Verb Tenses
Complete the sentence:
Jim and Susan________ to school tomorrow
will go
A preposition tells you the time or ______ of an object or event
location
True or False:
Proper nouns should always be capitalized
True
True or False:
A run-one sentence is two complete sentences that run together.
True
What punctuation should be added to correct this sentence:
James called Raul on the phone and asked "Would you like to go bowling with us of Friday evening?"
Add a comma after asked
Complete the sentence:
They ______ on the phone for three hours last night.
talked
What is the preposition in this sentence:
I walked on the sidewalk.
On
Correct the sentence:
the city of sacramento is the capital of california.
The city of Sacramento is the capital of California.
Is this sentence a run-on sentence?
The sun is shining lets play basketball.
Yes
What punctuation should you add to show that someone is speaking?
quotation marks
Adding the suffix -ed to the verb lets you know that it is in what tense?
past
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence
There were several pencils left under the desks.
under the desks
Correct the sentence:
My Mom can speak italian.
My mom can speak Italian.
Correct the following run-on sentence:
I went to the store I bought some chips.
I went to the store and bought some chips
Which sentence is written correctly:
1- My cat has two small, green eyes.
2- My cat has two green, small eyes.
3- My cat has small green, two eyes
4- My cat has small, two green eyes.
Sentence 1
Using the word "will" in front of a verb lets you know that the verb is what tense?
future
What is the propositional phrase in this sentence:
Mateo scored the winning goal in the championship game.
in the championship game
Give two examples of things that should ALWAYS be capitalized
Examples: names of people, names of cities/states/countries, names of restaurants, etc
Is the following sentence a run-on sentence?
The sun is shining and let's play basketball.
Yes
Correct the following sentence:
We decided to go, camping and we left the house as soon as the sun came up.
The comma should be after the word camping.
The phrase "is smiling" is in which verb tense?
present
Add a prepositional phrase to this sentence:
The dog sat ____________.
example answers: on the floor, in the dog house, under the bed
Correct the sentence:
sarah planned a christmas party at lakeshore park this december.
Sarah planned a Christmas party at Lakeshore Park this December.
Is this a run-on sentence?
When I got home I wanted to go for a walk, but I saw that it was raining.
No
Which punctuation mark should you use to show excitement?
exclamation mark (!)