Pronouns
Pronouns take the place of this other part of speech.
Nouns
Do you use an apostrophe to make words plural?
NO!!!!!!!
Is the following sentence punctuated correctly?
It rained on my birthday, I wasn't happy about it at all.
No (Comma splice)
Yes I would like a piece of cake with my coffee.
after yes
Because I ate all the pizza.
Fragment
This is the word the pronoun replaces.
Antecedent
Where does the apostrophe go in a contraction?
Where the letters/numbers are missing.
Is the following sentence punctuated correctly?
The pizza was really good; it was loaded with cheese.
Yes.
They moved to St. Louis Missouri.
after St. Louis
When I lost the game, I cried.
Sentence
Which of the following is a possessive pronoun? ITS or IT'S
ITS (no apostrophe!)
What is the contraction for will not?
won't
What is wrong with the following sentence?
I packed: shirts, jeans, shoes, and socks.
colon isn't needed
The recipe called for flour, sugar, baking powder, butter and salt.
after butter
The cow ate the hay, the chickens ate the corn.
comma splice
case, number, gender
She'll is the contraction for what two words?
She will
Where should you put quotation marks in the following sentence?
Come here, my dad said to my little brother.
"Come here," my dad said....
I like to travel but I do not like staying in hotels.
after travel
After thinking about it for a very long time.
Fragment
What are the correct words to go in the blank: The letter was for____.
(me and him OR him and me OR him and I)
him and me
These are the two instances that apostrophes are used for.
contractions and possessives (or ownership)
How do you punctuate the title of a poem or song?
Quotation marks
She was born on August 21 1983.
After August 21
Even though my flight was delayed, I arrived on time, my brother did not.
comma splice