Beginning & Ending a Sentence
When writing a sentence, you must start it with what?
Capital Letter
What is a sentence?
A group of words that expresses a complete thought.
What is a noun?
person, place or thing
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that can replace a noun in a sentence.
What is a verb?
A verb expresses action, event, or a state of being.
What type of verb is in the following sentence?
Marcus runs in PE every Friday.
Action
What does each sentence need to have at the end?
End Punctuation (Period, Exclamation Mark, Question Mark)
Is the following a sentence or a sentence fragment?
The football team works really hard.
Sentence
What is a common noun?
A common noun is a person, place, or thing that is more general. (Ex: boy, mountain, school)
What is an example of a pronoun?
he/him
she/her
they/them
we/us
What are the 3 types of verbs?
Action, State-of-Being, and Helping
In a verb phrase, what does the main verb express AND what does the helping verb express?
The main verb expresses action/state of being.
The helping verb helps express time.
What is this sentence missing?
she lost her backpack at the park.
FIXED: She lost her backpack at the park.
Which of the following is a sentence fragment?
Deanna reads books during the weekend.
She reads books that are.
She reads books that are.
THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING. THE THOUGHT IS NOT COMPLETE.
What is a proper noun?
a noun that names a specific person, place, or thing
Replace the bolded word(s) with the proper pronoun.
Evan gave Carl and Brenda a popsicle.
Evan gave them a popsicle.
What type of verb is in the following sentence?
The ball is red.
State-of-being
NOUNS and PRONOUNS: List BOTH the nouns in the sentence and the pronouns.
My friend and I went to a movie. We watched The Nun and it was really scary. People in the theater screamed in fright.
NOUNS: friend, movie, The Nun, People, theater
PRONOUNS: My, I, We, it
What is the sentence missing?
where is my phone
BOTH Capitalization and Punctuation
FIXED: Where is my phone?
What is a subject?
A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.
Label the Proper nouns and common nouns in the following sentence:
My friend went to Mexico for Christmas and came back with a gift for me.
Proper: Mexico, Christmas
Common: friend, gift
What are the 4 pronouns in the sentences?
Josh and Diana went on a bike ride. They went pretty fast, but her bike was faster. He was mad because his bike wasn’t as fast.
They, her, he, his
What tense is used in the following sentence?
We rode the bus to Target.
past tense
It already happened! It happened in the past.
Add capital letter and end punctuation marks to make 3 complete sentences.
in the fall we like to camp in the mountains we take plenty of food and water we hike most of the day
In the fall we like to camp in the mountain. We take plenty of food and water. We hike most of the day.
What are the 3 types of end punctuation?
Period (.)
Question Mark (?)
Exclamation Mark (!)
Sentence or Fragment?
The man in the house.
THERE IS MISSING INFORMATION.
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Lucy ran down the dark alley towards the Halloween festival, convinced that a vampire was chasing her!
Lucy, alley, Halloween, festival, vampire
What are the 11 pronouns in the sentences?
I am reading a book. My book is about a king and queen. She hates him, but he loves her. The king tries to get her attention so she will love him back. I think it is a great book!
I, my, she, him, he, her, her, she, him, I, it
Identify the verbs in the sentences below AND what type of verb (action, state-of-being, helping).
My bed is comfortable.
I am tired today.
I want to go home!
1. is (state-of-being)
2. am (state-of-being)
3. want to go (action)
List the nouns, pronouns, AND verbs in the following sentences.
My dog Shadow took her toy outside. Last night it rained and her toy got wet. She was sad that she couldn’t play with it.
NOUNS: Dog, Shadow, toy, outside, night, toy
PRONOUNS: My, her, it, her, She, she, it
VERBS: took, rained, got, was, couldn't play