Appositives
Series and Parallel Structure
Compound Sentences
Introductory Adverbial Clauses
Identify the Sentence Constructs
100

Romeo, the Montague's only son, falls in and out of love easily.

Identify the appositive phrase in this sentence.

the Montague's only son

100

Zoeya watched the puffy, white clouds drifted across the blue summer sky.

What kind of series is "puffy, white" 

coordinating adjectives

100

What makes up a compound sentence?

Two or more independent clauses.

100

While Maggie and Charlotte play on the softball team, Ekaa plays on the tennis team.

Which part of the sentence is considered the "spoiler"?

While

100

Ms. Collado and Mr. Jolicoeur enjoy beekeeping, a fascinating and relaxing. 


This sentence includes an ________________.

appositive

200

Which punctuation mark sets off an appositive phrase?

commas

200

Skye participates in soccer, winter track, and spring track.


What items make up the series.

soccer, winter track, and spring track

200

What word does each one of the FANBOYS stand for? 

What is their proper grammatical name?

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

conjunctions

200

Since baseball practice ended early, Jack, Preston, and Jake decided to read further in Romeo and Juliet.

Which part of the sentence is a dependent clause?

Since baseball practice ended early

200

The Red Sox are off to a rocky start, but the season is long; I believe they will turn it around.


This is an example of a _________________ sentence.

Compound

300

When an appositive phrase is set off by commas, does it mean it is an essential or non essential appositive?

Non-essential

300

________________ is when sentences are kept in the same pattern.

What is parallel structure

300

Julia, Liam, and Iva have December birthdays, but Akshath and Isa have February birthdays. 

What two clauses make up the compound sentence.

Julia, Liam, and Iva have December birthdays

and 

Akshath and Isa have February birthdays

300
Even though it was cloudy and chilly, there was a long line at Crescent Ridge.


Which part of the sentence is an independent clause?

there was a long line at Crescent Ridge

300

Since the weather is foul, many spring sports have had cancelations; therefore, the games will have to be made up later in the season.

What kinds of sentence(s) does this example include?

Introductory adverbial clause, compound

400
Capulet has promised the rich Paris he can marry Juliet, his only daughter.


What noun is present in the appositive phrase?

daughter

400

Sharks make me nervous because they have razor sharp teeth, swim very fast, and I often go to beaches where sharks are sighted. 

What part of the series breaks parallel structure? 

I often go to beaches where sharks are sighted. 

400

Maverick enjoys running and playing outside; however, he also enjoys long naps in the sun on his favorite chair.

What joins the two clauses together? Provide the punctuation, word, and grammatical term.

semi-colon however comma

conjunctive adverb

400

Emmett is looking forward to summer even though he will miss Ms. Walker's English class.

Is this sentence an introductory adverbial clause? Explain.

The sentence is not an introductory adverbial clause because the subordinating conjunction does not come at the beginning.

400

UCLA, the underdog, dominated the women's national championship game; Lauren Betts played especially well.

What sentence(s) are included?

appositive and compound

500

My dog Chase will turn 7 in two weeks.

What information is revealed by not setting off the appositive with commas.

I have more than one dog.

500
Why might someone break parallel structure?

Someone might break parallel structure to place emphasis on a particular idea.

500

Abby enjoys going to Red Sox games but not when it's freezing outside.

Identify whether or not this is a compound sentence and explain why.

It is not a compound sentence because after the conjunction is not an independent clause.

500

Mrs. Walker informed the class they would be reading Shakespeare for the rest of the year.

Turn this sentence into a sentence with an introductory adverbial clause.


Since it was April Fool's Day, Mrs. Walker informed the class they would be reading Shakespeare for the rest of the year.

500

Although Michigan beat Uconn, a team with a long winning history, both teams fought hard to win the national championship; I was happy with the outcome because my bracket won.

What sentence(s) are included in the example?

Introductory adverbial clause, appositive, compound 

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