Grade 1 study

What is a sentence?

A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought. It starts with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark like a period.

What is a noun?

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or animal.. Touch a thing and name it: clock. Noun!

Is this true? A verb is not a word that shows action or what someone does.

No. A verb is a word that shows action or what someone does. Running, jumping, reading, and sleeping are all verbs.

What is an adjective?

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells what kind, how many, or which one. 'Big,' 'red,' 'three,' and 'fuzzy' are adjectives.

Why does every sentence need punctuation?

Punctuation tells the reader where to stop, pause, or change voice.. Read aloud. Every time your voice stops, you need an end mark.

Is this true? Revising means looking at your writing again and making it better.

Yes. Read it again. Add a word that helps the reader see it.

Match each prompt to its fact.

What is a sentence? → A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought.; What is a noun? → A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or animal.; What is a verb? → A verb is a word that shows action or what someone does.; What is an adjective? → An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

Put these ideas in lesson order.

sentence → noun → verb → adjective