Find as many nouns as you can:
The children ran downstairs to see if there were presents
under the tree.
children, downstairs, presents, tree
100
Find the verbs:
The students came into the classroom, said, "Good morning," to Mrs. Neely, went to their desks, and began working on their spelling packets.
came, said, went, began, working
100
Find the adjectives:
The big, red dog sat on top of the brick house and waited for his loving family to come home.
big, red, brick, loving
100
declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperitive
We went to Six Flags Over Texas last summer
100
Have you ever heard of the song called "Take a Walk on the Wild Side"?
on the wild side
200
Find nouns:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Peter, Piper, peck, peppers
200
Name the "state of being" verbs in these sentences:
Paul was heading to the island, but his ship was taking on water. He thought, "Is the ship going to sink?"
was, was, is
200
What makes sense:
#1 I had the goodest apple pie ever!
#2 I had the best apple pie ever!
# 2
200
Take out the garbage, please
imperative
200
The orange cat ran through the gate and then jumped over the pile of leaves.
Find at least one prepositional phrase.
through the gate; over the pile of leaves
300
A noun is a person, place, thing, or _____________.
idea
300
Find the action verbs:
Silly Sally swam seven times in the stream several summers ago.
swam
300
Jose swam 15 laps in the chilly, blue water of the pool.
15, chilly, blue
300
Oh, my goodness, there are eight tiny reindeer on the roof
exclamatory
300
They hid the Easter eggs in the bushes.
in the bushes
400
Write down the proper nouns in this sentence (they are not capitalized on purpose):
shelly went to pittsburgh to buy a new jeep cherokee, but all she could find was a pink cadillac.
Shelly, Pittsburgh, Jeep, Cherokee, Cadillac
400
We went to the restaurant to eat the finest fish around. The waiter brought us bread rolls and butter, and then we ordered shrimp cocktails.
went, eat, brought, ordered
400
Adjectives modify ________________.
nouns
400
Are you sure you don't want whipped cream on your taco
interrogative
400
Does chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
on the bedpost
500
She sells seashells by the seashore.
Nouns?
seashells, seashore
500
Can you find any verbs in the sentence you are at this moment reading? If so, write them on your white board.
find, reading, write
500
Looking out the back window, Janelle saw two men running from the building wearing ski masks.
back, two, ski
500
Another name for a sentence that is a question is _________________.
interrogative.
500
Can you come to my house tomorrow to play Black Ops on my X Box?
Find one of the two prep. phrases.