Capitalization
Which word should not be capitalized:
Jack, German, Tree, French, Betty, English, Japanese
What is tree?
An apostrophe used like this [I've] is called
What is a contraction?
When writing a dependent clause, there is never a comma when
What is comes at the end of a sentence.
in, on, above, below, between, beside, under, and over
are examples of
What are prepositions?
The two ways to check if a ; is used correctly
What are there is a complete sentence on both sides of the ; and both sentences are closely related in topic?
Who was the first Disney princess?
Who is Snow White?
The words in the title that should be capitalized:
the girl with the dragon tattoo
The
Girl
Dragon
Tattoo
Apostrophes have two purposes
What are possession and contractions?
The girl, the one on the bike, is going really fast.
This is an example of
What is an appositive?
Appositives provide extra information.
The comma rule for prepositional phrases is
(Prepositional phrases modify or describe nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs.)
After an introductory phrase BUT no comma after a phrase followed by a verb (ex. "Into the raging river plummeted the raft with its frightened occupants")
The word AN precedes a word that starts with
What is a vowel?
Who wrote “The Little Mermaid”?
Who is Hans Christian Andersen?
A word is capitalized when it does what?
What is names something?
Which word should not have an apostrophe?
The girl's bike has many colors'.
What is colors?
Two sentences joined by and, or, but, so, yet is called
What is a compound sentence?
while, because, since, when, throughout are words that start
What are dependent clauses?
The setting of a story tell the reader
Time and place (where & when)
What popular Dua Lipa song is in the Barbie movie (2023)?
What is Dance the Night?
A word that is capitalized is called
What is a proper noun?
Which sentence is correct?
1) The half ton of the elephant's food was all they had for the day.
2) The half ton of the elephants' food was all they had for the day.
What is number 2?
Explain.
To check if a sentence is a compound sentence and not a compound predicate
What is see if there is a complete sentence on either side?
What is one way to check an appositive
What is:
1) it is surrounded by commas
2) the sentence makes sense if the appositive is removed
3) it gives more information about the noun right before it.
A main character is called
What is the protagonist?
What guitarist notably performed on the Michael Jackson song “Beat It”?
Who is Eddie Van Halen?
Correct the sentence: it's good to see its fur has all grown Back.
It's good to see its fur has all grown back.
Correct the sentence:
The childrens' games were really loud.
What is the apostrophe goes before the S?
When addressing someone by name in correspondence, commas go
What is after the name?
In the sentence: I like fishing camping hiking and skiing. The commas go
What is after fishing, camping, hiking,?
Write out numbers when
What is at the beginning of a sentence OR when a number is more than one or two words?
What song sung by Whitney Houston was originally written by Dolly Parton?
What is I Will Always Love You?