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 word is missing to correct this sentence?
Donna and Sara went to the movies.
Spell. ________
Mississippi
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
Ms. Young (real person)
New England Patriots
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
In body paragraphs, where should the topic sentence go?
A topic sentence is the first sentence in body paragraphs.
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
I hope we will go to brooklynnew york soon.
I hope we will go to Brooklyn, 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