Nouns
What is the plural for pickle?
pickles; for most nouns, you only add -s to make it plural
What is the verb in this sentence:
The boys climbed trees all day.
climbed; is the verb past, present, or future?
Identify the subject in this sentence:
Damiria and Mercedez drew pictures of rainbows and built with blocks.
Is the subject simple or compound?
Damiria and Mercedez; the subject tells the "who" of a sentence.
compound
What is an adjective?
A word that describes how something looks, feels, smells, sounds, tastes.
What words need to be capitalized in the following sentence:
i went to disney world on my vacation.
I went to Disney World on my vacation.
What is the plural for bench?
benches; if a word ends in -ch, you add -es
What word signals the use of future tense in a verb: was, will, or am?
will; this word comes right before a verb to show future tense
What is the predicate in this sentence:
The whole team hit home runs during the baseball game today.
...hit home runs during the baseball game today.
Is the predicate simple or compound?
How many adjectives in the following sentence:
"The crazy clowns raced around the white ponies and fierce lions."
Three: crazy, white, fierce
Place the following words in alphabetical order:
tree, whale, bridge, gorilla, party
bridge, gorilla, party, tree, whale
Name 3 people, places, or things that are proper nouns.
Specific names, restaurants, stores, objects
Change the following sentence to past tense:
They throw water balloons at each other.
Yesterday...
...they threw water balloons at each other.
Identify the predicate in this sentence:
The octopus wriggled its tentacles as it ate the tiny fish.
...wriggled its tentacles as it ate the tiny fish.
Simple or compound?
What are the adjective/noun pairs in this sentence:
Sleepy sloths napped in a tropical tree.
sleepy= sloths
tropical= tree
What is the correct way to write the following:
i live near brookway park on maple street in the town of webster.
I live near Brookway Park on Maple Street in the town of Webster.
What are the proper noun(s) in this sentence:
My mom's friend Maria works at the First Bank every Wednesday.
Maria, First Bank, Wednesday
Change the present tense verb to future tense in this sentence:
A'mazin watches her favorite movie.
"Tomorrow..."
"...A'mazin will watch her favorite movie."
"The deer ate grass near the creek."
Which of these would give the sentence a compound subject?
"and drank water " "and squirrels"
"and squirrels"; remember, the subject is the "who" or "what" of a sentence.
Identify the adjectives:
While visiting the busy zoo, we saw tall giraffes eating lazily and large elephants slowly drinking.
tall, large, busy; lazily and slowly are adverbs, words that describe actions.
Place the following words in alphabetical order:
penguin, snowman, kite, desert, kitchen
desert, kitchen, kite, penguin, snowman
What is the plural for donkey?
donkeys; you only add -s to -ey endings
What word do we use with a verb to show future tense?
will; I will go swimming, They will fly to Florida
"Melody enjoyed lunch in the classroom."
Which of the following would make a compound predicate:
"and a movie" "and Elise"
"and a movie"; remember, the predicate is the action of a sentence.
Complete the sentence with the correct adjective:
You painted a beautiful picture, but my picture was more beautiful, and Camille was the _______.
beautifulest, more beautiful, most beautiful
most beautiful; these adjectives are called comparatives and superlatives
Correct the capitalization in the following sentence:
every christmas my Family goes on a Vacation to a warm Place like mexico from monday to Friday.
Every Christmas my family goes on a vacation to a warm place like Mexico from Monday to Friday.