Parts of Speech
Planet, dog, and basketball are examples of this part of speech.
What is a noun?
Holidays, months, and days of the week are all capitalized, but this unit of time is not.
What is seasons?
Identify:
So she ran away.
What is a fragment?
The name of phrases like "he said" and "Juaquin asked."
What are dialogue tags?
mr. bob gasped "it can't be"!
Correct:
Mr. Bob gasped, "It can't be!"
Swim, sing, and swing are examples of this part of speech.
What is a verb?
Company names, cities, and sports teams are all examples of this part of speech that must always be capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
Identify:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
What is a run-on comma-splice?
This punctuation mark connects the dialogue tag to the quote.
What is a comma?
How Dare you screeched My Mom!
Correct:
"How dare you!" screeched my mom.
This part of speech modifies nouns and pronouns.
What is an adjective?
Quotes should be capitalized when this is true.
What is they form a complete sentence OR they start with a proper noun?
Identify:
The sophomores should all wear green today, but I wore pink.
What is a complete sentence?
The location of a question mark or exclamation mark of a quote.
I can't believe this" Muttered Mrs. jones. "the johnsons got an even bigger pool"!
Correct:
"I can't believe this," muttered Mrs. Jones. "The Johnsons got an even bigger pool!"
!!DAILY DOUBLE!!
List all of the F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.
For, And, Nor, But/Because, Or, Yet, So.
The words after a colon (:) are only capitalized when this is true.
What is when the words following the colon are a complete sentence OR they start with a proper noun?
Identify:
In 1908, the Model T car was introduced to the world the car was the first of its kind.
What is a run-on fused sentence?
This punctuation is used to show a quote within a quote.
What are apostrophes / single quotation marks?
Their is no crying in Baseball, but they're are a lot of snacks: nachos, popcorn, and hotdogs are only a small sample of what to eat.
Correct:
There is no crying in baseball, but there are a lot of snacks: Nachos, popcorn, and hotdogs are only a small sample of what to eat.
A sentence will often be incomplete if it starts with this part of speech.
What is a conjunction?
When writing a title, these words are capitalized only when they appear at the start of the title.
Hint: There are three.
What are articles, conjunctions, and prepositions?
Identify:
In many movies Japan is portrayed as very futuristic, but most countries in Africa don't get the same treatment; the exception to this is The Black Panther which shows Wakanda as an beacon of technology.
What is a complete sentence?
When a quote is broken by a dialogue tag and the quote is a complete sentence, this case should be used to start the second quote.
What is lower case?
You're grammar test is on friday ms. hall reminded them again you should study for it if you want to do well you should take notes too
Correct:
"Your grammar test is on Friday," Ms. Hall reminded them again. "You should study for it if you want to do well, and you should take notes too."
"Your grammar test is on Friday," Ms. Hall reminded them again. "You should study for it if you want to do well. You should take notes too."
"Your grammar test is on Friday," Ms. Hall reminded them again. "You should study for it if you want to do well; you should take notes too."