Sentences
Number your whiteboard from 1 - 4
Match the sentence to the sentence type (all you need to put is the letter)
1. We love pickles! a. Declarative
2. Do you like pickles? b. Exclamatory
3. Pickles are green. c. Interrogative
4. Put the pickles in a jar. d. Imperative
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. d
Number your white board 1-2.
Which sentence needs a comma and which does not?
1. I helped a bunny cross the road and it went home to its family.
2. The bunny hopped off and never looked back.
1. Needs a comma (two independent clauses)
2. Does not need a comma (one independent clause and one dependent clause).
Label your whiteboard with #1 and #2
Word bank: im-, in-, en-, bio, -able
Write the words that fit in the blanks
The root word (1)________ means "life:, and the prefix (2)___________ means to "make".
1. bio
2. en-
What is the subject and verb (in the present tense) in the following sentence?
They are going to the movies tomorrow.
Subject: They
Verb: Are
What are the nouns in this sentence?
The dog walked with his owner down the street. (3)
dog, owner, and street
Write the following sentence and label the noun (n.), verb (v.), adjective (adj.), and adverb (adv.).
The crazy cat meowed wildly.
Crazy = Adjective
Cat = Noun
Meowed = Verb
Wildly = Adverb
Which sentence shows the correct way to use commas separate items in a series?
a. Tomorrow morning I have to walk the dog, make breakfast, and clean the dishes.
b. Tomorrow morning I have to walk the dog, make breakfast and clean the dishes,
c. Tomorrow morning I have to walk the dog make breakfast, and clean the dishes.
Answer = a. Tomorrow morning I have to walk the dog, make breakfast, and clean the dishes.
The prefixes im-, in-, un-, and non-, all mean what?
Not/No
Label your whiteboards #1-4
1. I
2. he/she/it
3. we
4. you (plural)
Write the "to be" verb agreements next to them.
1. am
2. is
3. are
4. are
If something is rare it is...
a. easy to find
b. well-known
c. uncommon
d. funny
c. uncommon
Rewrite the following two sentences as one using a conjunction and a comma.
I went to the fair. I couldn't ride anything because of rain.
Best answer
I went to the fair, but I couldn't ride anything because of rain.
Rewrite this sentence with a comma(s) in the right place.
We will have a party on July 17th 2022.
We will have a party on July 17th, 2022.
Which of the following use the same root word but have opposite meanings? (Write the letter)
a. preheat and reheat
b. enable and encircle
c. biodiversity and biography
d. unchallenged and nonverbal
Answer a. preheat and reheat
Select the correct word to go in this sentence
Tracy has two colleges she is thinking about going to. She ____________ choose the one that is closer to home.
a. will
b. may
c. couldn't
d. can
b. may is the best answer here
Rewrite the following sentence with correct punctuation and capitalization
the family went to mcdonald's to eat on tuesday
The family went to Mcdonald's to eat on Tuesday.
Rewrite the following run-on sentences by breaking them apart and adding correct punctuation and capitalization.
Tom went the park he went down the slide and played in the sand.
Tom went to the park. He went down the slide and played in the sand.
Rewrite this sentence with a comma(s) in the right place.
We spent the summer in Raleigh North Carolina.
We spent the summer in Raleigh, North Carolina.
If you are unable to do drive, what does that mean?
You can drive, you are not able to drive, you can't operate a car, you don't have the ability to drive
Label your whiteboard #1 and #2
Make the subject and verb agree with the following verb in present by writing the verb
Verb: to close
1. She __________ the door.
2. They __________ the door.
1. She _closes__ the door.
2. They _close__ the door.
Are patriarch and matriarch synonyms or antonyms?
Use patriarch in a sentence.
Antonyms
Answers may very but should include some reference to a man being the leader/head of house.
(2 parts) Change this fragment into a full sentence. What did you add; a subject or a predicate?
walked through the desert
Answers may vary for the sentence but should add a subject (a who or what)
Rewrite this sentence with the proper commas, quotation marks, and capitalization.
In the encyclopedia it stated frogs go through a life cycle.
In the encyclopedia it stated, "Frogs go through a life cycle."
What is the difference in meaning between these two words?
Thoughtful Thoughtless
Answers may vary
Thoughtful means you are full of thought, think of others, or think a lot.
Thoughtless means you don't think at all or are without thoughts.
Identify the verb in this sentence and the adverb that describes it.
She quickly walked to the beach so she could surf.
Verb:
Adverb:
Verb: walked
Adverb: quickly
Read the following short passage.
Pick a character trait to describe Tom and cite one piece of evidence to prove it.
In the morning, Tom helped his neighbor carry in her groceries. After work, he volunteered at the local food pantry. Before going to bed, he walked his dog.
Hint: Sentence starter "Tom is a ________ person because the text said..."
Nice, considerate, helpful, etc.
"Helped his neighbor, volunteered, walked dog"