Contractions
Which word can replace "could not" ?
Couldn't
Why do you put a question mark (?) at the end of a sentence?
When you are asking a question
Re-write the sentence with a comma and quotation marks:
Bryan said I'd like to go to the desert.
Bryan said, "I'd like to go to the desert."
Which sentence is written without a double negative?
Can’t somebody get this jar open?
Can't nobody get this jar open?
Can’t somebody get this jar open?
Which word can replace "do not" ?
don't
When do you put an exclamation point (!) at the end of a sentence?
To show excitement
Re-write the sentence with a comma and quotation marks:
We should throw the football after dinner said Alex.
"We should throw the football after dinner," said Alex.
Which sentence is written without a double negative?
I could not find my house keys anywhere.
I could not find my house keys nowhere.
I could not find my house keys anywhere.
Which word can replace "should not" ?
shouldn't
Which punctuation mark should go at the end of the sentence? ( . ? ! )
What do you have for lunch today
What do you have for lunch today?
Re-write the sentence with a comma:
I can go to dinner but I can't play football.
I can go to dinner, but I can't play football.
Which sentence is written without a double negative?
You shouldn’t never touch a lit flame.
You shouldn’t ever touch a lit flame.
You shouldn’t ever touch a lit flame.
Which word can replace "I will" ?
I'll
Which punctuation mark should go at the end of the sentence? ( . ? ! )
That is the biggest house I have ever seen
That is the biggest house I have ever seen !
Re-write the sentence with a comma:
We're making a new recipe so we need to go to the store.
We're making a new recipe, so we need to go to the store.
Which sentence is written with a double negative?
There aren’t no weeds left in the garden.
There are no weeds left in the garden.
There aren’t no weeds left in the garden.
Which word can replace "we will" ?
we'll
Which sentence should end in an exclamation point?
1. Do you know what time breakfast will be ready
2. I can't believe how many pancakes you're making
3. We have strawberry, blueberry, and peach jam
2. I can't believe how many pancakes you're making!
Re-write the sentence with a comma and quotation marks:
You're so funny Alby said Benji
Which sentence is written correctly?
Sean is ever going to try rice pudding.
Sean isn’t ever going to try rice pudding.
Sean isn’t ever going to try rice pudding.