Definitions/Parts of a sentence
A person, place, thing, or idea?
What is a noun?
The fox (live, lives) in his den.
What is lives?
(Lion, Lions) sleep for long periods of time during the day.
What is Lions?
Robert and Nick plays football at recess. Does the subject agree with the verb?
What is no? It should be "play" instead, as in, "They play."
Give 3 examples of physical action verbs.
What are run, walk, and jump, etc.?
Who or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
I (run, runs) every day after school.
What is run?
Most (bird, birds) fly south for the winter.
What is birds?
Elephants are the largest mammal to live on land. Does the subject agree with the verb?
What is yes?
Give 3 examples of helping verbs.
What are is/are (was/were), do/did, can/could, has/have/had, etc.
The action taking place in a sentence.
What is the verb?
Keith and Kristan (eat, eats) popcorn at the movie theater.
What is eat?
(I, She) celebrates the volleyball win with some ice cream.
What is She?
Mrs. Lemon grade the spelling tests on Friday. Does the subject agree with the verb?
What is no?
Miss Farmer's favorite color _____ blue.
What is is/was?
The subject and verb in a sentence must ______.
What is agree?
The chocolate cupcakes my cousin made for the birthday party (is, are) delicious.
What is are?
The (dog, dogs) growls at the stranger passing by.
What is dog?
The students walk quietly in the hallway. Does the subject agree with the verb?
What is yes?
Give 2 examples of collective nouns.
What is class, family, team, group, etc.
Names a group such as family, team, or class.
What is a collective noun?
The class (is, are) arguing about what to do at recess.
What is are?
The soccer (team, teams) play against each other next week for the league championship.
What is teams?
Our school are working hard to reach our reading goal. Does the subject agree with the verb?
What is no?
Give 3 examples of possessive nouns.
What are Maria's, Henry's, Frankie and Jonnie's restaurant, etc.