Identify the kind of sentence
Yikes, it's a snake!
Some members of the assembly are not coming.
S: members
V: are coming
Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house.
Frag.
hello said Mary nice to meet you
"Open quotes, capital Hello, comma, close quotes, said Mary, comma, open quotes, nice to meet you, period close quotes.
The visiting orphans ate and drank heartily.
pg. 334
What's for dinner Mom?
What's for dinner, Mom?
Pg. 19
Rule 3b Set off nouns of direct address
This punctuation mark can join 2 simple sentences that are closely related in thought.
;
What did you learn in grammar this week?
Interrogative
How could we ever get there on time?
S: we
V: could get
I couldn't believe he failed the test and then he just went to sleep!
we visited the following countries spain france and england
Capital We visited the following countries colon, capital spain comma, capital france comma, capital england period.
Tennis and golf are popular sports and can be played by anyone.
pg. 334
Abraham Lincoln the sixteenth president preserved the Union during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president, preserved the Union during the Civil War.
pg. 19 rule 3a. Non-essential appositives need a pair of commas.
Use this before a list of items.
:
Please sit down, everyone.
Imperative.
Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go.
S: we
V: go
As he was running down the hallway.
frag
i have two fat lazy dogs who sleep all day
Capital I have two, comma, fat comma, lazy dogs who sleep all day period.
During WWII, Anne Frank and her family were betrayed and taken into concentration camps.
pg. 335
We went on a hike and I saw a snake.
We went on a hike, and I saw a snake.
Pg. 16 rule 1
Use a comma with a conjunction to join 2 sentences.
Use this before chapter and verse in the Bible.
:
Next week you have a mid-term.
Declarative
He should have known better.
S: He
V: should have known
Here come my students I can't wait to start teaching.
run on
he ate one third of the pie as he walked down thirty fourth avenue
Capital He ate one, hyphen, third of the pie as he walked down capital thirty hyphen fourth avenue period.
Scientists have named and described approximately 27,000 species of fish.
pg. 337
The thin brittle windows rattled during the storm.
The thin, brittle windows rattled during the storm.
Pg. 16 Rule 2b. Use a comma to separate 2 adjectives before a noun.
Never use this directly after an action verb or a preposition.
:
For example
We traveled through: California, Texas, and Virginia.
or
For the picnic we brought: sandwiches, apples, and juice.
Is Mrs. Beddo as strict as they say?
Interrogative
I ate dinner and went to bed.
S: I
V: ate, went
Our willingness to work hard in this moment.
frag.
this is such an easy jeopardy
Capital This is such an easy capital Jeopardy exclamation point (or period.)
Cranes and derricks lift and move heavy loads.
pg. 337
Julie you can of course have dinner now.
(Careful, name 2 rules for this sentence.)
Julie, you can, of course, have dinner now.
pg. 19
3b: comma after Julie to set of direct address
3d: comma pair around "of course" to set of parenthetical expression.
This punctuation mark can join grammatical equals or grammatical inequals.
:
For exampleI need to buy the following: eggs, milk, and cheese.
That : joins a sentence with a list of nouns.