Sentence Requirements
Mark Out Imposters
Ask, "Is there a verb?"
Root Out the Subject
Key in on the Beginning, Ending, & Meaning
100
This sentence requirement has to do with the first letter of the first word in a sentence.
What is capitalization?
100
This type of imposter ALWAYS begins with the word "to" and is followed by a verb.
What is an infinitive?
100
The two types of verbs we have discussed as part of The Sentence Writing Strategy include these.
What are action and linking verbs?
100
You can easily "root out the subject(s)" in a sentence by asking this question.
What is "What is the verb?" or "Is there a verb?"
100
This symbol is used to indicate that the first letter in the first word of a sentence needs to be capitalized.
What is "three lines"?
200
This sentence requirement has to do with what needs to be at the ends of all sentences. It might be a period; it might be an exclamation point; it might be a question mark. *You'll notice this is included as part of all of the sentences that make up this clue.
What is punctuation?
200
This type of imposter may begin with the word "to", but it could also begin with many other words such as "on", "in", "for", "during", "across", "at", "behind"...just to name several.
What is a prepositional phrase?
200
The Sentence Writing Strategy breaks down action verbs into these two separate categories.
What are "body" and "mind" actions?
200
True or False: The third planet from the sun could be the subject of a sentence.
What is true?
200
The symbol used to indicate that a period needs to be added to the end of a sentence is this.
What is "a period with a circle around it"?
300
This sentence requirement is who or what a sentence is about.
What is the subject?
300
The phrase "to the moon" is an example of this type of imposter.
What is a prepositional phrase?
300
"Is" is an example of this type of verb.
What is a linking verb?
300
The subject in the sentence, "School is almost over," is this word.
What is "school"?
300
The appropriate punctuation mark to add at the end of the following sentence is this.
"When is the last day of school __"
What is a question mark?
400
This sentence requirement might be an action word or it may link the subject of a sentence to any word(s) in the sentence that describe that subject.
What is a verb?
400
The phrase "to understand" is an example of this type of imposter.
What is an infinitive?
400
"Dismiss" is an example of this type of verb. This, by the way, would be a "body" one of these.
What is an action verb?
400
The subjects in the sentence, "Cars and buses were scattered in the ditch," are these words.
What are "cars" and "buses"?
400
Identify what is wrong with the sentence below:
We ate sandwiches at the bus.
"What is "it doesn't make sense"?
500
Even if you have met all other sentence requirements, but your "sentence" does not do this, it is actually not a sentence after all.
What is "make sense"?
500
In order to distinguish between the word "to" as an infinitive or a prepositional phrase, you must know if the last word in the given phrase is either this or this.
What is a verb or a noun?
500
The sentence "formula" for the sentence, "Ms. Berg and her students reviewed The Sentence Writing Strategy today in class" is this.
What is SSV?
500
True or False: The word "running" is considered to be the subject in the following sentence: "Running is a hobby of mine."
What is "true"?
500
This is missing from the beginning of the sentence below (as well as other places too):
abby, faye, Jebron, Jessa, Jordi, kamila, and Serenity played Jeopardy in class today.
What is "a capital letter"?