Compound Sentences
What is the coordinating conjunction in this sentence?
"I wanted to go to the park, but it started to rain."
What is "but"?
What is the subordinating conjunction in this sentence?
Although it was cold, we went hiking.
What is "although"?
What part of speech describes a noun?
What is an adjective?
Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence:
The cat is under the table.
What is "under the table"?
What is the complete subject of this sentence?
The dog barked loudly.
What is "The dog"?
Combine these two sentences into a compound sentence:
She loves reading. She enjoys writing.
What is "She loves reading, and she enjoys writing."
True or False: A complex sentence has two independent clauses.
What is False? (It has one independent clause and one dependent clause.)
Name the part of speech for the word "quickly" in this sentence:
She ran quickly.
What is an adverb?
True or False: A prepositional phrase always contains a subject and verb.
What is False?
What is the complete predicate of this sentence?
The students studied for the test.
What is "studied for the test"?
Identify whether this sentence is compound or not:
We can go to the beach or stay home.
What is Yes, it is a compound sentence.
Turn this sentence into a complex sentence:
She left. She was feeling tired."
What is "She left because she was feeling tired."
Which part of speech connects words, phrases, or clauses?
What is a conjunction?
What is the preposition in this sentence?
We drove through the tunnel.
What is through?
True or False: A simple sentence can have a compound subject.
What is True?
What punctuation is used to join two independent clauses in a compound sentence?
What is a comma and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) or a semicolon
Is this a complex sentence? Why or why not?
We finished our homework, and we went to the mall.
What is no, because is uses a coordinating conjunction connecting two independent clauses, so it is a compound sentence?
Identify the part of speech for the word "ouch" in this sentence:
Ouch! That hurt.
What is an interjection?
Write a sentence that includes a prepositional phrase.
What is any grammatically correct sentence with a prepositional phrase, e.g., "The book on the desk is mine"?
Identify the complete subject and complete predicate in this sentence:
The bright red flowers bloomed in the spring.
What are "The bright red flowers" (subject) and "bloomed in the spring" (predicate)?
Identify the two independent clauses in this compound sentence:
He studied for the test, yet he still felt nervous.
What are "He studied for the test" and "he still felt nervous"
Identify the dependent clause in this sentence:
When the bell rings, the students will leave.
What is "When the bell rings"?
Name the eight parts of speech.
What are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection?
Identify all the prepositional phrases in this sentence:
Before the game, we practiced in the gym.
What are "Before the game" and "in the gym"?
Write a sentence with a compound subject and a compound predicate.
What is any correct sentence, e.g., "The cat and dog ran and played together"?