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| Three characteristics of a John Collins Type 1 | generating ideas (brainstorming), no right or worng, activate prior knowledge, informal, done in a short amount of time, not graded for spelling, grammar,mechanics |
| Write an example of an appositive | Manny, the baseball player, |
| This is an example of ... Curly, a poodle, follows her master every where. | appositive |
| What is the subject of this sentence? | Mom, Susan, and I went out to lunch. |
| Give an example of a compound subject. | Name three coordinate conjuctions. |
| Give an example of a compound predicate. | Give an example of a compound sentence. |
| Define Noun | Person, place, thing, or idea |
| Define Verb | action word or state of being |
| Define Preposition | A word that shows the relationship between one noun to another |
| Give an exmple of a proper noun | name three of the verbs "to be" |
| What is another word for the simple predicate? | verb |
| What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? Unusual plants and animals live in this part of the world. | live |
| Easy: What is an abstract noun? Hard: What do we call a noun that we cannot touch? | easy: a noun we cannot touch Hard:abstract |
| Is the following a simple or compound sentence? Easy: John and I went out to eat, and we went to the movies. Hard: John and I went to the movies and out to eat. | Easy: compound Hard: simple |
| Write a complete example using the singular possessive of child, or student. | child's toy, student's pencil |
| write a complete example of the the plural child | children playing |
| write a plural possessive car | cars' wheels |
| Define narrative | a story |
| Name three focus points when writing a narrative. | focused topic, supporting details, order, purpose, audience |
| Name the two sixth grade characteristics of waht a sentence is. | a group of words that express a complete thought and have a subject and a predicate |
| name and define the four types of sentences | declarative - states a fact, interrogative - asks a question, imperative - gives a command, exclamatory - shows strong emotion |
| What is the subject? | what something is about. |
| What is a predicate? | what the subject is doing. I t includes the verb and all the words the go with it. |
| True of False: Here and there are never subjects. | true |
| What is a compound subject? | two or more people or things doing the action, or share the same predicate |
| What is meant by the term "you understood." | The subject of the sentence is you , but it is not written. It is found in an imperative sentence. |
| Give an example of a collective noun. | fruit, sports,pride of lions |
| Give an example of an abstract noun. | happiness, love, feelings |
| spell the plural form of the word turkey, chef, sheep | turkeys, chefs, sheep |
| spell the plural of the words knife, man, rodeo | knives, men, rodeos |
| Name the three common coordinate conjunctions. | and, but, or |
| Name three prepositions. | to, in, on, over, under, etc. |
| What is a linking verb? | a verb that links/connects the subject of the sentence to the noun or adjective in the predicate |
| Give three examples of linking verbs. | am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being |
| What is the first person pronoun? | I |
| What is the second person pronoun? | you |
| What are the third person pronouns? | he, she, it |
| Define and give an example of an adjective. | a word that describes a noun - big, blue |
| define and give an example of an adverb. | a word that describes a verb, adjective, or adverb, answers the question how or to what extent - quickly, well |
| A, AN and THE are called... which are ... | articles which are adjectives |
