Rebecca can come with us to the dance.
What is the subject of this sentence?
Rebecca
100
Ryan or Sebastian brought the class brownies.
What is the compound subject?
Ryan, Sebastian
100
What is the acronym for coordinating conjunctions?
FANBOYS
100
she decided to go on the field trip
What is an independent clause?
100
The punctuation mark that can replace a comma and conjunction in a compound sentence.
What is a semicolon?
200
Steve is my next door neighbor.
What is the simple predicate?
is
200
She ran and yelled through the crowd.
What is the compound verb?
ran, yelled
200
Name the coordinating conjunctions.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
200
when you arrived at the party
What is a dependent clause?
200
experiencing or understanding another's feelings (putting yourself in their shoes).
What is Empathy?
300
The stars are shining bright.
What is the simple predicate?
are shining
300
Because it was Friday and his birthday, the customer received a free quarter pounder with cheese and shook Ronald McDonald's hand.
What is the compound verb?
received, shook
300
The snow fell, and the children were happy.
True or False: This is a compound sentence.
True
300
because the post office was closed
What is a dependent clause?
300
Making two sentences, putting a semicolon between two clauses or putting a coordinating conjunction and a comma between the two clauses are three different ways to fix this.
A run-on sentence
400
They went to the Log Cabin with Felix and his mom today.
What is the subject?
They
400
Few Americans both own and rent multiple homes
What is the compound verb?
own, rent
400
The distinguished professor and his diligent students traveled to the Smithsonian Institute.
True or False: This is a compound sentence.
False
400
A clause that can stand on its own (a simple sentence).
What is an independent clause?
400
Another name for a dependent clause
What is a fragment? (or subordinate clause)
500
A small number of children participated in the test this year.
What is the subject?
number (of children is a prepositional phrase- subjects are never in these phrases)
500
In 1837, pioneer Rosaline Peck and her husband became the first white settlers in Madison, Wisconsin.
What is the compound subject?
Rosaline Peck, husband
500
Create a compound sentence using these independent clauses. The students were not there. The bell rang.
The bell rang, but the students were not there.
500
Two independent clauses run together without proper punctuation.