Language Conventions

What is missing from the following sentence? The dog was big loud friendly and fun.

• commas

• language

• periods

• vocabulary

Which description below gives the best meaning of the word vocabulary?

• letters that you need to write

• symbols that are used in a language

• words that make up a language

• numbers that are used in math

What is missing from the following sentence? Janet loves to watch movies

• a comma

• a period

• language

• vocabulary

What best completes the following sentence? Ada speaks two__________ : Russian and English.

• putting a comma in the blank

• putting a period in the blank

• putting the word vocabularies in the blank

• putting the word languages in the blank

a punctuation mark that ends a statement

• comma

• language

• period

• vocabulary

a punctuation mark that shows a pause in a sentence

• comma

• language

• period

• vocabulary

the words that make up a language

• comma

• language

• period

• vocabulary

a system of sounds and letters that is used for communication

• comma

• language

• period

• vocabulary

a word that refers to whether something takes place in the past, present, or future.

• grammar

• slang

• emphasis

• tense

the way you say a word

• apostrophe

• pronunciation

• punctuation

• grammar