Framing Sentences
Subject
Subject and Verb Agreement
Punctuation
Pronouns
100
Complete the missing parts of the sentence.
A sentence frame starts with a ______________ and ends with _______________.
A sentence frame starts with a capital letter and ends with punctuation (or a stop sign).
100
Complete the missing parts of the sentence.
The subject names the ________, _________, or _________ that the whole sentence is about.
person, place, or thing
100
The frogs hop.
Is the subject singular or plural?
plural
100
True or False:
Proper names are always capitalized.
True!
100
Pronouns are words that ______________ for the name of the subject.
substitute (or replace)
200
Which sentence is not framed?
a. The tree is tall and strong.
b. betty and Joe played chess.
c. I love playing video games.
d. What is your favorite movie?
b. betty and Joe played chess.
Correction: Betty and Joe played chess.
200
Is this a person, place, or thing?
Thing!
200
The boy laughs.
Is the subject singular or plural?
Singular
200
Edit the sentence:
My sister kim lives in long island.
specific person: Kim
specific place: Long Island
200
Choose the substitute namer (pronoun):
1. Katie and Mark
2. students
3. they
4. food
they
300
Frame this sentence:
harry Potter is one of my favorite series
Harry Potter is one of my favorite series.
300
is this a person, place, or thing?
Place!
300
Think of a barebone sentence that matches the picture:
The lion roars.
300
Place commas where necessary:
Sharks fish and whales live in the ocean.
Subject series:
Sharks, fish, and whales live in the ocean.
300
Replace the subject name with a pronoun.
The cars race.
They race.
400
Frame this sentence:
a dog barks is chasing me
A dog is chasing me!
400
What is/are the subject/s in this sentence?
The dog and cat chase each other.
dog, cat
400
Correct the following sentence so that the subject and verb agree in number:
Train are interesting.
Trains are interesting.
or
The train is interesting.
400
Place commas where necessary:
My favorite fruits are apples bananas and oranges.
Action predicate series:
My favorite fruits are apples, bananas, and oranges.
400
Replace the subject name with a pronoun.
The grocery store closed.
It closed.
500
What are the two parts of a barebone sentence?
1. subject
2. action predicate (verb)
500
Is the subject in sentence common or proper?
Whole Foods is busy.
Whole Foods is proper. So, it gets capitalized!
500
Correct the following sentence so that the subject and verb agree in number:
The cats climbs.
The cats climb.
or
The cat climbs.
500
new years eve is in january.
holiday: New Years Eve
month: January