Adjectives, Nouns, Verbs
Under the raspberry bush at the corner of the garden was a small house where Gray family lived. The Grays were field mice. In the warm, summer months, they spent their days gathering seeds and nuts to eat during the long, cold winter.
What is the adjective in the SECOND sentence?
field
Nate collected baseball cads, and he knows each player's name.
What kind of sentence is this?
a) complex b) compound c) interrogative d) simple
compound
Gerry was late for school _________ he got there before he had to take his test.
What conjunction best fills the blank?
a) so b) or c) and d) but
but
Name two types of words that you capitalize.
The beginning of a sentence, the word I, proper nouns, book titles, etc.
Martin entered the house decorating contest in his neighborhood.
Which of the words from the sentence above are nouns?
Martin, house, contest, neighborhood
What is the plural form of the word holiday? a) holidaies b) holidayes c) holiday's d) holidays
holidays
What time is the play tonight?
What type of sentence is this?
Interrogative
The spider sun its web from the cabinet to the wall.
What is the pronoun in this sentence?
its
Make sure to turn in your science project by monday, January 29th.
What word needs to be capitalized?
Monday
While they were at the beauty shop, Faye and Anne bought some new shampoo and conditioner. What does the pronoun they refer to?
Faye and Anne
You broke my toy! What were you thinking?
What type of sentences are these? (2 answers)
Exclamatory AND Interrogative
The artist made a golden statue of a lion for the entrance of the museum.
What is the adjective in this sentence?
golden
Last night, I had a great dream?
What is wrong with the punctuation at the end of this sentence?
It should be a period instead of a question mark.
Martha is famous for her apple cider recipe, which was past down from her grandfather.
Which of the words from the sentence above are adjectives?
Kymica and her mom searched everywhere for the perfect shoes. They could not find them.
What is the best way to combine the simple sentences to make a compound sentence?
Kymica and her mom searched everywhere for the perfect shoes, BUT they could not find them.
Greg put the baby in her bed and tiptoed silently out of the nursery.
Which word is the adverb?
silently
After winning our hockey game, Jim and i went to celebrate at Mike's Pizza Parlor.
What needs to be capitalized?
I
Everyone said Bill was a cheerful man because he liked to joke and laugh a lot.
Identify the pronouns in this sentence.
Everyone & he
What is the plural form of the word deer? a) deers b) deeres c) deer d) deering
deer
We will complete our homework by dinnertime.
What type of sentence is this?
simple or declarative
What does FANBOYS stand for?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Kendra swam her laps _______ during gym class.
What adverb best completes this sentence?
a)noisier b)noisily c)noisy d)most noisily
noisily