Nouns
T/F This a simple sentence: The cat and the dog ran and rolled around in the yard.
True.
When the doorbell rang, my dog Skeeter barked loudly.
What is when?
What is an independent clause?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb and CAN stand alone.
Something that names a person, a place or a thing
What is a noun. EXAMPLES: ball, student, mall, park, pizza, candle
Words used to name general people, places, things, and ideas rather than specific ones.
What is a common noun?
T/F This is a simple sentence: Mom and Dad went home while I stayed at the mall.
False -- Complex Sentence
Bill refuses to eat peas, nor will he touch carrots.
What is nor?
What is a dependent clause?
A group of words that is missing a subject or a verb and CANNOT stand alone.
A word that shows action
What is a verb. EXAMPLES: kick, tell, throw, ask, write
What is the independent clause in this sentence? The game will be delayed unless it stops raining.
The game will be delayed
Fill in the blank: NBA Youngboy rapped a song last night on tv ______ I didn't get to watch it. Hint: there are 2 parts to the answer
, but
The coordinating conjunctions:
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
What is a compound sentence?
Has two or more independent clauses joined together with a coordinating conjunction.
A word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
What is an adjective. EXAMPLES: red, smart, funny, stale, cool.
A word that represents a concept without a physical form. Something that cannot be seen, smelled, tasted, touched, or heard.
What is an abstract noun?
The teacher has corrected my poor grammar.
What is has corrected
I looked under my bed, behind my dresser, and above my bookshelf for my missing necklace.
What is under, behind, for, and above
What type of sentence is the following? Although Mitchell prefers watching romantic films, he rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much.
What is compound-complex.
We won the game, but my uniform was muddy because it rained the entire time.
What are but and because?
What is a complex sentence?
Has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses that are joined together with a subordinating conjunction.
A word that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun? Examples: he, they, it
A word expressing a relation to or between nouns/pronouns and another word.
What is a preposition?
Due to the storm, it was very difficult to walk against the wind.
What is against and due to
What type of sentence is the following? Timmy loves to play basketball; his dad did not have a hoop until he bought one yesterday.
What is compound-complex.
What are after, although, as, when, while, unless, until, before, because, if, since?
What is a compound-complex sentence?
Has at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses that are joined together with subordinating and coordinating conjunctions.
A word that connects clause and sentences.
What is a conjunction? Examples: but, for, although
What is the dependent clause in the sentence? While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.
While we are learning to jump rope