Capitalization
Name one instance where you capitalize.
Possible Responses:
Capitalize a title, capitalize "I" when referring to oneself, capitalize after a colon when the statement afterwards is a full sentence, capitalize proper nouns, at the beginning of a sentence, at the beginning of a quote.
What is the correct spelling of "your/you're" in the following sentence?
Is that your/you're dog over there?
What word class is the following:
A SPECIFIC person, place, or organization.
A Proper Noun!
What sentence structure is the following:
"I love baseball."
Simple Sentence!
What is "..." called?
Ellipses!
Do you capitalize after a semicolon (yes or no).
No!
What is the definition of a homophone?
Words that sounds the same, but are spelt differently and have different meanings.
What word class is the following:
A word that indicates location (or another relationship) to a noun or pronoun.
Preposition!
What are the three sentence structures?
Simple, Compound, Complex.
When do we use parentheses?
used to contain further thoughts or qualifying remarks.
Which of the following nouns should not be capitalized.
English, Basketball, Pope Francis, Emily, Neptune, Germany.
Basketball.
What is the correct spelling of (their, there, they're) in the following sentence:
Tomorrow, (their, there, they're) going to the mall at lunch.
They're!
What is the definition of a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of a noun.
What sentence structure in the following:
Although he tried, Coleton failed the test.
Complex!
When do we use a semicolon?
To separate two complete sentences (independent clauses) that are related.
When do you not capitalize after a colon?
If the items following are a list! (Or not a complete thought).
Select the proper homophones for the sentence:
I get (to, too, two) go to the mall today, my mom said I was (aloud/allowed).
"to" and "allowed"
What are the four different sentence types?
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory.
Simple: Independent.
Complex: Independent + Dependent(s)
Compound: Independent + Independent
What are the names of the six different punctuation marks we learnt about during our punctuation lecture (AKA the ones in your notes)?
Comma, Colon, Semicolon, Parenthesis, Ellipses, Apostrophe.
Name 4 different capitalization rules we talked about in class (AKA when do we capitalize).
Options:
- Capitalize a title, capitalize "I" when referring to oneself, capitalize after a colon when the statement afterwards is a full sentence, capitalize proper nouns, at the beginning of a sentence, at the beginning of a quote.
How many homophones are incorrect in the following sentences:
Hey, whose dog is that? Is that you're dog over their? He's not aloud on the lawn. You should bring him inside, bad whether is coming.
4!
(Whose is the correct homophone. You're, their, aloud, and whether are all incorrect).
Name the eight different word classes we learned.
Noun, Proper Noun, Verb, Adjective, Preposition, Conjunction, Pronoun, Exclamation.
What are the clauses in this sentence, and are they independent or dependent?
Stacy went to the game, and she hit a home run.
What are 3 instances in which you should use a comma?
separates 3 or more items in a list
separates two complete sentences (if combined with a FANBOY)
separates introductory elements
separates parenthetical elements