In order for a sentence to be complete, it must have these two parts.
What is a subject and a predicate?
100
This connects two simple sentences and creates a compound sentence.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
100
A dependent clause cannot stand on its own. It "depends" on this to express a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
100
A sentence fragment means the group of words is missing a _______________, a ________________, or both.
Subject and Predicate
100
A run-on sentences contains two independent clauses without a comma or a __________________.
What is a conjunction?
200
This part of the sentence tells whom or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject.
200
This compound sentence is missing this to make it correct:
Taylor took his dog on a walk and he cleaned up after him.
What is a comma. Bonus: Where should it go?
200
This is the dependent clause in the following sentence:
If my brother would just leave me alone for once, I could get some work done.
What is "If my brother would just leave me along for once..."
200
Identify whether or not the following group of words is a sentence fragment or not:
The amazingly talented children in Mrs. McCann's class.
Fragment
200
When correcting a run-on sentence by adding a conjunction, the comma goes in this place.
What is before the conjunction?
300
This part of the sentence tells what the subject is or does.
What is the predicate.
300
This conjunction could combine these two simple sentences and create a compound sentence:
She hates winter and being cold. She likes missing school because of snow days.
What is but?
300
This sentence includes a dependent and independent clause. It is missing this that would make it correct:
Because I love chocolate cake I am asking to have it as my birthday treat.
What is a comma. Bonus: Where should it go?
300
This part of a sentence is missing from the following, making it a sentence fragment:
Loves to play the violin and is very good at it, too.
What is a subject?
300
Decide whether or not the following is a run-on sentence:
The best olives are filled with rich oil and the oil can be sold for a lot of money.
What is yes. Bonus: What makes it a run-on?
400
Compose a simple sentence with a compound subject.
Answers will vary. Example: Joe and Mark went to the movies to see Wonder on Saturday.
400
What coordinating conjunction could be used to combine these two sentences, creating a compound sentence:
Mrs. McCann could start the lesson right away. She could see how the students' weekends went.
What is or.
400
When a sentence has a dependent clause and an independent clause together, it is called this type of sentence.
What is Complex Sentence.
400
This is missing from the following group of words, making it a sentence fragment:
All of the students at TJ who received a Tiger Stripe.
What is a predicate?
400
Revise the following run-on sentence to make it correct:
An olive tree can live longer than two thousand years its bark becomes twisted as it gets older.
"An olive tree can live longer than two thousand years, and its bark becomes twisted as it gets older."
500
Compose a simple sentence with a compound predicate.
Answers will vary. Example: Mr. Swanson started our day with the morning announcements and invited us to do some good today.
500
Write a compound sentence using the conjunction "so."
Answers will vary. Should include two clauses showing causation.
500
These words, like although, because, if, since, unless, and when, help connect a dependent clause to an independent clause.
What are subordinating conjunctions?
500
These words can be added to this group of words to change it from a sentence fragment to a complete sentence:
Her friend, a very talented soccer player.
Answers will vary. Needs a predicate.
500
Revise the following run-on sentence, using an appositive, to make it correct:
Angelini Olive Grove is the family farm and the olive grove was started about eighty years ago.
What is "Angelini Olive Grove, the family farm, was started about eighty years ago."