noun= a person, place, or thing.
proper noun = a specific person, place, or thing.
Example: holiday is a common noun while Thanksgiving is a proper noun.
100
When do you capitalize a word?
At the beginning of a sentence, for proper nouns, and for titles.
100
How do you begin and end a sentence?
Begin a sentence with a capital letter and end it with an end mark (period, exclamation point, question mark).
100
Fill in the missing homophone.
Every year we go to the Bahamas, it is _____ favorite place.
a.) hour
b.)our
our
100
How do you begin a paragraph?
With and indent. (space)
200
Name the adjective and tell what it describes.
The weather outside is beautiful!
Beautiful is the adjective which describes the weather.
200
Correct the sentence:
i went to the park to see my friend michelle.
I went to the park to see my friend Michelle.
200
What is the conjunction in the sentence:
Lilacs and violets are usually purple flowers.
Correct answer: and
Conjunctions - connect two thoughts. Examples: and, but, or
200
Fill in the sentence with the correct form of there, their, and they're.
They put _____ books over ______.
They put their books over there.
200
How many sentences typically are in a paragraph?
5 sentences.
300
Replace the blank space with an adjective.
Alexandra was a ____ girl.
beautiful, smart, funny, etc.
300
Which of the following words is supposed to be capitalized:
teacher, parent, holiday, thanksgiving, dinner
Thanksgiving = proper noun
300
What do you use for dialogue?
Quotation marks. " "
300
Fill in the sentence with the correct to, too, or two.
I wanted ___ go to the birthday party ____.
I wanted to go to the birthday party too.
300
What do you put at the beginning of a letter?
a.) signature
b.) greeting (Dear ,)
c.) body paragraph
greeting
for example: Dear Mom,
400
Which of the following words is not a verb and what is it instead?
laugh
play
grow
swimmer
swimmer= a noun
400
Fix the following sentence by adding capital letters where they are missing.
i don't want to go to amy's house because i live in boston and she lives all the way in new hampshire.
Correction:
I don't want to go to Amy's house because I live in Boston and she lives all the way in New Hampshire.
400
Find the subject and the predicate in the following sentence.
Alice baked a cake.
"Alice" is the subject (main noun)
"baked a cake" is the predicate (the action verb that subject does)
400
Fill in the sentence with either it's or its.
____ my party and I'll cry if I want to.
It's = It is
400
What are the five important parts of a story?
1. Characters
2. Setting
3. Point of View
4. Conflict
5. Solution
500
How do you change 'do not' into a contraction?
Don't
500
Capitalize the title correctly:
the chronicles of narnia: the lion the witch and the wardrobe.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
500
Correct the following run-on sentence:
The baby dropped all the pots and pans he started crying he was so upset they made such a loud noise.
One way you can fix it:
The baby dropped all the pots and pans. He started crying because he was so upset that they made such a loud noise.
500
_______ the best basketball team in the NBA.
a. They're
b. Their
c. There
They're
500
What is the difference between first person point of view, and third person point of view?
First person = I, we, etc
Third person= He, she, they