Run-On Sentences
Fragments
Transitions
Comma Location
Bonus Points
100
Is the following sentence a run-on sentence? Every great wizard in history has started out as nothing more than what we are now.
What is no
100
How would you fix the following sentences: How can it both of my parents are dead.
Add a (?) after it, and capitalize both. Solution: How can it? Both of my parents are dead.
100
Which should transition word be used in the following quote? You better clear off before my bones come back ___ I might strangle you.
What is the word or (and/because also work here).
100
Where do the commas go in the following: Don't move don't forget we're still playing.
after move and after forget Solution: Don't move, don't forget, we're still playing.
100
The image was shown during the slides in the presentation.
What is the sorting hat
200
Is the following a run-on sentence? This must be a mistake this is platform nine and three-quarters there's no such thing.
What is yes. Solution: This must be a mistake; this is platform nine and three quarters; there's no such thing.
200
Which phrase would be a fragment if they were split? Honestly Hagrid, where can I be two places at once?
What is Honestly Hagrid
200
Which transition word should be used here: No offense, ___ I really don't care.
What is the word but
200
Where does the comma go in the following sentence? Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world.
Trick question, this sentence doesn't require a comma.
200
What house are Hermione, Harry, and Ron in?
What is Gryffindor
300
I'm sorry no matter who it is I have to start finding Voldemort's Horcruxes. Is the following quote a run-on sentence?
What is yes. Solution: I'm sorry; no matter who it is, I have to start finding Voldemort's horcruxes.
300
There, I see it, the one with the broken wing. Which part of the sentence can stand alone?
What is: I see it.
300
He was their friend, ___ he betrayed them, he was their friend! Which transition word fits the blank?
What is the word and
300
Where do the commas go in the following sentence? Divine had ourselves a late night snack, did we?
After divine and after snack Solution: Divine, had ourselves a late night snack, did we?
300
What are the names of the four houses?
What is Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin
400
It prevents this sentence from being a run-on: It's brilliant, it's like Hogwarts wants us to fight back.
What is a comma
400
In the following sentence, which part isn't a fragment that can stand alone? I'll be in my bedroom, making no noise, and pretending that I don't exist.
What is: I'll be in my bedroom.
400
Another name for "transition words"
What are coordinating conjunctions
400
Where do the commas go in the following sentence? It's alright Jenny it's over it's just a memory.
A comma after Jenny and after over Solution: It's alright Jenny, it's over, it's just a memory.
400
These fire breathing scaly walls of death were the danger of the second task in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
What is a dragon
500
It was something that you were wearing around your neck at the wedding, it was a symbol. Is the following quote a run-on sentence?
What is yes. A semicolon can be used here. Solution: It was something that you were wearing around your neck at the wedding; it was a symbol.
500
Which part of the sentence is a fragment, if it were by itself? We know one thing; Hagrid never opened the Chamber of Secrets; he was innocent.
What is there is no fragments. (trick question) All parts of the sentence can be separate sentences.
500
What are the transition words used in the acronym FANBOYS?
F-for A-and N-nor B-but O-or Y-yet S-so
500
If 2 sentences are complete and connected, what symbol can be used instead of a period?
What is a semicolon
500
How old is Dumbledore?
What is 115
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