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Capitalization: Write these sentences using correct capitalization. Underline all nouns. The international sports festival known as the olympic games began in ancient greece. These games, which started in the eighth century b.c., were held every four years for centuries. The ancient greeks used the games to salute their god zeus and to honor their cities.

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Page 1: Capitalization: Write these sentences using correct capitalization. Underline all nouns.  The international sports festival known as the olympic games

Capitalization: Write these sentences using correct capitalization. Underline all nouns. The international sports festival known as

the olympic games began in ancient greece. These games, which started in the eighth

century b.c., were held every four years for centuries.

The ancient greeks used the games to salute their god zeus and to honor their cities.

Page 2: Capitalization: Write these sentences using correct capitalization. Underline all nouns.  The international sports festival known as the olympic games

Un-mad Libs: Write the sentences, and replace the part of speech with an (school appropriate) example of that part of speech. I’m so (adjective), I (verb) (nouns).

Eg. I’m so happy, I jump for joy. (Proper noun) (verb) soda all over

(noun). (Interjection), the teacher just (past

tense verb) (noun).

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Gerund: a verb that becomes a noun by adding the –ing ending.

Create sentences using theses gerunds (note: be sure to use these as nouns): Loving Driving Texting Hating

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The two most essential parts of a sentence are a noun and a verb. For example: I ran.

Make 4 sentences by selecting nouns and verbs from the lists below. They can be as simple or as complex as you wish.