Capitalization and Titles
Which word in this sentence should be capitalized? "yesterday, maria read a book about space."
Maria
Maria is a proper noun, which must be capitalized!
Add a comma where needed: "After school we went to the park."
After school, we went to the park.
Which word is an interjection in this sentence: "Wow, that roller coaster was fast!"
Hint: interjection=sudden feelings
Wow!
Identify the adjective in this sentence: "The tall giraffe ate leaves."
Hint: Adjective=describing word
Tall
Is this a sentence fragment or complete sentence? Fix if needed: "When the bell rang."
Fragment
The students went home when the bell rang.
What is the correct way to show the title of a short story: the lost puppy
The Lost Puppy
Choose where to place the comma: "No thanks Sam I don't want any."
Name the subject of this sentence:
After school, Marcus went to the grocery store.
Marcus
Change the adjective in this sentence:
The purple zebra was watching Tik Tok.
The ____ zebra was watching Tik Tok.
Fix this run-on sentence by making it two sentences or using proper punctuation: "The bell rang we walked into class."
The bell wrang, so we walked into class.
Rewrite this title correctly using either underlining, quotation marks, or italics for a novel title: harry potter and the sorcerer's stone.
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
Insert a comma to separate the introductory element in this sentence: "Because it rained the game was canceled."
Because it rained, the game was cancelled.
Name the verb tense and give an example: I had finished my chores before dinner.
Past tense
(had means it happened in the past)
Choose the correct form: "Of the three runners, Tim is (faster / more faster / fastest)."
Of the three runners, Tim is fastest.
Identify and correct the inappropriate shift in verb tense: "He eats breakfast and then he walked to school."
He ate breakfast and then he walked to school.
Explain whether the following should be capitalized and why: "president of the united states"
President of the United States
yes, it is the title of a person!
Decide where commas belong to separate clauses: "I finished my homework but I forgot to study for the quiz."
I finished my homework, but I forgot to study for the quiz.
Explain the function of an interjection and rewrite this sentence to remove the interjection without changing the main idea: "Oh no, I forgot my homework!"
Hint: interjection=sudden expression
I forgot my homework.
Rewrite the noun phrase in the second sentence using a comparative adjective: "This pencil is short. That pencil is ____."
This pencil is short. That pencil is longer/shorter.
Revise this run-on by using a subordinating conjunction: "Tim studied for the test he still felt nervous."
Although Tim studied for the test, he still felt nervous.
Identify every capitalization error in this sentence and write the corrected version: "last summer, my family visited the smithsonian museum and saw a painting called the starry night by vincent van gogh."
Last summer, my family visited the Smithsonian Museum and saw a painting called "The Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh.
Fix comma use in this sentence (it has multiple comma errors): "Well I think we should, leave now or else we'll miss the bus isn't that right Mark"
Well, I think we should leave now or else we'll miss the bus, isn't that right Mark?
Combine these two sentences into one using a correlative conjunction correctly: "She wants to join the team. She does not want to miss her piano lessons."
She wants to join the team, but she does not want to miss her piano lessons.
Write a sentence using three adjectives about a cow in a pasture.
Example: The brown and white cow galloped in the green pasture.
Rewrite the paragraph below to fix fragments, run-ons, and tense shifts. Keep the same meaning and make it at least three sentences long.
"Running to the bus stop. She missed it. She was upset because she had studied all night she hoped the teacher would understand."
Sarah was running to the bus stop. All of a sudden, she missed it. She was upset because she had studied all night. She hoped her teacher would understand.