Conventions
Every sentence must start with this.
A capital letter.
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
My mother taked me to the Museum of Science yesterday.
My mother took me to Museum of Science yesterday.
It's/its going to rain this weekend.
It's
Donna _____. Sara went to the movies.
What is word is missing to correct this sentence?
Donna and Sara went to the movies.
What is the capitol of Washington?
Olympia
This letter must always be capitalized when written by itself or in a contraction.
I
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
We goes to the movies last friday.
We went to the movies last Friday.
I bought too/two/to many pairs of shoes at the store.
too
We _____ hiking walking biking and fishing at the park.
We went hiking, walking, biking, and fishing at the park.
Give me an example of a proper noun
Mrs. D
Seattle Seahawks
something like this.....
Every sentence must end with a mark. What are three possible end marks?
A period, question mark and exclamation mark.
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
What did i do wrong.
What did I do wrong?
I invited my friends to go to the mall. They're/There/Their going to be so surprised when they realize I am actually throwing them a party.
They're (They Are)
I would love to _______ Germany England next summer.
Which word fits BEST?
A. see
B. visit
I would love to visit Germany and England next summer.
What is a noun?
Person, place, animal, thing, idea
What are 2 reasons that you capitalize a letter in a sentence?
proper noun
beginning of sentence
letter I
Abbreviation (OK, Mr. )
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
I ____ walking to the store yesterday and something funny happened.
A. was
B. were
C. will be
was
Their/there/they're house is white with blue shutters.
Their
Brad and Pat will buy the blue car.
How many subjects are in the sentence? What is this subject called?
2 subjects are in the sentence.
A sentence with more than one subject is called a Compound subject.
In 58 B.C. Julius Caesar __________ his army into Gaul.
A) lead
B) led
C) leads
B
Explain what a paragrah is.
A group of sentences working together to make one key point about the subject of the paragraph.
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
I hope we will go to new york soon.
I hope we will go to New York soon.
I love the New Hampshire campgrounds. We are going they're /their/ there next weekend.
there
John needs to bring his phone charger ______ wallet with him to the ball game.
What is the missing word ?
John needs to bring his phone charger and wallet to the ball game.
Last year, Joe _____ the 400 yard dash in 58 seconds.
A. runs
B. ran
C. wins
B