What is a group of words missing one or more parts of a complete sentence: subject, verb, complete thought?
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A sentence is this kind of clause.
What is an independent clause?
100
This constitutes subject/verb agreement (Page 360).
What is having the subject and verb agree (match) in number?
100
This is verb tense.
What is telling WHEN an action happened: in the past, in the present, or in the future?
100
This is what a pronoun does.
What is replacing nouns or other pronouns in sentences so you do not have to repeat the nouns or other pronouns?
200
These 5 trouble spots can cause fragments.
What are starting sentences with 1) prepositions , 2) dependent words, 3) -ing verbals (gerunds), 4) to with a verb (infinitives), and 5) examples or explanations.
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Name the two kinds of run-ons and state the difference.
What are fused sentences (no punctuation between sentences) and comma splices (sentences joined by a comma).
200
This is a "prepositional phrase."
What is a phrase that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun, which is the object of the preposition?
200
This is how to spot a regular verb.
What is a verb that forms its past tense by adding -d or
-ed?
200
This is pronoun agreement (page 413).
What is having a pronoun agree (match) in number and gender with the noun or pronoun it replaces?
300
Name 10 prepositions.
What are...(see page 327 for a partial list)?
300
One way to correct a run-on is with a conjunctive adverb. Tell me what punctuation goes with that.
What is a semicolon, conjunctive adverb, and comma?
300
When a dependent clause comes between the subject and the verb, it usually starts with one of these 5 words (page 366).
What are WHO, WHOSE, WHOM, THAT, or WHICH?
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This is how to spot an IRREGULAR verb.
What is a verb tht does not follow any rules for forming its past tense?
300
This is an indefinite pronoun.
What is a pronoun that does not refer to a specific person, place, or thing?
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Name 10 dependent words.
What are ... (see page 328 for a partial list)?
400
Name the coordinating conjunctions and specify where the punctuation goes when correcting a run-on.
What is a comma at the place where the first sentence ends followed by one of the FANBOYS?
400
This has two or more subjects joined by AND, OR, or NOR.
What is a compound subject?
400
Your text tells you, "Most sentences should be written in active voice..." Explain that.
What is a sentence where the subject performs the action?
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This is what a collective noun does. Give an example of a collective noun.
What is naming a group that acts as a single unit? CLASS
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Name 2 basic ways to correct fragments.
What are 1) Add what is missing (subject/verb/complete thought), and 2) attach the fragment to the sentence before or after it.
500
Your text (page 353) tells you that one word especially causes many run-ons. Name that word.
What is THEN?
500
When a sentence begins with HERE or THERE, the subject often follows the verb. This is how to find the subject and verb (page 373).
What is TURN THE SENTENCE AROUND?
500
Explain CONSISTENCY OF VERB TENSE.
What is having all the action in a sentence occur at the same time?
If all the action occurs in the present, use present tense.
If all the action occurs in th epast, use past tense.
Otherwise, the shift in tense causes an inconsistency.
500
Explain the difference between AMBIGUOUS pronoun reference and VAGUE pronoun reference (page 417).
What is a pronoun that can refer to more than one noun (ambiguous), and what is a pronoun that does not refer clearly to any particular person, place, or thing (vague)?