Final answer:
The given groups of words should be labeled as 'sentence' or 'fragment' based on whether they express a complete thought and contain necessary grammatical elements. Without the words list, sorting them into pronunciation groups cannot be done. Identifying parts of speech requires understanding their function within a sentence.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student's question concerns identifying whether a group of words forms a sentence or a fragment. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought and typically contains a subject and a predicate. A fragment, on the other hand, lacks one or more of these elements and does not express a complete thought.
Looking at the given groups of words:
- 'My birthday party is this Saturday.' – This is a sentence. It has a subject ('My birthday party') and a verb ('is') and expresses a complete thought.
- 'Many of my friends are coming.' – This is also a sentence for the same reasons mentioned before.
- 'Play games outside.' – This is a fragment. It is a command, which implies the subject 'you', but as it is not explicitly mentioned, depending on the context, this can be considered a fragment.
- 'I can’t wait to blow out the candles!' – This is a sentence. It has a subject ('I') and a compound verb ('can’t wait' and 'to blow'), and it expresses a complete thought with excitement.
Without the actual list of words to be sorted into groups, it is difficult to provide exact answers to parts 2 and 3 of the assignment. The student should pay attention to the pronunciation of words to identify the [s], [sh], or [ch] sounds and classify them accordingly. For example, words with the [s] sound might include 'sun', 'sister', and 'sand', whereas words with the [sh] sound might be 'shower', 'ship', and 'shed'. It's essential to listen carefully to the pronunciation to accurately group the words.
Regarding the identification of parts of speech in sentences, nouns name people, places, things, or ideas. Adjectives describe or modify nouns, verbs show action or state of being, and adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs and often end in '-ly'.
To correct the provided sentences that need punctuation:
- 'I finally found my keys, and I got to work just in time.' – The comma is correctly placed after 'keys' as it connects two independent clauses.
- 'Mrs. Contreras threw out her old coffee table and cleaned the carpet.' – The comma after 'table' is not necessary as 'and' is connecting two verbs related to one subject.
- 'Taking the elevator to the roof, we hoped we could see the skyline and the bay.' – The comma after 'roof' is correctly placed as it separates a participial phrase from the main clause.
- 'Though Susan wasn't feeling well, she went to the store anyway and bought ice cream, pizza, and candy.' – Here, the missing comma is added after 'well' as it follows a subordinate clause.
- 'I let my neighbor borrow my phone because she said hers was tapped by the police.' – No comma is necessary here since the reason 'she said hers was tapped by the police' directly follows the result and is not an independent clause.