Homophones
and
Contractions
and
Contractions
I want to ____ that (buy, by, bye)
I want to BUY that
What is the PQ rule?
Punctuation goes before quotations.
"I like pie."
Make this sentence correct.
"my name is vivi and i like tea."
"My name is Vivi and I like tea."
Is that ______ dog? (your, you're or you)
Your
You're --> you are
Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
She wash her car.
He help with the meal.
I travel to Japan last year.
We played soccer yesterday.
We played soccer yesterday.
I need a _____ from you! (break or brake)
I need a BREAK from you!
When should a capital letter be used (give 3 examples.)
Start of a sentence, name, place, date, titles, I as a pronoun, trademark names (Blue Jays) etc.
Make this sentence correct.
"My name is Sam". she said.
PQ rule!
"My name is Sam." She said.
Which word fits the best?
My mom ________________ to let me watch TV until my homework was completed.
1) refused
2) denied
3) scolded
4) assorted
Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
To clean my bike, I need the following items: a hose, a bucket, soap, and a towel.
To clean my bike, I need: the following items, a hose, a bucket, soap and a towel.
To clean my bike, I need the following: items a hose, a bucket, soap and a towel.
To clean: my bike, I need the following items a hose, a bucket, soap and a towel.
The short form (contraction) of "what is" is?
What's
_____ is used to connect 2 ideas in a sentence.
A) Period
B) Comma
C) Apostrophe
D) Run-on sentence
B) comma.
i.e. He’s seventy, yet he still swims regularly.
Make this sentence correct.
I like apples oranges and cake.
I like apples, oranges, and cake.
Oxford comma!
Which sentence does not fit?
1. Bees are amazing creatures that can fly! 2. Bees make honey from honeycombs. 3. When bees find pollen they do something called the waggle dance. 4. The waggle dance is done when bees want to tell others there is nectar nearby.
2
“________ is the ball you asked for.” said the salesperson. “Did you _______ that the ball is blue? It only cost me $1 to ______!”
Hear, here, buy
Hear, here, by
Here, Hear, Buy
Here, hear, buy
4
EQAO isn't going to be ______ hard. (to, two, too)
Too.
To is a preposition with several meanings, including “toward” and “until.”
Too is an adverb that can mean “excessively” or “also.”
Two means the number 2.
This is an example of a R____-O__ sentence.
"I went to the store today to get some tea but they didn't have any so I had to go to another store but they also didn't have any tea so I just decided to go home but then I realize I did have tea at home oh well gas isn't that expensive right?"
A run-on sentence. A sentence that omits punctuation.
I like to look at my reflection in the miror I am very pretty because my hair flows like the wind?
I like to look at my reflection in the mirror. I am very pretty because my hair flows like the wind.
Mirror, period, and period instead of "?"
Which word fits this sentence best?
I ______ to go to bed last night.
1) Wanted
2) Want
3) Have
4) Need
1) wanted (in the past --> last night)
Choose the sentence that correctly joins the words “we are.”
We’re planning to walk along the path to the beach.
Were planning to walk along the path to the beach.
Were’ planning to walk along the path to the beach.
Wer’e planning to walk along the path to the beach.
1
The short form (contraction) of "it is," is?
It's
When can a semicolon be used? (;)
The most common use of the semicolon is to join two independent clauses without using a conjunction like and. i.e. We can go to the museum to do some research; Mondays are pretty quiet there. Use semicolons to replace commas when individual items in a series are long or contain commas.
The toronto blue jays are a spektacular basketball team.
The Toronto Blue Jays are a spectacular baseball team.
Order these sentences to make sense.
1) Inertia is an example of a force.
2) Thank goodness we have inertia!
3) Specifically, inertia is the force that keeps the moon in a constant orbit around the earth.
4) Inertia is the tendency to do nothing or remain the same.
4,1,3,2
How many dogs does Mrs. Waterhouse have?
7!