Speech of Parts
Identify the adverb and adjectives:
"I quickly ran up the steep stairs."
quickly; steep
True or False:
Semicolons combine all independent clauses.
YOU MUST TELL ME WHY
FALSE
They must be related in thought and idea
True or False:
A cursive signature is needed at the end of a letter
TRUE
The school motto
"Where Everybody is Somebody"
We are the music group that sings "we like Monkeying around"
"The Monkeys"
Pocatello, Idaho is an example of what part of speech?
YOU MUST TELL ME WHY
Proper Noun
IT IS A SPECIFIC LOCATION
Dialogue must contain these around it
Quotation Marks
TRUE or FALSE: The tone of an email letter should be casual and humorous
FALSE
This includes the phrases: "We're loyal to you Poky High"
"Fight song" OR "loyalty"
How many hearts does an Octopus have?
3
Identify the prepositional phrase
"It rolled off of the table"
YOU MUST TELL ME WHY
of the table OR
Off of the table
BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE LOCATION THE SUBJECT DID SOMETHING
Identify the prepositional phrases
"I ate a big piece of chicken after I drank a root beer."
of chicken
after I drank a rootbeer
True or False: A commendation letter should NEVER include asking for how much money you'll make
True
The year the centennial celebration occurred.
1992
What is Scotland's national animal?
Unicorn
Find the appositive phrase AND the prepositional phrase:
"I found a piece of cheese, that was very moldy, under my bed."
"that was very moldy"
"under my bed"
Where should the comma(s) be placed in the following sentence?
"I walked up the hill down the mountain and over the bridge"
"I walked up the hill, down the mountain, and over the bridge"
(after hill; after mountain)
Put the heading in the correct order l
"Subject; date; from; to"
To, from, subject, date
The name of the newest English teacher at Poky
Mr. Fogerty
What is the only planet that spins clockwise?
Venus
In the clause, "the extraordinary young man," what words are adjectives?
Extraordinary
Young
What punctuation mark goes where the blank is?
"I have a lot of work to do ____I will come to the party when I'm finished."
Semicolon
What is the purpose of a cover letter?
To physically cover your resume; to summarize your resume and expand on your skills to help you get a job or an interview
The former title of the school (not the mascot)
West Side School
The tone of a commendation letter should be:
Professional