STEMS
What is the definition of the stem: cred
believe
What is the definition of the stem: spec
look
What is the definition of a noun?
Nouns are examples of a person, place, thing, event, food, etc. Can be signaled by the presence of words such as (a, an, and the) Example: teacher, mother, school, park, 4th of July, shampoo and milk.
What is the definition a adverbs
Adverbs are used to describe everything else except nouns and pronouns. It usually answers questions like, how, when, where, and why and often ends with "ly"
Examples: quietly, quickly, now, far, gracefully, yesterday, here.
Write the missing punctuation in the sentences.
1. Do you have pennies, nickels dimes, or quarters in your pockets?
2. In 1866 the first nickel was issued.
1. nickels,
2. In 1866,
What is the definition of the stem: miss
send
What is the definition of the stem: pend
hang
What is the definition of a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.
Examples: me, he, we, they, it, she, our, them, myself, himself, ourselves, themselves, itself, herself and themselves.
The subject part of the sentence is about __________the sentence is about.
Who or What
Circle the word that should be capitalized in the sentence.
It was issued by the U. S. mint.
Mint
What is the definition of the stem: cide
kill
What is the definition of the stem: omni
all
What is the definition of an adjective?
Adjectives are words that a description, give an account and are descriptive; about a noun, about feeling, how many, how a noun looks, behaves, what color, how something sounds, and about what size.
The predicate part of the sentence tells you what the ______ does. What part of speech is always on the predicate part of the sentence?
Subject
the predicate part always has the verb
4. Underline the contraction in sentence A below.
5. Circle the conjunction in sentence A below.
A. Nickel is a metal, but the coin wasn't all nickel.
4. wasn't
5. but
What is the definition of the stem: dict
say
What is the definition of the stem: re
again
What is the definition of a verb?
Verbs tell of an action, a state of being or an event.
Examples: am, are, was, run, fly, shining, flying. A verb is action, It is something you can do, and it can also be a state of being.
What is the definition of a preposition?
preposition show direction, location, or time, or introduce an object. They are usually followed by an object - a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun.
on, as, in, since, off, up, across, at, under, by, from, toward, within, next, before, about.
6. Underline the linking verb in sentence B below.
7. Circle the article in sentence B below.
B. The first nickel was 25 percent nickel and 75% copper, making it stronger.
6. was
7. the
What is the definition of the stem: bell
war
What is the definition of the stem: ex
out
List three Articles.
a, an, the
What is the definition of a prepositional phrase?
A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.
Example: He is from Russia "from Russia is the prepositional phrase"
Three types of Prepositional Phrases: Time, Place and Direction.
The bone was for the dog. "for the dog" is the Prepositional Phrase.
Which is the correct spelling?
strengthen
strengthin
strongthen