All sentences have two basic parts- these are called the _____ and the _________.
-subject and predicate
100
What is the definition of a noun? Give one example of a noun.
A person, place, or thing.
Examples will vary, (ball)
100
What is the definition of a verb?
Give one example of a verb.
A verb "is what you do!"
Examples will vary, (jump)
100
Name one capitalization rule.
-capitalize the first word in a sentence
-always capitalize the first word of a direct quotation
-always capitalize the name of a specific person, place, or thing
-always capitalize the days of the week and months of the year
-always capitalize special days- holidays
A pronoun can replace the noun or another pronoun.
Create a sentence using a pronoun.
Examples: I, me, she, you, him, her, it, ours, there, them
300
Correct the following sentence:
ms. geurts asked, "what does your family do for christmas?"
Ms. Geurts asked, "What does your family do for Christmas?"
300
Give two examples of when a comma can be used in a sentence.
-between a city and state
-listing
-separate a direct quotation from the rest of the sentence
-after the close in a letter (Sincerely,)
400
A compound subject is made up of two or more simple subjects. Usually, the word _____ will connect the simple subjects.
and
example: students and teachers work together.
400
The words "ouch!" or "Hey!" are examples of what part of speech?
Prepositions, interjections, or adverbs.
Interjections
400
Create a complete sentence using an adjective and a noun.
Example:
The live by a blue house.
400
Choose the sentence that is incorrect and make the corrections.
1. Aunt Jane lives in Arizona.
2. The red cross provided food and shelter to the flood victims.
3. The dentist recommended Bright or No-Cavity toothpaste.
2. The Red Cross provided food and shelter to the flood victims.
400
Insert a hyphen in the following two sentences:
1. Three fourths of the machines were automatic.
2. Success has made him very self satisfied.
1. Three-fourths
2. self-satisfied (always have the prefixes self and ex)
500
What is the subject in following sentence:
1. Los Angeles is a big city.
What is the predict in the following sentence:
2. Angela is a computer service technician.
1. Subject = Los Angeles
2. Predict = is a computer service technician.
500
"on" and "over" are examples of which part of speech?
Preposition, interjection, or conjunction
Preposition
A preposition links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words in a sentence.
500
We discussed as a class why learning parts of speech is important. Give one reason why grammar is important?
-They are building blocks of English grammar.
-Understanding and applying a process is learning to learn.
-It is a foundation to improve your writing.
500
Choose the sentence that is incorrect and make the necessary corrections:
1. The thundershowers settled into the northwest.
2. My sister and I will be taking a math class.
3. I is a pronoun.
1. The thundershowers settled into the Northwest.
500
Give two examples when a colon is used in a sentence.
1. used after the salutation of a business letter
2. used between hours and minutes in expressing time
3. a colon is used to introduce a list