Front

What is punctuation?

Back

Punctuation refers to the marks used in writing that help clarify meaning and separate ideas, such as periods, commas, question marks, and quotation marks.

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Front

What is a quotation mark?

Back

A quotation mark is a punctuation mark used to indicate the beginning and end of a direct quote or spoken words.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Front

What is a comma used for?

Back

A comma is used to indicate a pause between parts of a sentence, to separate items in a list, or to set off clauses.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Front

What is a misspelled word?

Back

A misspelled word is a word that is written incorrectly according to standard spelling rules.

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CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

Front

What is the difference between 'they're', 'their', and 'there'?

Back

'They're' is a contraction for 'they are', 'their' is a possessive pronoun indicating ownership, and 'there' refers to a place.

Front

What is an adverb?

Back

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often ending in '-ly', and describes how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Front

What is a subject in a sentence?

Back

The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Front

What is a predicate in a sentence?

Back

The predicate of a sentence tells what the subject does or is and includes the verb and any objects or modifiers.

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Front

What is a complete sentence?

Back

A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Front

What is a run-on sentence?

Back

A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunction.

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CCSS.L.4.1F