Expressing Thoughts
A group of words that expresses a complete thought
What is a sentence
This pronoun is always capitalized
What is "I"?
This tells us who or what a sentence is about
What is the subject?
Wayside School is Falling Down
What is a book title?
Eli makes pizza every Friday
What is simple present tense?
Three components that every sentence must have
What is a subject, a verb, and an object/subject complement?
What are proper nouns?
We use these types of words to describe or tell us more about nouns
What are adjectives?
Go take out the trash.
Bene mistook Candy's kibble for a piece of chocolate
What is Simple Past tense?
This is what we use to tell our audience when, how often, how, or where something is done
What is an adverb?
These types of words describe a state of being, situation, emotion, or condition.
What are stative verbs?
We use these two word endings to compare the actions of two or more people or thing
What are "-er" and "-est"?
My brother likes chocolate milk, he drinks hot chocolate every day.
What is a run-on sentence?
Danton will be sleeping when it is time to feed the dog.
What is the future progressive tense?
This is the plural possessive way to show that the apples belong to more than one lady in the following sentence: "The [X] apples are red."
What is ladies'?
"camp", "fire", and "plan" are examples of this
We use these types of pronouns to refer to the person speaking
What are first person pronouns?
Australian
What is a proper adjective?
Mom has been waiting for you for over two hours.
Four types of sentences
What are declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory?
This is the plural form of "series"
What is "series"?
We use these to join the subject of a sentence to a subject complement
What are linking verbs?
"The Sound of Silence"
What is a song/poem title?
By the time the pizza was ready, dad had read two chapters in his book.
What is the past perfect tense?