Parts of a sentence
What is a verb?
An action word.
What does the B in FANBOYS stand for?
But
What is an independent clause?
A group of words that make sense on their own. A simple sentence.
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What room are we in right now?
335
What is a noun?
Person, place, or thing
What do all the letters in FANBOYS stand for?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
What is a dependent clause?
A group of words that don't make sense together or don't make a complete sentence.
What is missing in this complex sentence?
Because she is sad
It is missing the independent clause.
What does CUPS stand for?
*hint* there may be a poster for this in the room.
Capitalization, Understanding, Punctuation, Spelling & Spaces.
With a capital letter
What is this compound sentence missing?
I love staying up late but it makes me tired.
It is missing the comma.
Independent or dependent
After I get home from school.
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence with 1 independent clause and 1 or more dependent clause.
What is a subject?
It is what the sentence is about.
What punctuation can you end a sentence with?
Period, exclamation point and question mark.
(. ! ?)
What is the purpose of a conjunction?
To take two independent clauses (simple sentence) and join them together to make a compound sentence.
What kind of sentence has 2 independent clauses joined together with a comma and conjunction?
A compound sentence.
What is wrong with this sentence?
Because she was early, so that she can be on time.
There are two dependent clauses.
There is a missing independent clause.
What are Mrs. young's cats names?
Mushroom and Clover.
What does every sentence need to be complete?
Capital letter, subject, verb and ending punctuation.
What needs to be in every compound sentence?
Capital letter, two independent clauses, comma, conjunction, and ending punctuation.
What kind of sentence has 1 independent clause and 1 or more dependent clauses?
A complex sentence.
True or false: When the dependent clause comes first, you use a comma after the dependent clause/before the independent clause?
TRUE
What is one book Mrs. Young is reading right now?
The Lightning Thief & Women in the Picture