sentences by separating the complete ideas into separate sentences or by rewriting run-on sentences as compound sentences.
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COMPOUND SUBJECT AND COMPOUND PREDICATE
What is
A compound subject contains two or more simple subjects
that have the same predicate.
A compound predicate contains two or more simple predicates that have the same subject.
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WHAT IS A CONJUNCTION, GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A CONJUNCTION, AND WHEN IS IT USED?
What is
A conjunction joins words or groups of words.
EX: And, BUT, OR
ITS USED FOR COMPOUND SENTENCES
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CORRECT THE SPELLING ERROR:
DEMONATOR
What is
DENOMINATORS
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WHEN/HOW ARE COMMAS USED?
What is Use commas to separate three or more words in a series.
• Commas separate subjects, predicates, and adjectives in a series.
COMMAS ARE USED AFTER INTRODUCTORY WORDS/PHRASES
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Read the passage below. IDENTIFY mistakes in capitalization and punctuation. Almost half of the world’s rain forests are in Brazil but many are found in Asia Africa South america Central America and on many Pacific Islands. the vegetation in a rain forest is thick and this means that a great deal of moisture is absorbed into the atmosphere. The moisture eventually evaporates. The moisture falls back to Earth as rain. Amazingly, tropical rain forests receive 70 inches of rain a year? A rain forest has three layers. the canopy is the tallest. The understory is in the middle. The forest floor is on the bottom. The forest floor is very dense. It is covered with ferns and mosses.
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CLASS ANSWER!!
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CORRECT THE FOLLOWING PUNCTUATION ERRORS:
I like spelling? it’s my favorite subject! Each week, our teacher gives us twenty spelling words? I always write the words in my notebook! the boy who sits next to me sneezed? How sick I became. I could not be at
school the day our teacher gave us the spelling words? I called my friend to get the words for the week? I feel confident that I will get all the words right on the test! this is going to be easy? i hope i’m not sick the day of
the spelling test!