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What is a noun?
A word that describes a person, place or thing.
if a noun ends in a vowel before the y what do you do?
change the y to an i and add es
what 3 things can adjectives tell?
what kind?
how many?
which one?
Change Mariam and I to the correct proper noun.
Mariam and I went to get mango skippys after school.
They
what is a metaphor?
when you compare without using like or as?
If you want to make a noun plural what two endings can be added?
s or es
if a noun ends in a consonant before the y what do you do?
just add s
comparative adjectives use what two endings to compare people?
-er, or -est
List the 3 verb tenses and tell me what each mean
1. past tense (something has already happened)
2. present tense(will happen)
3. future tense (is going to happen)
compound sentences use what 3 words to join simple sentences, remember we put a comma before these 3 words.
,and
,or
,but
what is a consonant?
any word in the alphabet that is not a,e,i, or u.
what is a vowel?
a, e, i, o, u
What is the proper adjective for the noun China?
Chinese
What does an imperative sentence do?
It gives a command.
for example: Please come quickly. or Clean your room, please.
personification is what?
when you give human characteristics to an object.
what is a common noun?
a noun that isnt specific
what is a proper noun?
noun that names a specific place, person, or thing
What is the proper adjective for the noun Europe?
European
when a sentence is exclamatory it ends in what punctuation?
exclamation mark
Hyperbole is what?
IS EXAGGERATION
give an example of a proper noun and common noun
common: doctor
proper: Dr. Gomez
what is the definition of an adjective?
a word that describes a noun.
replace Daisy and Mark with the correct pronoun
Daisy and Mark went to the mall.
They
tell me what the subject and predicate is in the sentence below.
The storm came without warning.
subject: The storm
predicate: came without warning
You put commas when?
when there needs to be a pause in a sentence, or when listing many things.