nouns
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or animal
What is a verb?
An action/something you do.
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
What does every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter.
You cannot sound them out. You have to know it in a SNAP!
How is a proper noun different than a regular noun?
A proper noun is the NAME of a person, place, or thing and it must start with a CAPITAL letter.
Which of these verbs is PAST TENSE? WHY?
1. Wait
2. Waiting
3. Waited
Waited because it has an 'ED' ending.
Which word in this sentence is the adjective and how do you know?
The dirty dog was digging a hole.
Dirty because it describes the dog.
What are the 3 ending punctuations we use?
period (.)
exclamation mark (!)
question mark (?)
What is the magic E rule?
Magic E makes the vowel before it say its name.
What is the correct plural noun for this word...
one watch, five _________
Watches
Darius and Kosi are running around the playground because they are playing tag.
running, playing.
Name all the adjectives in this sentence:
My kind grandmother and I baked yummy brownies that smelled delicious!
Kind, yummy, delicious.
What ending punctuation should we put at the end of this sentence?
I am so mad at you
Exclamation mark (!)
How do you spell the word ______
because
Name all the nouns in this sentence:
Jessica and her sister went to the park yesterday.
Jessica, sister, park.
Which of these are "to be" verbs?
1. who, what, where
2. am, are, is
3. jump, play, run
am, are, is
Name all the adjectives in this sentence:
Silly Fatoumata and Adama were playing a funny prank on their beautiful teachers.
Silly, funny, beautiful.
Which punctuation mark should you put at the end of this sentence?
Where did you get those awesome shoes
How many spellings can the /s/ sound make? What are they?
4 sounds:
s
c
se
ce
Name all the nouns in this sentence:
The monkey is playing at the Prospect Park Zoo.
monkey, Prospect Park Zoo.
What is the verb in the sentence?
1. I am very happy today.
Am
What are some ways to help you identify or think of a noun?
1. What you can see
2. What you can smell
3. What you can taste
4. What you can hear
5. What you can touch
Say 3 sentences.
1 that should end with a period
1 that should end with an exclamation mark
1 that should end with a question mark
...
What is the rule for double letter spelling...
pin --> pinning
stamp --> stamping
When there is only one consonant after the vowel, you double the consonant before adding -ing.
When there are more than one consonants after the vowel, you do NOT double the consonant before adding -ing.