Commas
A comma goes before or after a FANBOY
What is BEFORE
A pronoun is
A word that replaces a noun
Ex: Ms. Rachel - she
Identify the subject in this sentence:
Molly and Gerard were playing at the pool all day yesterday.
What is Molly and Gerard
Fix this sentence: It is missing a subject
Carrying a load of books, the library door was closed.
Carrying a load of books, he found that the library door was closed.
Select the correct pronoun:
Each of the girls picked out (her, their) own dresses.
What is their
Identify the adjectives in the sentence:
Whenever we see that white car, there are always dirty socks flying out the windows.
What is white and dirty
Where should the comma(s) be?
Alex told James the police officer where the car ran off to.
Alex told James, the police officer, where the car ran off to.
Select the correct pronoun:
Only one of the women explained (her, their) reasoning.
What is her
Identify the preposition and the prepositional phrase:
As we were walking through the town, I saw a troll living under a bridge!
Prepositions: through and under
Prepositional phrases: "through the town" and "under a bridge"
Compound or complex?
Mary went straight to work, but John stopped at the store before work.
What is compound
Change the pronoun and it's antecedent to I. Make sure the verbs agree with the new pronoun.
Ali has a car and drives really fast.
I have a car and drive really fast.
Identify the direct object in this sentence:
My mom always talks on the phone.
What is "on the phone"
Compound or complex sentence
If she finds out about the surprise party, I think she will be nervous to come.
What is complex
What is the pronoun in this sentence? Is it correct?
A student who wants to pass should do all their homework.
Their is the pronoun and it is incorrect. It should be his/her
What part of speech is the word but in this sentence?
Andy knocked on the door, but no one answered.
What is a conjunction