A group of words that express a complete thought.
ex.
Joe likes basketball.
The weather is cold today.
What is a Sentence?
100
Always at the beginning of a sentence and used for proper nouns.
What is a Capital Letter?
100
A group of sentences about one specific topic.
What is a Paragraph?
100
One sentence that tells the main idea of the whole paragraph.
What is a Topic Sentence?
100
When writing about:
- daily habits
- general truths
What are the Simple Present Tense Statements?
200
Subject, Verbs, and Objects
What are parts of a sentence?
200
The most common way to end a sentence.
What is a Period?
200
- Gives the reader information about what is being written
- Usually short
- Catches a reader's interest
- Always capitalize the first letter of the first word and the first letter of the important words (do not capitalize prepositions or articles)
What is The Title of a Paragraph?
200
Takes the place of a noun that is the SUBJECT in a sentence:
I, You, He, She, It, We, You, They
What is a Subject Pronoun?
200
To make negative statements with Be, add Not after am/is/are.
What is the Simple Present Tense: Negative Statements?
300
A person or thing that does the action:
- can be a noun or a pronoun
-can be two (or more) noun/pronouns. (must share the same verb)
What is a subject?
300
At, On, and In:
Used to describe location.
What is Prepositions of Place?
300
Makes sentences more interesting.
What is an Adjective?
300
Takes the place of a noun that is the OBJECT in a sentence:
me., you., him., her., it., us., you., them.
What is a Object Pronoun?
300
Show that something exists in a certain place.
What is the use of THERE IS/ THERE ARE?
400
Tells what the subject is doing:
- is usually an action word; go, speak, write, swim, and watch
- sometimes does not have much action; be(am, is, are, was, were)
-can have two or more actions for on subject.
What is a verb?
400
An incomplete sentence:
ex.
John is my brother. Works at Ames bank.
Many people a white car.
What is a Fragment?
400
Word order:
ex.
The boys are young.
I am sleepy.
That house is big and green.
What is Be + Adjective?
400
When you want to talk about something that belongs to someone or something:
My house is on Linda Vista Ave.
What is a Possessive Adjective?
400
The use of A and An:
- Use A or An in front of a singular count
- Use A in front of when it begins with a consonant sound
- Use An in front of when it begins with a vowel sound
What is a Count Noun?
500
Is the thing or person after the main verb:
- receives the action of the verb
-can be a noun or pronoun
-can be two or more nouns/pronouns
What is the object?
500
The most frequently used verb in the English language. There are five main forms: am, is, are, was, and were.
What is a Be Verb?
500
Word order:
ex.
Justin looks ill.
The grapes taste delicious.
Tony and Ron seem very nervous today.
What is a Linking Verb + Adjective?
500
Title
Topic Sentence
The Body
Concluding Sentence
What are the Parts of a Paragraph?
500
A sentence that has two simple sentences that are joined by a connecting word:
ex.
such as, and, but, so, or