Parts of Speech
What is a noun? Give an example
Person, Place, Thing, or Animal
Dog, Teacher, School, Paper, etc.
What verb tense is the sentence below (past, present, or future):
I walked to the store yesterday.
Past
What is the main idea of the story?
What the story is mostly about
Show ownership
What do quotation marks show?
Something that someone says or exactly what a book says using text evidence
What is a verb?
Give me an example
An action word
run, jump, play, sleep, etc.
Fix the capitalization error below:
Mrs. johnson opens her bakery today!
Johnson
What is the central message?
The theme or the moral of the story. What lesson the story teaches you
Look at the sentence below:
The dog's collar broke.
Which word is the possessive noun?
"Dog's"
What needs to be improved with the quote below:
Look out!" Jimmy John shouted.
" in front of look
What is an adjective?
Give me an example
Words that describe a noun
blue, shiny, soft, etc.
Fix the punctuation in the sentence below:
Have you ever been to the beach.
a question mark instead of a period
If I say to use text evidence what does that mean?
Find a quote in the book
Look at the sentence below:
That is John_ water bottle.
What should you add to "John" to make it possessive?
's
Correct the two mistakes with the quotations below:
"I love to drink water, Billy Bob said, "and sweet tea.
" after the comma and period at the end
What is an adverb?
Give me an example
Something that describes a verb
quickly, silently, lazily, etc.
I tried to tie my shoe but I was __successful.
Which prefix goes in the blank?
un, mis, re, or pre
Un-
Look at the compound sentence below:
I love to play basketball, and I love to play soccer.
Which word is the conjunction?
"and"
Make the word "kids" plural below:
That is all five of the kids jackets on the ground.
Add an apostrophe
Add quotation marks in the correct place in the sentence below:
I love dinosaurs! said Jimmy John
"I love dinosaurs!"
What is the adverb AND adjective in the sentence below:
The soft panda slept against the tree lazily.
soft and lazily
Look at the word: Remarkable
What is the root word?
mark
Look at the sentence below:
I believe we should have a longer recess, _______ we get to see our friends.
What subordinating conjunction should go in the blank?
"because"
Where is Nancy sweater? I looked beside Robert shoes.
Which two words need to be possessive, and what do you add to make them possessive?
Add quotation marks in the correct place in the sentence below:
I will take the recees, Hazel said excitedly, and the Kit Kat!
"I will take the recees," "and the Kit Kat!"