Clauses & Phrases
What are the three elements of an independent clause?
What is a subject, a verb, and a predicate?
Dependent clauses and phrases are both examples of what?
What is a fragment? (incomplete sentence)
I don't know about you but Im feeling 22. (2 errors)
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22.
What element does an independent clause possess that is absent from a dependent clause and phrase?
What is a complete thought?
Where can fragments be found in a sentence?
What is beginning (opener), middle (interrupter), or end (closer)?
I'm not sure what you mean I answered the question correctly. (1 error)
I'm not sure what you mean: I answered the question correctly.
(colon or semicolon)
List out all of the 12 subordinating conjunctions.
What is: as, although, after, when/whenever, while, until/unless, before, because, if, since
What common error is caused by joining two independent clauses together with commas?
What is a comma splice?
The book which is on the desk belongs to an 8th grader. (2 errors)
The book, which is on the desk, belongs to an 8th grader.
What is a relative clause?
What is a type of dependent clause that contains a relative pronoun?
What are the three types of sentences?
What are simple, compound, and complex?
I'm not sure you understand I did my homework but I left it at home. (2 errors)
I'm not sure you understand: I did my homework, but I left it at home.
(colon or semicolon)
Which relative pronoun will never use commas?
What is that?
Which punctuation marks can be used to form a compound sentence, but not a complex sentence?
What are a semicolon and a colon?
Bess and Jess books were left in the cafeteria. (2 errors)
Bess's and Jess's books were left in the cafeteria