Verbs
What is a verb?
Words that show an action (sing), occurrence (develop), or state of being (exist)
What are heteronyms and homophones?
Heteronyms are two or more words that are spelled identically but have different
sounds and meanings.
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different
meanings
Place the comma:
Putting on my jacket I got ready to run through the rain.
Putting on my jacket, I got ready to run through the rain.
I peaked into the window.
Peeked.
A simple sentence contains ___ complete thoughts.
One
Identify the verb:
Jacob, Marjorie, and Ella went out for lunch last week.
Went
What are the two pronunciations and definitions of "attribute"?
1. Assign, credit, or allocate
2. Feature, characteristic, or quality
Where's the comma?
We decided to go to the movies instead because it was raining.
There is no comma.
After Michael wake up he have a dream
Before Michael woke up, he had a dream.
What are the three parts of an essay?
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
What are the irregular verb forms of "write"?
Wrote and Written
Identify the emphasis of "minute" in the following sentence:
It was such a minute change that he didn't even notice
MiNUTE
What is the nonessential information?
Freddie Mercury, the frontman of Queen, was a charismatic performer with an exceptional vocal range.
"The frontman of Queen"
She lay on the couch yesterday.
Use "they" in a sentence as a singular pronoun.
Teacher decides
What are transitive and intransitive verbs?
Transitive: act on an object
Intransitive: do not act on an object
Peek / Peak / Pique
I heard a song that ____ my interest.
Piqued
What's wrong with this sentence and how do you fix it?
I have a cat, it has a nasty temper.
There's a comma splice that either needs to be removed or a conjunction needs to be added.
Make it an active voice:
The meeting was called off.
They called off the meeting.
What makes a sentence complex?
A main clause and a subordinate clause are connected to each other with a subordinating conjunction.
Identify the past participles of the following words:
Lie, Lay, Set, Rise
Lain, Laid, Set, Risen
AFFECT or EFFECT:
The weather _____ the concert we went to last night.
Affected
Places the commas:
Last week when I went to the supermarket I met Johnny Maria's husband but he had the kids so we didn't talk for long.
Last week, when I went to the supermarket, I met Johnny, Maria's husband, but he had the kids so we didn't talk for long.
It started storming so the game was called off and a lot of people weren't happy about especially Tom a lot of money was spent on his travels all for nothing.
It started storming, so they called the game. A lot of people weren't happy about it, especially Tom; he spent a lot of money on traveling all for nothing.
Explain what a paragraph is.
A group of sentences working together to make one key point about the subject of the paragraph.