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Prepositions
Conjunctions and Interjections
Sentence Patterns
Sentence Structures
Summarizing Strategies
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What shows how a noun or pronoun relates to another word or phrase in a sentence?

Preposition

100

What word connects part of a sentence?

Conjunction

100

What is the subject?  Mr. Ramirez went to the store.

Mr. Ramirez

100

What are the four purposes of sentences?

Statement/Declarative

Question/Interrogative

Direction-Command/Imperative

Exclamatory

100

What does it mean to summarize?

To provide a brief explanation of a topic

200

Name a preposition

Most common:  at, of, in, to, for, with, from, beside, etc.

200

Identify the conjunction:  Dario won the high jump as well as the bike race.

as well as

200

What is the verb?  Van and Ethan traveled to the concert.

traveled

200

What are the four sentence structures?

Simple, complex, compound, complex/compound

200

Describe The Summary without Words strategy

Use drawings and no words to summarize information.

300

What is the prepositional phrase:  The computer is on the desk.

on the desk.

300

Name the conjunction:  Because it rained, the game was canceled.

Because

300

What is the direct object?  I baked mom cookies.

cookies

300

What kind of sentence structures is this?

Tanya received a new computer when she returned from camp.

complex

300

How many words, excluding a, an, and the, can a "Money Summary" have?

No more than 20

400

What is the object of the preposition:  Nick is sitting among his sisters.

sisters

400

What is a word or phrase that expresses an emotion?

Interjection

400

What is the object complement?  We elected Charlotte president.

president

400

What is the independent clause?  Nayef is a boy who is very talented.

Nayef is a boy

400

What is the 12 Word Trick?

After reading,viewing, or listening to information, list 12 key words.  Then write a topic sentence.  Then use each of the 12 words in sentences summarizing the topic.

500
Is the phrase acting as an adjective or adverb:  Every one of his friends had left by 10 pm

Adjective

500

What is the interjection?  No kidding, I like cooked spinach.

No kidding

500

What is the predicate adjective?  Yesterday the weather was warm.

warm

500

What is wrong with the sentence:  Did you send me a letter if you did I did not get it and I would like to hear from you.

Run-on

500

Name the four steps of the summary paragraph

1. Identify the item/topic plus a verb

2.  Convert that into a proper topic sentence

3.  List details using words or phrases

4.  Use topic sentence and phrases converted to sentences to build summary paragraph