Parts of Speech
A Person, Place, or thing. Can be Proper or Common
Noun
Add commas in the sentence following:
Shannon Tom and Jenn ran for Student Body President.
Shannon, Tom, and Jenn ran for Student Body President.
True or False:
You capitalize a common noun.
False
True or False:
Homophones can be spelled the same way.
False
A group of words expressing a complete thought.
Sentence
An Action or State of Being
Verb
Correctly place commas in the following sentence:
“I will spend my time” said Will “preparing for the game.”
“I will spend my time,” said Will, “preparing for the game.”
What letter(s) needs to be capitalized:
to kill a mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
What word below does not have a homophone?
See, To, Day, For, Sole, Poor
Day
The subject of a sentence consists of more than one noun or pronoun.
Compound Sentence.
Expresses some strong or sudden emotion.
Interjection
Name one of the six ways that we talked about for comma usage.
Separate words.
Set off a short direct quote.
Separate independent elements and words of direct address.
Set off dates, addresses or geographical names.
Separate non restrictive phrases and clauses.
Used with conjunctions.
What letter(s) needs to be capitalized:
the house of the rising sun
The House of the Rising Sun
True or False:
Homophones have the same pronunciation.
True.
Contains One Subject, One Predicate Nominative, orOne or both (Subject and Predicate Nominative can be compound.
Simple Sentence
Modifies a Verb, Adjective, or Adverb
Adverb
Correctly place commas in the following sentence:
Team are we ready?
Team, are we ready?
What letter(s) needs to be capitalized:
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
True or False:
Homophones have different meanings.
True.
Contains: Two or more coordinate independent clauses and One or more dependent clauses.
Compound Complex Sentence.
Connects Words, Phrases or Clauses in a sentence.
Conjunction
Correctly place commas in the following sentence:
We moved to Savannah Georgia on December 1 1978.
We moved to Savannah, Georgia, on December 1, 1978.
Name 4 things you need to capitalize.
First Word in a sentence.
Proper Nouns
Titles
Names/Nicknames
Specific Geographical Regions
First word in a complete quotation.
Name a homophone, explain why they are homophones, and give the meaning of the words.
Nice
What is a declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentence?
Declarative:States a fact / Followed by a Period
Interrogative: Asks a Question / Followed by a Question Mark.
Imperative:Expresses a Command / Followed by a Period.
Exclamatory: Expresses strong or sudden Emotion / Followed by an Exclamation Point.