nouns
a noun is a person, place, thing, activity, or idea. Who is the person who built an ark and traveled through a bad storm with his family, some friends and animals?
Who is Noah?
A verb is "a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb."
Give an example of an action verb that rhymes with 'talk'
What is walk
The subject is that part about which something is being said. What is the subject in the following sentence?
Pre-Essentials is fun!
What is "Pre-Essentials"
Give me an example of a Declarative sentence.
What is "should be a sentence that makes a statement"
A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.
What is the subject of the following clause?
"I played sports."
what is "sports"
A noun is a person, place, thing, activity, or idea. Name the activity where the purpose of the game is to kick a ball into your opponent's goal to score a point.
What is soccer?
A verb is "a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb."
What is 'am'
A verb is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another word.
What part of the sentence is the verb?
Pre-Essentials is fun!
What is "is"
Give me an example of an exclamatory sentence.
What is "should be a sentence that exclaims something by adding emphasis"
What is the predicate of the following sentence?
"Grammar is awesome!"
What is "is awesome!"
A noun is a person, place, thing, activity, or idea. We read Joseph's dream as a class. In the story, Joseph's father gave him a thing. What was it?
What is a coat?
A verb is "a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb."
What are the linking words that complete this sentence? 'am being' OR 'am been'
I ______ _______ patient.
What is 'am being'
A capital letter is the form of an alphabetical letter used to begin a proper noun or the first word in sentence.
What is the capital letter we are talking about?
Pre-Essentials is fun!
What is "P"
Give me an example of an Interrogative sentence
Fill in the blank.
An adjective describes a ______________.
What is "noun"
A noun is a person, place, thing, activity, or idea.
An idea is a thought or a suggestion. It is not the same as vision which is to plan a future with imagination or wisdom.
We read Joseph's Dream in class. In his dream, God gave him a vision. What was the vision?
What is "Joseph's brother will bow down to him
A verb is "a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb."
Should is a helping verb. Name two helping verbs that rhyme with should.
What are 'should' and 'would'
An end mark is a punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence to show that the sentence finished.
What is the end mark called?
Pre-Essentials is fun!
What is 'an exclamation mark'
Give me an example of an imperative sentence
What is "should be a sentence that makes a command or request"
What is "crazy"
A noun is a person, place, thing, activity, or idea. Name the place where you attend your Pre-Essentials Class.
What is Grace New Hope
A verb is "a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb."
To 'assert an action means to put emphasis (or to state) in a strong way.
Does the following sentence asserts an action?
"You appear taller."
What is 'yes'
Complete sense means that the sentence makes full absolute sense.
What is the sentence we used to find the subject, verb, capital letter and end mark?What is "Pre-Essentials is fun!"
a. My room is finally clean!
b. Will you clean your room?
c. Clean your room!
d. I need to clean my room.
What is "exclamatory, interrogative, imperative and declarative"
An interjection is a word or phrase used as a strong expression of feeling or emotion.
This is for everyone! Give an example of an interjection.
what are "Ouch!, Ahh!, Hello!, Wow!, Ugh!, Boo!, Splat!, Oh!, Aw!"