Grammar and writing

Parts of speech

100

What is a noun?

A person, place, thing, or idea

200

What is a verb?

An action

300

What is an adjective?

A word that describes a noun

400

What is a pronoun?

A word that replaces a noun

500

What is an adverb?

A word that describes a verb

Sentence Types

100

What is a statement sentence?

A sentence that tells something

200

What is a question sentence?

A sentence that asks something

300

What is an exclamatory sentence?

A sentence that shows strong feeling

400

What is a command sentence?

A sentence that gives an order or direction  

500

What is a compound sentence?

A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a conjunction

Punctuation

100

When do you use a period?

At the end of a statement/complete sentence

200

When do you use a question mark?

At the end of a question

300

When do you use commas in a list?

To separate 3 or more items in a series 

400

When do you use quotation marks?

Around spoken words

500

What should you do at the end of one sentence before starting the next?

Use end punctuation, add a space, and capitalize the next sentence.

Writing Process

100

What is prewriting?

Planning ideas before writing

200

What checklist do you use during the revising and editing process?

ARMS and CUPS

300

What is drafting?

Writing the first version of your essay

400

Put the writing process steps in order

prewriting → drafting → revising → editing → publishing

500

What do the letters in ARMS and CUPS stand for?

• ARMS = Add, Remove, Move, Substitute

• CUPS = Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling

Revise and Edit

100

What is wrong with this sentence:

my dog run fast

Capitalization is missing (My)

Verb tense is incorrect (run → runs)

Missing punctuation (period)

200

What needs to be fixed in this sentence:

i cant wait for summer

Capitalization (I)

Apostrophe in contraction (can’t)

End punctuation (period or exclamation mark)

300

What is wrong with this sentence:
The dog was big. The dog was very big. The dog was really really big.

• Repetition (Remove unnecessary details)

• Could combine or improve word choice (Substitute)

400

What should be revised or edited in this sentence:
We went to the park and we played and we had fun and it was cool

• Needs punctuation (run-on sentence)

• Could add transitions or break into sentences

• Improve word choice (cool → more specific)

500

What is wrong with this sentence, and how should it be improved?

last summer we went to the beach it was fun we swam played games and it was very very fun

Capitalization error (Last)

Run-on sentence (needs to be broken into sentences)

Missing punctuation (periods/commas)

Repetition (“very very fun” should be improved)

Could add better word choice or details (revising)