What is one independent clause or a complete thought
100
A run-on sentence occurs when:
What is a sentence that goes on and one with incorrect punctuation.
100
Give 5 examples of prepositions
What is (answers may vary)
100
What does T.E.S.T. stand for?
What is topic sentence, evidence, summary, transition
100
What is a thesis statement?
What is a sentence or two that talk about the main idea of the whole essay.
200
A compound sentence is composed of what:
What is 2 independent clauses
200
The two types of run-ons we learned about are:
What is fused sentence and comma splice
200
List 5 indefinite pronouns
What is (answers may vary) anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, etc..
200
Define a topic sentence:
What is the sentence that explains the main idea of a paragraph.
200
A misplaced modifier occurs when:
What is when a word appears to modify the wrong word or word group because it is placed incorrectly in the sentence.
300
A complex sentence is composed of what:
What is one independent clause and one dependent clause.
300
A fragment is a:
What is a piece of a sentence; incomplete sentence
300
Find the prep phrases:
Lilly knew her journey to medical school would be thwarted by the seemingly impossible admissions process; however, she continued working hard until the end of the semester.
What is (to medical school), (by the seemingly impossible admissions process), (until the end), (of the semester)
300
Is this topic sentence too broad, too narrow, or O.K.?
Camera crews wok an average of 12 hours a day and have to meet difficult deadlines.
What is too narrow.
300
What is a dangling modifier?
What is a modifier that describes a word that is not actually in the sentence.
400
A compound-complex sentence is composed of what:
What is two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
400
State the subject-verb agreement.
What is singular subjects take singular verbs, and plural subjects take plural verbs.
400
Name all 8 relative pronouns:
What is that, which, why, whom, whose, who, where, when
400
What kind of illogical shift is this?:
The Flinstones taught me that you can do anything you set your mind to.
What is shift in person (third to second)
400
Find the misplaced modifier and fix it:
We will not sell paraffin to anyone in glass bottles.
What is We will not sell paraffin in glass bottles to anyone.
500
A prepositional phrase is composed of what:
What is a preposition and its object
500
Collective nouns take what kind of verbs?
What is singular
500
Find the dependent clause and the relative pronoun:
According to the author, who is an awarded writer, the story centers around a young girl in the 1950s.
What is [who is an awarded writer], who
500
What kind of shift is this?:
Henry wished upon a star, but he was always mesmerized by the idea of it actually coming true.
What is shift in voice (active to passive)
500
Change from passive to active:
A tutorial video will be watched by the staff every year; unfortunately, this policy was implemented by their managers to avoid conflict.
What is The staff will watch a tutorial video every year; unfortunately, their managers implemented this policy to avoid conflict.