Parts of Speech
In the sentence
“She quickly revised her essay,”
identify the adverb.
What is “quickly”?
A run-on sentence contains two or more independent clauses or does not have correct punctuation.
What are independent clauses?
A sentence fragment lacks:
A. a complete thought
B. a subject or predicate.
What is A?
Identify the simple subject:
“The bundle of old letters lay untouched in the attic.”
What is “bundle”?
What are the names of Miss Pruitt's geese?
Quackell Roan and Ritz Quackers
Name the part of speech of the italicized and bolded word:
“He walked beneath the bridge.”
What is a preposition?
Identify the error in the sentence:
“I love reading it helps me relax.”
A comma needs to be added
Identify the fragment:
A. “While the speaker delivered her lecture.”
B. “The students took notes.”
What is A?
Identify the simple predicate:
“The students in the back row whispered quietly.”
What is “whispered”?
What is Miss Pruitt's favorite color?
Pink
This part of speech can function as a subject, object, or object of a preposition.
What is a noun?
Provide one correct revision technique for the run-on:
“The movie was long it was still worth watching.”
What is adding a semicolon / adding a coordinating conjunction / making two sentences?
Why is the following a fragment?
“Before the test started.”
What is “It does not express a complete thought”?
Identify the complete subject:
“Several unexpected delays caused the meeting to be postponed.”
What is “Several unexpected delays”?
What is our essential question for this semester?
What happens to a society that stops asking questions
Identify the part of speech of the bolded word:
“She bought a blue notebook.”
What is an adjective?
Fix the sentence using a comma + conjunction:
“I wanted to go I didn’t have a ride.”
(FANBOYS)
What is “I wanted to go, but I didn’t have a ride”?
Correct the fragment with minimal change:
“After finishing his research.”
What is “After finishing his research, he wrote the report”?
Identify the compound predicate:
“The teacher reviewed the essay and offered suggestions for revision.”
What is “reviewed the essay and offered suggestions for revision”?
What was the genre of book everyone read during the first quarter?
Dystopian
What part of speech is the bolded word?
"He shouted loudly across the field."
What is an adverb?
Fix the following without creating two separate sentences:
“She didn’t understand the article it was filled with technical jargon.”
What is “She didn’t understand the article because it was filled with technical jargon”?
Identify why this is a fragment:
“To understand the complexity of the character.”
What is “It does not have a subject or a complete thought”?
Identify BOTH the subject and the predicate:
“During the storm, the power lines collapsed.”
Subject: “the power lines”
Predicate: “collapsed during the storm”
What is Miss Pruitt's biggest pet peeve in her class, especially when she is teaching?
Student sleeping