Punctuation
What punctuation mark is needed to correctly punctuate this sentence: Its a lovely day.
Apostrophe: It's
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
Example: birds, school, Jen, Maine, etc.
What does every sentence need to have to make it a complete sentence?
Subject and Predicate
Example: The dog barked loudly.
Subject (who/what is doing the action) = dog
Predicate (the action) = barked
What is wrong with this sentence:
I have 3 dog's and a cat.
Dogs is not possessive (no ownership)
Dogs is plural instead (more than one dog)
What is a verb?
The action in the sentence...
It describes what the noun is doing.
Example: The dog ran across the street.
Ran is the verb.
What kind of sentence is this: The cat slept.
Is it simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Simple
Explain the difference in meaning between “Let’s eat, Grandma!” and “Let’s eat Grandma!”
The first means you are inviting Grandma to eat; the second suggests eating Grandma.
What part of speech is the word quick in the sentence? Is it a noun, verb, adverb, or adjective?
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Adjective (describes the noun fox)
What kind of sentence is this:
Is it simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.
Complex (independent clause + dependent clause).
Independent clause: We decided to go for a walk.
Dependent clause: Although it was raining
How should you revise the following sentence using correct punctuation:
My brother said he would come however he is still not here.
My brother said he would come; however, he is still not here.
What part of speech is quickly in the sentence? Is it a Noun, verb, adjective, or adverb?
She ran quickly to the store.
Adverb: It modifies how she ran (which is a verb).
What is the difference between an independent clause and a dependent clause?
Independent clause: complete sentence (has a subject and a verb)
Dependent clause: incomplete sentence (cannot stand alone; requires an independent clause to be complete.
What is wrong with this sentence, and how would you fix it?
I enjoy reading, I also like writing.
It is a run-on (includes two independent clauses).
You can either use a semi-colon instead of a comma: I enjoy reading; I also like writing. OR
Use a comma AND a coordinating conjunction:
I enjoy reading, and I also like writing.
What is a part of speech? In another words, why is it important to know what is a noun, a verb, an adverb, and adjective, etc. is?
It explains how to use words within a sentence.
Is this a complete sentence or run-on?
Although she was tired, she finished her homework, and she emailed it to her teacher.
Complete:
It is a compound/complex sentence.