Types of Sentences
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence made of one independent clause.
Define comma splice
Two independent clauses improperly joined with only a comma.
Punctuate this address:
1971 University Blvd. Lynchburg Virginia USA
1971 University Blvd., Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Define independent clause
Complete sentence with a subject, verb, and complete thought.
What kinds of titles have to go in italics? Give 3 examples
Books, movies, plays, albums, newspapers, magazines (this list is not exhaustive)
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence made of at least one independent clause and one dependent clause.
Define a sentence fragment
An incomplete sentence that is missing the subject, verb, or both.
Put the correct commas:
On February 4 2021 my niece was born.
On February 4, 2021, my niece was born.
List all the FANBOYS coordinating conjunctions
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Punctuate this sentence:
She asked Why do I have to go?
She asked, "Why do I have to go?"
What kind of sentence is this?
I want to go home and watch TV, but I have to study for my test first.
Compound
Fix the error:
When we go to the store, we have to pick up milk and Janie will need a ride home.
When we go to the store, we have to pick up milk, and Janie will need a ride home.
When does a dependent clause need a comma to go with it?
When it is at the beginning of the sentence.
What kinds of words make a clause dependent? Name 2 examples
Subordinating conjunctions: because, although, when, after, (this is not an exhaustive list)
What is a misplaced modifier?
A modifier that describes a word or phrase in the sentence, but it's in the wrong place.
Example: purple women's shoes - It sounds like the women are purple.
What kind of sentence is this?
I have to do the laundry and wash my hair tonight.
Simple
Fix the error:
After I finish the test and get my clothes ready for school tomorrow.
After I finish the test and get my clothes ready for school tomorrow, + independent clause.
Punctuate this sentence:
I have tests in math government physics and evangelism today after Convocation.
I have tests in math, government, physics, and evangelism today after Convocation.
What is a compound subject in a sentence? Give an example.
Subject with two or more nouns.
David and I played baseball.
Should this be in quotation marks or italics?
The title of a poem
Quotation marks
What kind of sentence is this?
If you want to go to the store, you have to finish your homework, and you have to wash the dishes.
Compound-complex
Name 4 ways to fix a run on sentence.
1. Period between the independent clauses
2. Semicolon between related independent clauses
3. Comma + FANBOYS
4. Make one clause dependent
Punctuate this sentence:
James who is my friend got written up for missing curfew last night but he got me fries from McDonalds.
James, who is my friend, got written up for missing curfew last night, but he got me fries from McDonald's.
What is wrong with this sentence:
After I eat my lunch, we are going to play video games.
No error
What's wrong with this sentence?
Walking towards the forest, the sun began to set.
Dangling modifier