Punctuation
Which choice correctly punctuates and capitalizes the words in the following sentence?
st patricks day comes once a year
What is 2.
Two capitalization rules
Possible Answers:
The first of a sentence
The first word of a quote
Any proper nouns
They're, There, Their
______ going to pass the test!
They're
The eight parts of speech
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Pronoun, Conjunction, Preposition, Interjection
A rock is _?_ than a leaf.
more heavy or heavier
heavier
Punctuation that indicates possession
An apostrophe
Which is correct?
1. Fred is not british.
2. That food has got to be Italian.
3. Bill is from mexico.
4. Most mexican food is spicy.
2. That food has got to be Italian.
To, Too, Two
I'm like mac and cheese ______!
too
Fragment or complete sentence?
At the football game.
Fragment
The princess is _?_ than the witch.
beautifuler or more beautiful
more beautiful
The following sentence follows which comma rule?
In my backpack, I have notebooks, pencils, and my chromebook.
Commas in a series/list.
Identify the capitalization error in the following information:
Stone Magnet Middle School
1101 E. University blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901
blvd. (Should be Blvd.)
The kids spotted a ______ in the woods!
bear or bare
bear
A complete sentence is made up of
A subject and a predicate
Which is the _?_ subject in school?
most difficult or difficultest
most difficult
The following sentence uses which comma rule?
Joe's cat, an independent pet, was very friendly to me.
Use a comma to set of an appositive (non-restrictive clause)
How many mistakes are there:
i love to go swimming in the atlantic ocean with my aunt Sally.
3 (i, atlantic, aunt)
The volcanic ash from Norway (affected/effected) all of Europe.
affected or effected
affected
One way to fix a run-on sentence
Possible answers:
Period, Semicolon, Comma with a coordinating conjunction
She is the _________ at softball.
best or goodest
best
Eight types of punctuation
period, comma, question mark, exclamation point, apostrophe, colon, semicolon, and quotation
How many mistakes are there:
my Dad told me to make sure his ford truck was back in the driveway by 10pm.
3 (my, Dad, and ford)
________ a good idea to study for this test!
Its or It's
It's
The three types of sentences
simple, compound, complex
He was the ________ when it came to cleaning up his room.
baddest or worst
worst