Sentence or Sentence Parts
What must a complete sentence have?
subject, a verb, and form a complete thought
When do we capitalize words?
name specific people, places, or things
What puncuation mark is used for declarative sentences (statements) and imperative sentences?
Period
When proofreading a sentence what do you have to look for in the beginning?
Does the sentence begin with a capital letter?
What is an noun?
a person, place, thing or idea
When looking at the subject of the sentence which two "W's" should you look for in the subject?
Who or What
True or False: Do we capitalize items, positions or places?
False we do not capitalize it for example if we have the word school or mom those words do not get capitalized in the beginning.
What punctuation mark is used for a interrogative sentences?
Question Mark
What is the second thing that you look for in a sentence?
Check the Nouns
What is a verb?
An action word or a state of being
What is another word for an incomplete sentence?
Fragment
When should be the only time that we capitalize a season?
When we are talking about the Olympic Games like Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics
What punctuation mark is used for exclamatory sentences (expressing strong emotion or excitement)?
A exclamation point
What are the third thing that you look for in an sentence?
Internal Punctuation
What is an adjective?
It describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun
When looking at the verb in the sentence. What question are we thinking about when we are looking at the verb in the sentence?
What are they doing or being?
True or False: Do we capitalize Languages and Nationalities?
True , yes we do capitalize languages and nationalities.
When separating three or more items in a list we use a what?
Comma
What is the last thing that you look for in a sentence?
Does the sentence end with the correct puncuation mark?
What is an adverb?
a word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, another adverb
What is this sentence missing: The bright yellow sunflower in the garden
the verb
Look at this sentence which words are supposed to be capitalize: next monday, we will study english with doctor smith.
Next Monday, we will study English with Doctor Smith.
When should we use a apostrophes?
When we indicate contractions where letters are left out or show ownership/possession
What changes would you make to this sentence: did you finish the reading assignment for "our shoes"
Did you finish the reading assignment for "Our Shoes"?
Let's look at this sentence what part of speech do you see in this sentence: The fast cat ran quickly!
noun, verb, a adjective and a adverb