Verbs/Nouns
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
A common noun is person, place or thing. A proper noun is a specific person, place or thing.
Identify the common and proper noun in the following sentence:
The house is on Main Street.
Common Noun: house
Proper Noun: Main Street
What is the worst thing that can happen at Camp Green Lake?
being bitten by a yellow-spotted-lizard
Why does Mr. Pendanski say that the boys are digging holes?
to build character
What is an action verb?
It tells what the person, place or thing is doing.
Identify the common and proper nouns in the following sentence:
Laura looked at the stars through her telescope.
Proper Noun: Laura
What is the one rule at Camp Green Lake?
don't upset the warden
Stanley did not actually commit the crime he was accused of and arrested for. What really happened?
True or False?
A proper nouns begins with a capital letter?
True
Is FENCE a person, place or thing?
Thing
What is surprising about the warden?
she is a woman
Why does X-Ray think he should get anything that the boys find?
He has been there over a year and has not found anything, while Stanley has only been there a couple days. X-Ray feels Stanley does not deserve a break
True or False
Impact Academy is a common noun
False
Identify the verb in the following sentence:
The football team dashes out of the locker room.
dashes
Why did Stanley get arrested?
he stole a pair of shoes
After X-Ray give the gold tube to the Warden, the Warden decides to have the boys dig more and more to find more interesting things. Why does the Warden begin to get angry?
The boys dig for days and never find anything.
Correct the following sentence:
Yesterday, I took my kids to mcdonald's for dinner.
Yesterday, I took my kids to McDonald's for dinner.
Is RELAXES an action verb or noun?
What does Zero ask Stanley to help him with?
Why are the boys not finding anything after digging for days in X-Ray's hole?
They are digging in the wrong hole.