Nouns & Verbs
Verb
Every sentence begins with what and ends with what?
Capital letter and period
Names the person or thing the sentence is about
Subject
Is this sentence a fragment sentence or a complete sentence?
Go to the water.
Fragment
Name the verb in this sentence:
During fall, I watch at least twenty Halloween movies.
watch
This type of sentence gives a command.
Imperative
Tells what the subject is or does.
Predicate
Erica and I love going to drinking coffee, and we visit new coffee shops together all the time.
Compound
Use a __________ and a coordinating conjunction to join two independent clauses to form a complete sentence.
What are the 3 types of nouns?
Common, proper, and pronoun
What type of sentence is this?
I am studying at the coffee shop.
Declarative
What is a compound subject AND a compound predicate?
Compound subject = two or more subjects
Compound predicate = two or more predicates
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
True or False:
The following three words are verbs: eat, make, shirt
False
Name the four types of sentences using their correct term I taught you in class.
Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory
What is the subject and complete predicate in the following sentence?
Ogres are like onions.
+100 points if you can tell me what the figurate language is in this sentence.
Ogres = subject
are like onions = predicate
simile: uses like or as to make a comparison between two unlike things - ogre and an onion
Simple
Use this vocab word in a compound sentence.
Build
Answers will vary.
List 3 proper nouns AND 3 common nouns. Label them!
Answers will vary
What five things make a complete sentence?
Capital letter, subject/noun, predicate/verb, complete thought, period
1. Tell me if the sentence is a simple sentence or a compound sentence.
2. What is the complete subject? Label them!! If there is more than one of each, write it!
3. What is the complete predicate? Label them!! If there is more than one of each, write it!
Some of my students dislike Taylor Swift, but I think she is a queen.
1. Compound sentence
2. Complete subject = Some of my students; I
3. dislike Taylor Swift; think she is a queen
Use the following vocab word in simple sentence while being descriptive.
Shovel
List the corrections that need to be made to the following sentences. There are 5 mistakes.
bob the Builder tried to bild a house for his friend Lindsey but he did not do a good job. it was so bad that the roof fell on her, and she brok both of her legs!
Bob the Builder tried to build a house for his friend Lindsey, but he did not do a good job. It was so bad that the roof fell on her, and she broke both of her legs!