Bell Ringer Exercises

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Bell work:

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. Each sentence has a

subject part that names whom or what the sentence is about and a predicate part that

tells what the subject does or has. The predicate may also tell what the subject is or is like.

There are four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and

imperative.

A sentence fragment is a group of words that lacks either a subject, a predicate, or both.

A fragment does not express a complete thought.

■ A. Identifying Types of Sentences

Decide whether each item is a sentence or a sentence fragment. If it is a sentence, write

whether it is declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative, and add the correct

end mark. If it is a sentence fragment, write fragment.

1. I will be there by 8:15 in the morning _________________________________________

2. Saving a seat for me _______________________________________________________

3. Please be on time _________________________________________________________

4. Ouch! I stubbed my toe ____________________________________________________

5. What do you know about that speaker ________________________________________

6. I can count on you ________________________________________________________

7. Pick up your books and go to the exit ________________________________________

8. Can’t recall ever hearing a better speech _____________________________________

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Bell work: 

A simple sentence has one complete subject and one complete predicate. It may have

a compound subject, a compound predicate, or both.

A compound sentence contains two or more simple sentences joined by a comma and

a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon.

A run-on sentence is two or more sentences incorrectly written as one sentence. Correct

a run-on sentence by rewriting it as two separate sentences or by joining the sentences

with a semicolon or with a conjunction preceded by a comma.

Write whether each sentence is simple or compound.

1. Tigers and elephants are my favorite zoo animals.________________________________

2. Some animals live in cages, but these animals roam inside fenced areas. ______________

3. Tigers have such bright eyes; they look so intelligent! _____________________________

4. Elephants’ eyes are not so bright, but their eyelashes are long. ______________________

5. Have you ever noticed the eye colors of elephants and tigers?_______________________

 Thursday, September 4, 2014

Bell work: 

 List the nouns in each sentence. Then write whether each noun is proper, concrete,

abstract, or compound.

1. Did Okisee Maria’s new dog? _______________________________________________

2. I think it’s a golden retriever, but I’m not sure. _________________________________

3. The truth is, she named him Goldy after her Aunt Golda! _________________________

4. Every Tuesday, she takes him to obedience school.______________________________

Friday, September 5, 2014

Bell work: 

Write whether each underlined noun in the following sentences is a plural, a plural

possessive, a singular possessive, or a contraction.

1. The children’s books section of the store was packed with shoppers. ___

2. I noticed that the catalog’sfront page was ripped out. _______________

3. The bride’s never supposed to be late to the wedding. _______________

4. All five of the countries’representatives spoke at once. ______________

5. That book’sthe best one I’ve read this year.________________________

6. That singer’ssure to be a star someday. ___________________________

7. The flowers’fragrances were overwhelming. ______________________

8. He wore several sweaters made of different styles and yarns.__________