Review
What is a noun?
A person, place, or a thing
What is a verb?
An action
What is a subject?
The noun completing the action of a sentence
What do conjunctions do?
Link together clauses
What is punctuation?
Using a period, comma, question mark, or exclamation point in a sentence
Give 3 examples of words that need to be capitalized.
(Approved by Ms. Mulville)
What is a main clause?
A clause that can stand by itself
A clause that cannot stand by itself; it's not a complete sentence.
True or false: WWW.ASIAB clauses aren't always dependent clauses.
False!
True or False: A dependent clause can have a subject AND a verb.
True! It just might not make sense by itself.
What are the subject and the verb of this sentence: "The pug chased the squirrel."
(S) pug, (V) chased
Find the prep. phrases: "The soup was heated on the stovetop and poured into the bowl."
on the stovetop, into the bowl
Find the verb" "Reading is good for your brain."
Is
Find the verb: "The orchard has many delicious apples."
Has
Find the subject: On the beach one sunny morning, a seal flopped onto shore."
Seal
List the words in WWW.ASIAB.
When, Where, While, As, Since, If, Although, Because
Find the MC: "Meatball hid underground since it was cold."
[Meatball hid underground]
(When she visited the grocery store)
Find the 2 subjects and the 2 verbs: "Chick-fil-A serves delicious chicken, and the french fries are also delicious."
(S): Chick-fil-A, french fries
(V): serves, are
Find the MC and the DC: "I ate my dinner while I watched the football game."
MC: I ate my dinner
DC: while I watched the football game
Find the 2 MCs and the 1 DC: "I travelled to the zoo with my family, and we saw an elephant, although it was hard to see with the large crowd."
MC: I travelled to the zoo with my family, we saw an elephant
DC: although it was hard to see with the large crowd
MC: Jerry Jones is a bad owner
DC: While I do like the Cowboys, since he makes bad decisions
Find the 2 DCs and the 1 MC: While Meatball loves living on Saint Timothy's campus, he becomes scared when he sees students."
MC: he becomes scared
DC: While Meatball loves living on Saint Timothy's campus, when he sees students
Find the 1 DC, 1 MC, and the prep. phrase: "When the hedgehog saw the strawberry, it ran happily to the food dish."
DC: When the hedgehog saw the strawberry
MC: it ran happily
Prep: to the food dish
MC: The track team participated in the meet, many people came to cheer
DC: while they were competing
Prep: in the meet