Nouns
What do we call a word that names a person, place, thing, or animal?
A noun
What is a pronoun? Give one example.
A word that takes the place of a noun (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
What are the three simple present forms of the verb be?
am, is, are
What is the plural form of “cat”? What is the rule for most nouns?
cats; add -s
In the sentence “She sees me,” which word is the subject pronoun?
She
Which form of be do we use with the subject “they”?
are
What is the plural form of “baby”? What spelling rule do we use?
change y to i + -es
Complete the sentence with the correct pronoun: “The dog is cute. I like ______.”
it
What pattern of be is used in this sentence? “The book is on the desk.”
Subject + be + place phrase
Find the mistake in this sentence: “I have many furnitures in my room.”
furniture (non-count nouns do not use plural -s)
Find the mistake in this sentence: “My sister she is a student.”
Remove “she” (you cannot use a noun + pronoun for the same person in the subject)
Find two mistakes in this sentence: “I is 10 years old. I no am tall.”
“I am 10 years old. I am not tall.” (wrong form of be “is” → “am”; wrong negative form “no am” → “am not”)
Correct this sentence: “i eat apples in park street every sunday.” Name 3 mistakes.
“I eat apples in Park Street every Sunday.” (capitalization errors: I, Park Street, Sunday)
Correct this sentence: “Me and Tom play soccer. The coach like we.” Name both mistakes.
“Tom and I play soccer. The coach likes us.” (subject pronoun error “Me” → “I”; object pronoun error “we” → “us”; verb agreement error “like” → “likes”)
Write the negative form of this sentence, then name its pattern: “My friends are in the classroom.”
My friends are not in the classroom.” Pattern: Subject + be + place phrase