Welcome to the Daily Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Challenge
Answers for yesterdays Daily Challenge (25.3.20)
1. always, slowly, gently, next, then
2. soon
3. playfully
4. rarely
5. greedily
6. always
7. accidentally
8. sometimes
9. carefully
10. outside
11. afterwards
12. outside
13. never
New Daily Challenge
Sentence Punctuation – Capital Letters for Names and I
Proper nouns are the names of particular people, places or things. They always start with a capital letter.
Months, days of the week and countries all need capital letters.
Examples
Hugo France Big Ben May Friday
Task
Write the words below which should start with a capital letter:
1. neighbour dog geoffrey potato italy buckingham palace april
Rewrite the incorrect phrases with capital letters in the right places:
2. 25 church street.
3. my friend josh.
4. the train to london.
5. the book by roald dahl.
6. Can you write your own passage with the correct capital letters.
Here’s an example:
Last weekend, my brother Oliver went hiking with his friends, Lydia and Marc. On Saturday, they climbed up Snowdon, the tallest mountain in Wales. Although it rained all day, they said they had a great time. They want to go again in September and I might go with them.
Post your answers on the blog, remember to check over your punctuation and spelling before posting.
Answers will be put up in tomorrow’s daily challenge.
1.Italy – April- Buckingham Palace
2.25 Church street.
3.My friend Josh.
4.The train to London.
5.The book by Roald Dahl.
6. Today I did some work and my brother Constantin did some work too. Then I called my friends Carla, Orla and Emi on FaceTime. Tonight I will try and call Eugenia.
Great work Penelope! I have been using FaceTime to speak to my friends too!
1.Geoffrey, Italy, Buckingham Palace , April
2.25 Church street.
3. My friend Josh.
4.The train to London.
5.The book by Roald Dahl.
6.When entering Tutankhamun’s tomb, Howard Carter gasped, he couldn’t see Tutankhamun’s mummy. “Lord Carnarvon, Lord Carnarvon, I can’t see Tutankhamun’s mummy!” “What are you talking about?” Lord Carnarvon said whilst entering the tomb.
1. Geoffrey, Italy, Buckingham Palace, April
2. 25 Church Street.
3. My friend Josh.
4. The train to London.
5. The book by Roald Dahl.
On Wednesday, I played with my cats. Their names are Cinnamon, Scratchy, Fluffly and Tiger. They got some new toys and they were really happy. I planned that in April my cats are going to go to
the vet for a check up, to keep them happy and healthy.
1. Geoffrey, Italy, Buckingham Palace and April.
2. 25 Church Street.
3. My friend Josh.
4. The train to London.
5. The book by Roald Dahl.
6. My name is Ethan Hope. I live near Baker Street. I have two brothers Aiden and Joseph. I also have one sister called Erin. My mum and dad are called Stuart and Bernice.
Italy
Buckingham
April
Geoffrey
Palace
My sister Georgia went to Italy for a school trip in April. My friend Geoffrey didn’t go to Buckingham Palace!
1.Italy
2.April
3.Buckingham Palace
4.Geoffrey
5.25 Church Street.
6.My friend Josh.
7.The train to London.
8.The book by Roald Dahl.
9.On Saturday morning, my cousin Kamil and I went to Regents Park to play football. We met Chloe, Mia and Julian there.
In the afternoon we went to Mc Donald’s for an ice cream because it was a very hot day.
1. April, Italy, Buckingham Palace, Geoffrey
2. 25 Church Street.
3. My friend Josh.
4.The train to London.
5.The book by Roald Dahl.
One day Elia and her brother Joseph went to Scotland from London. Elia and Joseph travelled by car.
BuckinghamPalace
Italy
Geoffrey
April
25 Church Street
My friend Josh
The train to London
The book by Roald Dahl
My friend Zack and I went to a funfair and saw my sisters Graceanne and Georgia. The next day we packed up to go to France and we had a lovely time there. The following Wednesday we arrived back in London.
1. Italy, April, ,Buckhingam Pałace
2. 25 Church street.
3. My friend Josh.
4. The train to London.
5. The book by Roald Dahl.
6. Last year I travelled from Poland to London. It was in the middle of the night so I was very tired. I fell asleep right away. On the first day I was out for the whole day.
Well done Class 3 for posting your own sentences! It is lovely to hear about your family, friends and fun trips away ?
Great use of capital letters!
1. Geoffrey, Italy, Buckingham Palace, April
2. 25 Church Street.
3. My friend Josh.
4. The train to London.
5. The book by Roald Dahl.
On Wednesday 25th March I did my work and I played Minecraft afterwards. When it was lunchtime my sister Grace made me a toasted sandwich with vegan cheese. Later on in the evening, I did some gymnastics on my IPad and my grandad coached me.
1. Italy, April, Buckingham Palace.
2. 25 Church street.
3. My friend Josh.
4.Train to London.
5. By Roald Dahl.
6. Two years ago I needed to wake up early in the night to get the bus to the airport to go to France.
Question 1
1 Italy
2 Buckingham Palace
3 April
4 Church street.
5 My friend Josh.
6 The train to London.
7 The book by Roald Dahl.
6
When I’m ten in September, I’m going to get a parachute. Then I am going to train it and I will name it Chirp Chirp.
I’ll take him to school and love him forever.
1.Geoffrey
Italy
Buckingham Palace
April
2. 25 Church street.
3. My friend Josh.
4. The train to London.
5.The book by Roald Dahl.
6. This morning, the 26th of March, my brother William, my sister Giorgia and I did gardening with my mum. We planted flowers and vegetables.
1. Geoffrey, Italy, Buckingham Palace, April.
2. 25 Church Street.
3. My friend Josh.
4. The train to London.
5. The book by Roald Dahl.
At the beginning of March my brother’s class went on a school trip to Sea Life. They saw many fishes, octopuses, sharks and sea horses. My brother’s favourite fish is a Clown Fish. He was so happy to see it over there. At the end of the trip Miss Siswick took a photo with all the class.
1. Geoffrey, Italy, Buckingham Palace, April
2. 25 Church Street.
3. My friend Josh.
4. The train to London.
5. The book by Roald Dahl.
Yesteday I was at home all day. I spoke to Nanny Simone (my grandmother) on Whatsapp, who lives in Portugal to see if she’s alright. She told me that her cat (her name is Kitty) was keeping her good company.
Well done everyone for posting your daily SPAG answers. Superb punctuation!
A new challenge will be posted tomorrow morning 🙂
1. Italy, April, Buckingham Palace, Geoffrey
2. 25 Church Street.
3. My friend Josh.
4. The train to London.
5. The book by Roald Dahl.
6. Yesterday, I phoned my friend Mia. She lives in Austria, in a beautiful town of Lienz. She has a dog called Kiki and he is a Golden Retriever puppy.
1/
Geoffrey
Italy
Buckingham Palace
April
2/
25 Church Street.
My friend Josh.
The train to London.
The book by Roald Dahl.
3/
Yesterday, I called my cousin Timoty living in the USA. Today, I am going to call Penelope in France. My mummy said I could go running with my cousin and my dad when we see each other again.
1. Geoffrey Italy Buckingham Palace April
2. 25 Church Street.
3. My friend Josh.
4. The train to London.
5. The book by Roald Dahl.
6. Today I went to school and enjoyed it. My school is called St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School. Then it was home time and I went to bed.