What am I?
"walking quickly down the street"
What is A PHRASE?
"Because it was cold. I put on my coat."
"Because it was cold, I put on my coat."
(or "I put on my coat because it was cold.")
A complete thought that can stand on its own.
What is an example of an independent clause?
(e.g., "The birds sang.")
The type of word that joins two independent clauses (like "and," "but," "or").
What is a coordinating conjunction?
The word that should be capitalized in this sentence: "my friend mark went to new york city."
What are "My," "Mark," "New York," and "City"?
"The dog barked loudly."
What is an independent clause?
"He likes apples she likes raspberries."
"He likes apples, and she likes raspberries."
(or "He likes apples; she likes raspberries.")
This is a run-on sentence.
A group of words with a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone.
What is an example of a dependent clause? (e.g., "when the music stopped")
What happens when you try to join two independent clauses with only a comma, like: "I love pizza, she loves pasta."
What is a comma splice?
The punctuation mark missing in this phrase: "the students bags" (meaning more than one student owns bags).
What is an apostrophe? (The corrected phrase is "the students' bags.")
"after the rain stopped"
What is a dependent clause?
"Running fast he tripped."
"Running fast, he tripped." (or "Because he was running fast, he tripped.")
This is an introductory phrase and it needs a comma.
A group of words without a subject and a verb that acts as a single part of speech.
What is an example of a phrase? (e.g., "in the garden")
The reason you would capitalize "Tuesday" but not "day" in a sentence.
What is "Tuesday" is a proper noun (a specific day), while "day" is a common noun?
"She finished her homework, and then she watched TV."
What are two independent clauses? This is also known as a compound sentence.
"Although I studied hard I failed the test."
"Although I studied hard, I failed the test."
A complex sentence that begins with a dependent clause.
What is an example of a sentence that starts with a dependent clause? (e.g., "Before she left, she turned off the lights.")
How you would combine "He was tired" and "He went to bed" to show cause and effect.
What is "He went to bed because he was tired." (or "Because he was tired, he went to bed.")
OR you could use a semi-colon.
How you would write the contraction for "do not" and "it is."
What are "don't" and "it's"?
"While the students were quietly working, the principal walked by the classroom door."
What is one independent clause and one dependent clause?
"The book which was on the table it disappeared."
"The book which was on the table disappeared." (removing the unnecessary "it")
The correct way to write "the car belonging to my parents" and "the class belonging to us."
What are "my parents' car" and "our class's (or class') schedule"?