Conjunctions
What is a conjunction?
A word that is used to join words, phrases or clauses.
What is an apostrophe?
An apostrophe is a punctuation mark used to indicate either possession or the omission of letters or numbers.
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase. Pronouns refer to either a noun that has already been mentioned or to a noun that does not need to be named specifically.
What are quotation marks?
Quotations are marks used to mark the beginning and the of a title, the beginning and end of someone talking, or the beginning and end of word for word text taken from another source.
What is a noun? And what is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun is a noun that starts with a capital letter such as a name or a country, and a common noun is just an ordinary thing that starts with a lowercase letter.
What are the conjunctions in the following sentence?
My TV and my remote are both on the fritz, so I suppose I will just read a book.
And
so
Write a sentence with two apostrophes
Example: I can't wait to get to Alison's Party
Use a pronouns to rewrite the following sentence:
Eric and Alfred are so helpful.
They are so helpful.
Where should the quotations go into the following sentence:
We have a long weekend coming up exclaimed Ms. Webber
"We have a long weekend coming up" exclaimed Ms. Webber
What is a verb? What is the past, present and present continuous version of the verb 'swim'?
A verb is an action word.
Swam, Swim, Swimming
write out 9 different conjunctions
and, also, so, thus, therefore, because, but, though, nevertheless
Where should the apostrophes go in the following sentence: "Jessicas desk is overflowing with papers she shouldve thrown away weeks ago"
"Jessica's desk is overflowing with papers she should've thrown away weeks ago"
Us, we, they, them, she, her, he, him, everyone,
Where do the quotation marks go in the following sentence
Everytime Mr Brightside plays on the radio, my brother screams I'm Mr. Bightside
Everytime "Mr Brightside" plays on the radio, my brother screams "I'm Mr. Bightside"
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
An adjective adds detail or description to a verb whereas an adverb adds detail to a verb.
Write a sentence with 3 different conjunctions in it.
The dog barked loudly because it was hungry and wanted to go outside, so I took it for a walk.
Cannot, Would have, I am, Should not, Will not
can't, would've, I'm, shouldn't. won't
Write a sentence with 3 different pronouns in it
ex: She is the best performer that we have ever seen, so we know that everyone at the talent show will be impressed.
which quotation marks are placed incorrectly?
"I don't understand," "said the student." "Where are the markers?" "she asked?"
"said the student"
"she asked"
Write 5 adverbs and 5 adjectives
Example response:
Adverbs - Quickly, Very, Carefully, Happily, Suddenly
Adjectives - Beautiful, Interesting, Small, Colorful, Friendly
Write a sentence with two different conjunctions, an adjective, and an adverb.
Ex: The fluffy rabbits and cats have been playing excitedly all day long, so I think they must be pretty tired out.
What are three examples of how to use apostrophes.
Contractions
Possession
Plurals of Letters and Numbers (Straight A's, 10's across the board)
write a sentence with 2 pronouns, a verb and an adjective.
Example: I gave her a beautiful flower.
Write a sentence with two sets of quotations, a pronoun, and a conjunction.
After reading the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" I immediately said "I want to read that again" and I started the story over.
Write a sentence that contains 2 verbs, 2 nouns, 2 adjectives, and 2 adverbs.
Sample sentence: The playful puppy happily ran around the yard as he excitedly chased the colorful ball.