Punctuation
Sentence Structure
What Change, if any?
Sentence Structure Examples
Run-on, Frag, Sentence?
100
Even though she works long hours. She keeps working hard after she gets home.
What is change the period to a comma after the word--hours and lowercase the s in --she? Even though she works long hours, she keeps working hard after she gets home.
100

An independent clause is...

A complete thought/ A complete sentence

100

What change should be made? "We're great friends, so I was estatic to be returning to camp." 

Change estatic to ecstatic

100

"Go clean your room" is an example of...

simple sentence


100
Because it requires a lot of skill and determination.
What is a fragment?
200
My sister needed help with her social study's project this week.
What is remove the apostrophe in --study's-- and change the word to --studies? My sister needed help with her social studies project this week.
200

A simple sentence has...

1 independent clause/ subject + predicate

200

What change is needed? "Although I was to old to cry, tears began to spill down my cheeks." 

Change "to old" to "too old"

200

"If you want to go to the mall, you'll have to clean your room" is a...

complex sentence

200
Water can be found in the earth's surface and it can be found under the earth's surface.
What is a run-on?
300

Its their job to let us know if the games have been rained out.

What is change --Its to It's? It's their job to let us know if the games have been rained out.

300

A compound sentence has...

At least 2 independent clauses and a fanboy/semi-colon

(subject + predicate), FANBOY (subject + predicate)

300

What change is needed? "As we began to open up, I started to see how alike we were." 

Make no change.

300

"If I want to get a good grade, I'll have to study more." is a...

complex sentence 

300
If you want to become famous.
What is a fragment?
400
For a majority of students, it is important to have assignments that are like real world situations.
What is add a hyphen between --real and world? For a majority of students, it is important to have assignments that are like real-world situations.
400

A complex sentence has...

1 independent clause and at least 1 dependent clause

Uses AWUBIS


400

What change is needed? "One example is the cone snail found in the Coral Reefs near Australia?" 

Change "Coral Reefs" to "coral reefs"

400

"Jake and Brittany went to a club in Houston to celebrate their graduation." is a...

simple sentence

400
Being a straight-A student is great, but undestanding the material is more important.
What is a sentence?
500
While I was minding my own business walking through the woods, a scorpion stung me on the foot.
What is change the period to an exclamation mark? While I was minding my own business walking through the woods, a scorpion stung me on the foot!
500
A compound-complex sentence has...

At least 2 independent clauses and 1 dependent clause (including FANBOY and AWUBIS)

AWUBIS+dependent, independent, FANBOY independent
500

Change? In the United States more and more communities are ridding themselves of plastic bags. 

Insert a comma after United States

500

"I want to do well in school because I want to go to college, but I have trouble with math." is a...

compound-complex sentence

500
When it rains, the rain forms runoff, the abundance of rain causes some areas to flood.
What is a run-on?
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