Writing Rules
Every sentence must start with this.
A capital letter.
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
My mother taked me to the Museum of Science yesterday.
My mother took me to Museum of Science yesterday.
It didn't reign / rain this weekend.
Rain
Donna _____ Sara went to the movies.
What is word is missing to correct this sentence?
Donna and Sara went to the movies.
Spell ____________
Ontario
What letter should always be capitalized when it's written by itself?
I
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
We goes to the movies last friday.
We went to the movies last Friday.
I bought too/two/to many pairs of shoes at the store.
too
We _____ hiking walking biking and fishing at the park.
We went hiking, walking, biking, and fishing at the park.
Last year, Joe _____ the race in 58 seconds.
A. runs
B. ran
C. wins
B
Every sentence must end with a mark. What are three possible end marks?
A period, question mark and exclamation mark.
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
What did i do wrong.
What did I do wrong?
I invited my friends to go to the mall.
They're/ There/ Their going to be so surprised when they realize I am actually throwing them a party.
They're (They Are)
I would love to _______ Germany and England next summer.
Which word fits BEST?
A. see
B. visit
C. swim to
I would love to visit Germany and England next summer.
These are three types of nouns. Give three examples.
Person/animal, place, thing, idea/emotion
Girl, boy, cat, school, pencil, happiness, love, friendship
2 reasons that you capitalize a letter in a sentence?
proper noun, beginning of sentence, letter, Abbreviation (OK, Mr., Dr. )
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
I will be walking to the store yesterday.
I walked to the store yesterday.
Their/there/they're house is white with big windows.
Their
John needs to bring his phone ______ wallet with him to the soccer game.
What is the missing word ?
John needs to bring his phone and wallet to the soccer game.
A verb is this type of word. Give me three examples of a verb.
A verb is a doing / action word.
Examples: run, walk, talk, play
When you join two words together and use an apostrophe to make one work...we're, don't, haven't, can't, I've, etc.
What are contractions?
Fix the mistakes in this sentence:
I live in south korea with my family.
I live in South Korea with my family.
I herd/heard my teacher tell us the homework.
heard
Brad and Pat will buy the blue car.
How many subjects are in the sentence?
2 subjects are in the sentence - Brad and Pat.
Give examples of a proper noun.
Ms. Mutch (real person), The Toronto Maple Leafs, London, Sir Wilfrid Laurier S.S., Covent Garden Market, No Frills, Dundas Street, etc.