Adjectives
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
Why is it important to use punctuation?
It is important to use punctuation, so the reader knows when it is the end of the sentence. Punctuation, also lets the reader know if someone is making a statement or asking a question.
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What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, or thing.
Does the name of a road need to be capitalized?
Yes
What is a verb?
A verb is an action word.
Which of these words is not an adjective: smelly, gas, purple, old, bumpy?
Gas
What do you use for punctuation at the end of a sentence?
a period or exclamation point
What is the difference between common and proper nouns?
A proper noun is the specific name of a person, place or thing; whereas a common noun tells what the person, place or thing is. A proper noun requires a capital letter.
When do you need to capitalize words?
You need to capitalize words they are at the beginning or the sentence or the name of something/someone.
What is the the part of speech that describes a verb called?
An adverb describes a verb. For example, the girl ran quickly.
What are 3 adjectives that you can use to describe an apple?
Round, red, sweet, green
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What is this punctuation mark ? used for?
to show that someone is asking a question
How many nouns are in the sentence below?
The big brown cat ran through the field of flowers chasing a mouse.
4
Do you need to capitalize days, months and holidays?
Yes
What is the past tense of the verb swim?
What is the present tense of the verb swim?
What is the future tense of the verb swim?
Past: They swam.
Present: They are swimming.
future: They will swim.
What is a synonym for small?
What is an antonym for the word small?
Tiny
Big
Why is it important to use quotation marks when citing information directly from another source?
It is illegal to use other people's work and claim it as your own.
What is the proper noun that names the planet we live on?
Earth
Which words need to be capitalized in this address?
kidspeace graham lake campus
16 kidspeace way
ellsworth, maine
04605
All of them
color, cry, carry, create, capture, collect, catch, camp, chase, choose, clean, climb, cheat
What are 5 adjectives that start with the letter s?
What punctuation mark is used when separating different items in a list?
comma
What are the proper nouns in the sentence below?
Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach are all characters from a Nintendo game.
Mario
Luigi
Princess Peach
Nintendo
no
What is the antonym for the verb float?
sink