What punctuation is used to separate items in a list?
A comma
What is the typical word order in a simple statement?
Subject – Verb – Object
What is the subject in the sentence: “The dog barked loudly”?
“The dog”
True or False: You always need a comma before “and.”
False
What usually comes first in a question?
The auxiliary verb (e.g., Do, Are, Can)
What is the verb (predicate) in: “She runs every morning”?
“runs”
Where should the comma go: “After dinner we watched a movie”?
“After dinner, we watched a movie.”
Rearrange: “Always I am tired in the morning.”
“I am always tired in the morning.”
What part of the sentence tells who or what does the action?
The subject
What is an Oxford comma?
The comma placed before the final “and” in a list (e.g., “apples, oranges, and bananas”)
What’s wrong with: “He quickly runs always in the park”?
The adverb placement is incorrect. Correct: “He always runs quickly in the park.”
Identify the subject and verb: “After the rain stopped, they went outside.”
Subject = “they”, Verb = “went”
Add commas: “Yes I think however it might be too late.”
“Yes, I think, however, it might be too late.”
Correct the sentence: “Books interesting she reads often.”
“She often reads interesting books.”
Break this down into all sentence parts: “My brother gave me a gift yesterday.”
Subject = “My brother”
Verb = “gave”
Indirect object = “me”
Direct object = “a gift”
Adverbial (time) = “yesterday” |