Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Find the error...if there is one
Find the error...if there is one
Capital or no capital
100
dialogue
What is conversation between two or more characters.
100
verb
What is action word?
100
Allen ran across the street and, he almost got hit by a car.
the comma goes before the FANBOYS!
100
Matt skipped to school for he couldn't wait to see her.
Missing a comma before FANBOYS for.
100
poodle or Poodle
poodle...many dog breeds are capitalized but not the poodle.
200
conjuction
What is words used to combine two complete sentences and make them compound. examples: FANBOYS
200
subject
What is the main noun in the sentence? Who or what the sentence is about.
200
While eating Noah called the cute girl on the phone. His mom told him that was rude.
Starts with an AAAWWUBBIS, so it needs a comma at the pause. (after eating)
200
While playing video games, Braden fell over backwards in his chair.
No errors
200
Whenever I ask him to go anywhere, (dad/Dad) always says no.
Dad. If the sentence would have said my dad then dad would have been lowercase, but here Dad is being referred to as a person's name.
300
fragment
What is a group of words that are missing a subject or a predicate (verb).
300
FANBOYS
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet and SO?
300
Skyler screamed, "ewwww a mouse!"
The E in ewww needs to be capitalized.
300
Karysma turned to Chardae and whispered " Do you want to go to the mall later? I heard they are having a sale at Boston Store."
Missing comma before the quote starts.
300
I must go vote today for a new (governor/Governor)
governor
400
dependent clause
What is a group of words that depend on other words to make them complete....AAAWWUBBIS
400
AAAWWUBBIS (you must name 5)
What is after, although, as, when, while, until, becuase, before, if, and since
400
Connes jumped over the fence, but didn't quite make it. He ended up breaking his leg.
Doesn't need a comma because the second half is not a complete sentence; it is missing its subject.
400
Dominique and Phillip questioned their coach, " Are you sure you want to run that play? We ran that one last week and it didn't work out so well."
Missing a comma before the FANBOYS -and-.
400
Glacial Drumlin School or Glacial Drumlin school
Glacial Drumlin School
500
Comma splice
What is when you put a comma between 2 complete sentences (and no FANBOYS). THIS IS A BAD THING!!
500
independent clause
What is a complete sentence?
500
When I was eight years old.
dependent clause....this is just the opener....the word when promises more....what happened when I was eight years old.
500
Before going to the Movie, Aiden decided he should take a quick shower.
the m in movie should not be capitalized.
500
Dear Ms. Phalange, I really appreciated your help. (Yours truly,/Yours Truly,) Ms. Maeder
Yours truly,
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