Subjects & Verbs
The person or thing that does the action; the "star" of the sentence
What is a subject?
A prePOSITION is a word that shows a noun's ________ in time or place in a sentence.
What is a position/location/placement?
The acronym/shorthand we use to remember the 7 coordinating conjunctions.
What is FANBOYS?
The two types of quotes you might see in a sentence, meaning "complete" and "part".
What is a full/direct quote and a partial quote?
Is the following sentence correct (and if no, WHY?): I love you, but you hate me.
What is "yes"?
A type of verb that links the subject to an adjective/description.
What is a linking verb?
"On the table" and "During the game" are both examples of ____________ _____________.
What are prepositional phrases?
The 7 coordinating conjunctions.
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, & So?
The term for who said a quote or where it came from.
What is a signal phrase?
What is "no" and "it is missing a comma after the prepositional phrase"?
A type of verb that helps show the verb tense/time of an action verb.
What is a helping verb?
The prepositional phrase in this sentence: The untouched coffee sat on the counter, waiting for someone to drink it.
What is "on the counter"?
What is "and" and "for"?
The number of commas you would need to separate a signal phrase from a quote when the quote is either at the beginning or the end of the sentence.
What is 1?
Is the following sentence correct (and if no, WHY?): The principal explained, "Phones may be used in the halls and in the commons"
What is "no" and "there is no period at the end"?
The amount of subjects in the following sentence: The students and teachers played Gimkit for review, although Amanda skipped class that day and Bobby slept.
What is 4?
The number of prepositional phrases in this sentence: Halloween is at the end of the month, so you should buy your costumes at Spirit Halloween before you celebrate.
What is 3?
The second set of this lyric: "Conjunction junction, what's your function?"
The number of commas you would need to separate a full, direct quote from the rest of the sentence if the quote was in the middle.
What is 2?
Is the following sentence correct (and if no, WHY?) : The barista described the frappe as "basically a milkshake" that tastes like coffee.
What is "yes"?
Including action, linking, and helping, the total amount of verbs in this sentence: "You should study your grammar because you are a smart cookie."
What is 3?
The complete list of all prepositional phrases in this sentence (say what they all are, not just the number): After school, charge your Chromebook in your room and set your bag by the door, and you will not forget to grab them when you leave tomorrow at 9 AM.
After school, in your room, by the door, when you leave tomorrow, at 9 AM.
The unique way that a declarative sentence with "nor" ends, such as, "I don't appreciate your opinion, nor did I ask for it."
What is a question/interrogative sentence?
The amount of commas you would need in a sentence that contained both a full, direct quote in the middle as well as a partial quote somewhere in the sentence.
What is 2?
Is the following sentence correct (and if no, WHY?) : I tried to whisper, "Stop tickling me," to my sister at dinner, but she called me a "goody two-shoes," who always followed the rules.
What is "no" and "there's a comma after the partial quote"?