What is the organizing of words and clauses to make a sentence called?
Syntax!
"Margaret is going to go swimming, and she is taking me with her." This sentence is...
A compound sentence.
"I ran the race quickly, hoping to get in first." 'Quickly' is...
An adverb.
"Richy loves to listen to this song." 'Song' is...
A noun.
Identify the adjectives! "The black house towered over me, and I shuddered to think of the sticky cobwebs, leaky ceilings, and thin, creaking walls inside."
Black, sticky, leaking, thin, creaking.
Name two conjunctions!
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
True or False: Fiona has a little brother.
True!
"Tomorrow is my birthday!" 'My' is...
A pronoun.
In a simple sentence, you only have a ____ and a _____.
Noun and verb.
Cole has dozens of ____ in his backyard!
Quail!
Add three adjectives to this sentence! "The sky is full of clouds."
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"My mom is the best mom ever." 'Best' is...
An adjective.
Ms. Anna owns a pet on the pet faculty page. What kind of animal is it?
A dog!
Colin likes this series. What is it?
Harry Potter!
Lily can speak...
Chinese!
You can connect two independent sentences with....
A conjunction and a comma.
Identify the verbs! "The cup tipped, spilling water across the floor."
Tipped and spilling.
Fix this fragment! "The witch and piglet."
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Jackson likes this type of animal. What is it?
Dinosaurs!
"Carry went down to the store, and Jerry went up to the bakery." This sentence is...
A compound sentence.
"Matthew and I." This is not a full sentence. It is...
A fragment.
Identify the subject-noun, direct object, and verb! "The teacher congratulated her students."
Blue
"Rosie jumped over the fence faster than a rabbit." The nouns in this sentence are...
Rosie, fence, and rabbit.
We have two different modifiers. What are they?
Adjectives and adverbs.
FANBOYS stands for...
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
"Petunia climbed up the walls of her cage with lightning speed." 'Climbed up the walls of her cage..." is...
The predicate of the sentence.
"Freddy and Susie are good friends." 'Freddy and Susie' is...
A compound subject.
Name two adjectives that describe you.
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