Silly Sentences
This word tells what the dog is doing:
"The dog dances on the table."
dances
True or False:
"A sentence must start with a capital letter."
True
What part of speech is the underlined word?
"The dog chased the cat."
adjective
"dog / my / runs"
My dog runs.
The dog _____ in the yard.
A. run
B. runs
B. runs
This word describes the monkey:
"The funny monkey wore sunglasses."
funny
Which word should be capitalized?
"my favorite month is july."
July
What part of speech is the underlined word?
"The baby laughed loudly."
adverb
"pizza / loves / she"
She loves pizza.
The children _____ soccer after school.
A. play
B. plays
Name all the nouns:
"The pizza flew across the classroom."
pizza, classroom
What punctuation belongs at the end?
"Watch out"
exclamation point/mark
What is the descriptive adjective in the sentence?
"The giant spider scared everyone."
giant
"quickly / rabbit / the / hopped"
The rabbit hopped quickly.
One of the students _____ the answer.
A. know
B. knows
B. knows
Find all the pronouns:
Sarah lost her backpack because she was distracted.
her, she
Is this a statement, question, or command?
"Please close the door."
command
What is the antecedent of the pronoun 'she' in the sentence?
Maria forgot her book, so she borrowed one
Maria
carefully / scientist / the / experiment / conducted / the
The scientist conducted the experiment carefully. /
The scientist carefully conducted the experiment.
Neither the teacher nor the students _____ ready for the assembly.
A. was
B. were
b. were
How many verbs are in the sentence:
The cat jumped and landed on the sofa.
2
Find the errors:
"we went to the zoo last saturday"
Capitalize W in we; Capitalize S in saturday & period at the end of the sentence
What kind of adverb is the underlined word?
The turtle moved slowly across the road.
manner/Adverb of manner
because / forgot / umbrella / she / her / wet / got / she
She got wet because she forgot her umbrella. /
Because she forgot her umbrella, she got wet.
Each of the puppies _____ a different trick.
A. perform
B. performs
B. performs