Sentence Types
A complete thought with at least one subject and one predicate.
What is a simple sentence?
When a sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction, the comma is placed ___________ the independent clause.
What is before?
This punctuation mark is used to show excitement or enthusiasm in a sentence.
Adding -ed to a verb is known as __________ tense.
What is past tense?
The following sentence is missing something:
Summer is coming, baseball is in season, and going on vacation.
What is parallel structure? The subject is missing from the third clause.
A "sentence" including multiple thoughts without using any punctuation to separate them.
What is a run-on?
Writing dates requires the use of a comma between the ________ and _________.
What is between the date and year?
A punctuation mark used to separate two independent clauses (without the use of a conjunction).
What is a semicolon?
Words that cannot have -ed added to them for past tense are known as ______________ verbs.
What are irregular verbs?
Add this in front of a superlative adjective when -est can't be added to the end of it.
What is the word MOST?
A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
A punctuation mark used after a phrase to introduce a list of items/things related to the phrase.
What is a colon?
The past tense of freeze
What is froze?
The word WHILE in the sentence below is a _____.
Derek went to the concession stand while Andy went to the souvenir shop.
What is a subordinate conjunction?
A dependent clause that may include both a subject and predicate, one or the other, or neither.
What is a fragment?
The rule used in the sentence below:
Claribel still needs to complete her project, study for her finals, and clean out her gym locker.
What is commas in a series?
Extra/specific information offset in commas like the sentence below is known as a(n) ________________.
Nancy and Megan, TWO SOFTBALL PLAYERS, hit a total of five homeruns in the playoffs.
What is an appositive?
Past participle form of shrink
What is shrunk?
a type of adjective with -er added to it
Example: cold ---> colder
What is a comparative adjective?
A sentence with at least one independent clause and one dependent clause; dependent clause begins with a subordinate conjunction.
What is a complex sentence?
The rule used in the following sentence:
Jordan, please pick up your clothes off of the floor.
What is addressing a person/someone?
This is another punctuation mark used to offset extra information.
What is the dash?
Adding -ing to the end of verb currently taking place is _____________ tense.
What is present progressive tense? Also known as present continuous.
The following sentence is an example of _________.
The Yankees are legendary, they have won twenty-seven titles!
What is a comma splice?