Sometimes the weather is cold, snowy, and stormy, making for the perfect time to drink hot tea.
The words in italics are examples of what part of speech?
Descriptive Adjectives
Which punctuation mark separates two closely related independent clauses.
semicolons
Linking Verbs connects the verb to additional information about the subject.
True
What are the four types of verbs?
Auxiliary, action, linking, and irregular.
Is the part that is in italics dependent or independent?
Dependent
I want both the chocolate syrup and the sprinkles on my ice cream.
The words in italics are categorized as which part of speech?
Correlative Conjunctions
A part of speech that connects a subject of the verb to additional information about the subject.
linking verbs
Commas and semicolons are used to introduce dialogue.
This is an example of an auxiliary verb: The class was hungry
Please give me an example of a dependent clause.
Answers will vary
Five dogs ran across the meadow.
The word in italics is categorized as which part of speech.
Preposition of movement
Which two things do apostrophes mark in a sentence
Possession and contractions
Demonstrative adjectives examples are: this, that, these, those
true
The following is an example of a linking verb: The dog was wagging his tail.
False - auxiliary
Please correct this sentence:
Our team won, we are advancing to finals.
Option: Our team won. We are advancing to finals.
Option: Our team won; we are advancing to finals.
Option: Our team won, so we are advancing to finals.
The child in the small, green chair is named Henry.
The words in italics are categorized as which parts of speech?
Coordinate Adjectives
Conjunctive Adverbs require the use of a semicolon.
False. Example: Sam did not eat his green beans. He did eat his squash, however.
Sam did not eat his green beans. However, he did eat his squash.
Sam does not like green beans. His mother is determined, nevertheless, to have him eat them.
I will not be able to go to the concert tonight; therefore, I am selling my ticket.
The following has which type of verbs in it and what are they: The dog was running home because he was hungry.
was - auxiliary running - action was - linking
I need to go to the store, _____ I need to buy more eggs.
What is the part of speech that needs to separate the two independent clauses?
Coordinating Conjunctions
Louisa is writing a sentence about William Shakespeare.
The words in italics are categorized as which parts of speech?
Auxiliary Verbs
Conjunctions
There is no difference in Adverbs of Place and Prepositions of Place.
False, prepositions of place MUST include an object after them.
Adverb: His mother stopped by.
Prep: His mother was by the lake.
Answers will vary "bought"
For a comma splice to occur, what does the sentence need to contain? Independent or dependent clauses? One of each? Only dependent? Only independent?
Two independent clauses. A comma splice cannot serve alone to separate independent clauses, therefore for the error to be avoided a comma needs to be between a dependent clauses and an independent.