Sentences
What tells a complete thought and has a subject and a predicate?
What is a noun?
Person, place, thing (animal, idea)
What is a verb?
Which word is an adjective in the sentence?
I tried the salty pretzels.
salty
How can you shorten the following pairs of words into contractions?
I am
You will
They are
It is
I'm
You'll
They're
It's
What is a subject?
Which noun names a person?
The child plays on the swings.
child
Name the verb in the sentence.
Astronauts climb onboard.
climb
Which word is an adverb in the sentence?
The principal spoke nicely to our guest.
nicely
Where should the commas in the following date go?
October 20 2015
October 20, 2015
What is the predicate?
The predicate is the action part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or did.
Name three nouns places.
(Answers vary)
Is the sentence in past tense or present tense?
She dropped into the water.
past tense
Which word is a preposition in the sentence?
The dog rolled in the grass.
in
Where should the commas go in the following sentence?
Kevin Philip and Carlos like to play baseball.
Kevin, Philip, and Carlos like to play baseball.
What is the subject and the predicate of the sentence?
The friends ran down the street.
Subject: The friends
Predicate: ran down the street.
How can you make the following singular nouns plural?
class
park
fox
batch
boat
classes
parks
foxes
batches
boats
The runners are ready.
The runners were ready.
What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?
The game begins at one o'clock.
at one o'clock.
Bonus: What word is the preposition?
Where do you put quotation marks ("")?
Around a speaker's exact words (so when someone is talking).
What is the subject and predicate of the sentence?
The old house on the corner has a big garden in the backyard.
Subject: The old house on the corner
Predicate: has a big garden in the backyard.
What is a common noun? What is a proper noun?
A common noun names a person, place, thing, or animal.
A proper noun names a special noun and begins with a capital letter.
Change the sentence so all of the verbs are in past tense.
"They go with my mom to the store," she says.
"They went with my mom to the store," she said.
What is a preposition?
A preposition is a word that tells where or when. It comes at the beginning of a prepositional phrase.
Name the abbreviations for all of the months of the year.
Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.