Sentence Detective
Is this a complete sentence:
beacuse it was raining.
No. It is a fragment.
Is "school" a common or proper noun?
common
What is the verb in this sentence?
The cat slept all day.
slept
I ate pizza and played video games.
Past
What's a stronger verb for "ate".
devoured, gobbled, munched, wolfed down,
Fix this run-on: I like to write stories I write every day.
I like to write stories, so I write every day.
I like to write stories, and I write every day.
What is the plural of child?
Children
What type of verb is "smells".
The cat smells his food before eating.
Action verb
What tense is this?
They were swimming in the pool.
Past progressive
True or False: A strong verb makes your writing more interesting.
True
Name 4 things every sentence must have.
Subject, predicate, beginning capital, and ending punctuation
I saw my cousins in kentucky.
k in Kentucky is not capitalized
Replace the boring verb.
She went toward the door.
sprinted, crawled, crept, jogged
Fill in the blank with a good verb choice:
Tomorrow, we __________ to the museum.
will be going or variation
Replace the verb:
The dog looked at the door.
varies answers
Is this a subject or a predicate and how might you change it to be a complete sentence?
The silly 4th graders
subject and answers vary
What kind of noun is Miss McGuire?
Proper noun
Which one is correct?
"The students runs fast." or "The students run fast."
The students run fast.
How do you make a progressive verb?
helping verb and add -ing to the original verb
Which are the strongest verbs to fill in the blank:
He _______________ across the stage.
walked, sprinted, marched
marched or sprinted
Come to the board and write a complete sentence
answers vary
Find 2 plural nouns and 1 proper noun in this sentence:
The horses ran past Walmart and the dogs barked.
plural: horses and dogs
proper noun: Walmart
On the board: Write a sentence using a strong verb.
Answers vary
Change this to present progressive.
I played a video game.
I am playing a video game.
On the board write a strong sentence describing someone dancing.
varied