Contraction
Which of the following is the contraction for THEY ARE?
a. they'll
b. they's
c. they're
d. they'd
they're
True or False:
This is not no double negative.
False ("not" and "no" are double negatives)
Which words should be capitalized?
frank and i would rather play cards.
Frank (specific name and beginning of a sentence)
I (always capitalized)
This HOMONYM is something you hit with and an animal you might see flying at night
bat
Is the word "no" negative or positive?
Negative
The contraction WE'RE stands for what two words?
we are
What is the correct way to say this sentence,
"She didn't get no presents for Christmas.
She didn't get presents for Christmas
True of False:
You never capitalize the names of islands, mountains, and bodies of water.
False... you do capitalize them when they have a specific name in front of them.
Identify and spell the correct HOMOPHONE for the following:
What a boy or girl does when they take out all the flames on their candles on their birthday
the color used to indicate whether it will be a baby boy
blew
blue
Which words should be capitalized?
My brother attended harvard university
Harvard University
YOU'RE is the contraction for what two words?
You are
The double negative(s) in this sentence,
"She hasn't gotten nothing for lunch."
hasn't, nothing
Which words should be capitalized?
on the fourth of july there was a picnic in the local park for the vietnamese children.
On (beginning of a sentence)
Fourth & July (specific name/title of a holiday)
Vietnamese (specific name of an ethnicity)
Identify and spell that HOMOPHONE for the following:
A vehicle that transports you in the sky
Another word for ordinary
Plane
Plain
Create the contraction in the sentence:
What is the time?
What's
Create the contraction in the sentence:
They had been waiting for hours.
They'd
The double negative(s) in this sentence,
She claims she has not seen neither John nor Ian since May.
not, neither, nor
True or False:
You do not have to capitalize the names of government groups, institutions or organizations.
EX: university of minnesota
False; you capitalize because it is the specific name of a place
Identify the ONE HOMONYM for the following:
a tool for opening doors
a list of map symbols
a scale of musical notes
key
There are three homophones that sound the same!
One is a number...
one means also...
and the other is talking about direction...
Two
Too
To
Which contraction completes the following?
Eliza is sick. _________ make her a card to cheer her up.
A. Let'us
B. Let's
C. Let'll
D. Let'u
Let's (let us)
The double negative(s) in this sentence,
It wasn't uninteresting.
wasn't
UNinteresting has the prefix UN- which means NOT
Which words should be capitalized?
i'll help detective carson with the case.
I'll (beginning of a sentence)
Detective (title)
Carson (name)
OUCH! This HOMOGRAPH can either be what you got when you fell off your bike OR what you did to make a jack-n-the-box go POP!
WOUND
Identify and spell the correct HOMOPHONES for the following:
Opposite of strong
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are considered 7 days in what
WEAK
WEEK