Sentences
True or False: To make your writing more interesting, you should try to vary your sentences in terms of length and structure.
What is True?
That test was a piece of cake. What does piece of cake mean?
What is easy?
This takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
Angela buckle/buckles the harness around her.
What is buckle?
They attended the concert last weekend.
Attended is what part of speech?
True or False:
Simple Sentence, Compound Sentence and Complex Sentences help add variety to one's writing?
What is true?
I heard it straight from the horse's mouth. What does straight from the horse's mouth mean?
What is, "I heard it from a reliable source"?
This part of speech signifies action.
What is a verb?
The moon-dwellers use/uses electrostatic filters.
What is use?
The truck driver delivered the packages quickly.
The word quickly in this sentence is what part of speech?
What is an adverb?
A simple sentence has one independent clause (one subject and a verb, yes or no?
What is yes?
Everyone was giving me the cold shoulder. What does cold shoulder mean?
What is, "being unfriendly"?
The words "A," "And," and "The" are known as this.
What is an article?
The class is/are reading about time travel.
What is, "is?"
Fast runners won all the awards at the track meet.
Fast is what part of speech?
What is an adjective.
True or False: A compound sentence contains two independent clauses that are joined together?
What is True?
Your guess is as good as mine. What does this mean?
What is, "I don't know the answer"?
This is a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
My aunt and uncle wait/waits for their turn.
What is, "Wait"?
My friends and I walked home after school.
After is what part of speech?
What is preposition?
True or False: A complex sentence has two dependent clauses.
What is false?
My teacher said I hit the nail on the head. What did she mean?
What is, "I was exactly right"?
This describes a verb, an adjective or an adverb.
What is an adverb?
The families endure/enduring long weeks without sunlight.
What is, "endure"?
I wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch yesterday.
The word "and" is what part of speech?
What is a conjunction?