Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea (give 1 example)
What is wrong with this sentence?
(i went to the store with my friend, bob.)
capitalize "I" and "Bob"
Definition of a synonym
- Words that have the same, or almost the same, meaning as another word.
What is a homophone?
- A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and/or spelling.
What is a subject and predicate?
- subject: what or whom the sentence is about
- predicate: tells something about the subject
Express actions, occurrences, or states of being (give 2 examples)
- verb
What are the appropriate end marks to this sentence?
- Be careful () You just almost stepped on that broken shard of glass ()
- Be careful (!) You just almost stepped on that broken shard of glass (!)
Definition of antonym
- Words that have the opposite meaning of another word.
What is a homonym?
- When each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins.
Identify the subject and predicate in these sentences.
- The ice cream shop closed down.
- My neighbor, John, moved to Hawaii.
- The ice cream shop closed down.
- My neighbor, John, moved to Hawaii.
Used to describe nouns or pronouns, a descriptive term (give 2 examples)
- adjective (adj)
The 3 end marks
- period
- question mark
- exclamation point
What is a synonym for PRETTY?
What is an antonym for POOR?
- beautiful, gorgeous, lovely, attractive, etc.
- rich, wealthy, affluent, etc.
Give an example of a homophone.
(answer varies)
- scent / cent / sent
- flour / flower
- meet / meat
- sea / see
What is an independent and dependent clause?
- independent clause = group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought
- dependent clause = a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought
A substitute for nouns and functions as a noun (give 3 examples)
- pronoun
- I, you, he, she, it, we, they, this, that, everyone
Name 3 rules when it comes to capitalization
- Capitalize at the beginning of a sentence, the first word of every sentence.
- The pronoun “I” always has to be capitalized.
- Proper nouns need to be capitalized: the names of specific people, places, organizations, and sometimes things.
- Capitalize family relationships when used as proper nouns.
- Titles should be capitalized.
- Capitalize the days of the week, the months of the year, and holidays, but not the seasons used generally.
- Capitalize members of national, political, racial, social, civic, and athletic groups.
- Trademarks should be capitalized too.
- Greeting and closing of a letter, email, etc, should be capitalized.
Give 1 synonym and antonym for the word: HAPPY
Synonyms: cheerful, joyful, merry
Antonyms: sad, upset, gloomy
Give an example of a homonym.
(answer varies)
Bat - an implement used to hit a ball / a nocturnal flying mammal
Tire - to grow fatigued / a part of a wheel
Right - correct / direction opposite of left
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in these sentences.
- Unless she has a ride, Emily can't go to the event.
- Joe was going super fast down the hill, so he couldn't stop.
- Unless she has a ride, Emily can't go to the event.
- Joe was going super fast down the hill, so he couldn't stop.
Give me a complete sentence containing at LEAST one of each of the parts of speech
(answer varies)
The five key points to look for when trying to find the main idea of a passage
- Who
- When
- Where
- Why
- How
Give 2 synonyms and antonyms for the word: SMALL
Synonyms: tiny, little, itty bitty, mini
Antonyms: big, huge, ginormous, large
Which are the correct homophones/homonyms to complete each sentence?
Where are you going (too / two / to)? Is it the (main / mane) street?
The school said they (scent / cent / sent) out the (male / mail) yesterday.
My friend broke her (nose / knows) today and she needs time to (heel / heal).
Where are you going (TO)? Is it the (MAIN) street?
The school said they (SENT) out the (MAIL) yesterday.
My friend broke her (NOSE) today and she needs time to (HEAL).
Name the 3 types of sentences and identify which is which below.
a. Although my sister isn't the best, she really enjoys baking.
b. We are late for school today.
c. My mom drinks tea, but my dad drinks coffee.
- simple, compound, complex
a. Complex
b. Simple
c. Compound