Parts of Speech
What is a noun? Give 3 examples of nouns.
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. girl, school, phone
What are the 4 types a sentences?
Declarative,
Imperative,
Interrogative, and
exclamatory
When you make a regular noun plural, what do you usually do? For example, how do you make dog plural?
Add s! dogs!
Name 2 reasons you capitalize.
The pronoun I
Proper nouns like names or cities.
The start of a sentence
there are more reasons!
What is a verb? Give 3 examples of verbs.
a verb shows action or being. run, jump, swim
What is an imperative sentence? Give an example.
A declarative sentence makes a statement.
Example: Do the dishes.
When a noun ends in f, and you have to make it plural, what do you sometimes do? For example, how do you make wolf plural?
Change the f to v and add es. example: wolves
Where do you ALWAYS have punctuation?
At the end of the sentence.
what is an adverb? give 3 examples of adverbs.
An adverb is a word that describes a verb. slowly, quickly, tomorrow
What is an interrogative sentence? Give an example.
An interrogative sentence asks a question.
Do you like spaghetti?
When a noun ends in fe, and you have to make it plural, what do you sometimes do? For example, how do you make wife plural?
change the f to v and add s! For example: wives
What is wrong with the sentence below?
when will terry get here
You need 2 capital letters and an end mark!
correct:
When will Terry get here?
What is an adjective? Give 3 examples.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Blue, happy, sweet
What is an exclamatory sentence?
An exclamatory sentence shows emotion. That sauce burned me!!
What is a plural noun?
A noun that means more than 1!
What is wrong with the sentence below?
they swam with sharks in hawaii
You need 2 capital letters and an end mark!
correct:
They swam with sharks in Hawaii!
Make up a sentence using a noun, a verb, an adjective and an adverb.
The blue fish swam happily!
A declarative sentence makes a statement. Example: I ate spaghetti.
what are some examples of some more irregular plural nouns? Meaning, when you don't just add s to make the noun plural?
child-- children
man-- men
goose-- geese
mouse-- mice
What is wrong with the sentence below?
the students go to st benedict s episcopal school
5 capitalization mistakes and 3 punctuation mistakes!
The students go to St. Benedict's Episcopal School.