Appositives
True or False: In the sentence "The dog, a golden retriever, loves to play fetch," is the phrase "a golden retriever" an appositive.
What is True.
The main function of a noun.
What is to name a person, place, thing, or idea
What kind of sentence ends with a question mark?
What is an interrogative sentence.
This type of conjunction is a "FANBOYS" conjunction.
What is a coordinating conjunction.
Error in the sentence: "Me and him are going to the store.
What is the use of "Me and him" (should be "He and I".
The fastest animal, the peregrine falcon, can travel more than 100 miles per hour.
Where do you put the quotation marks?
"the peregrine falcon"
What is the verb in this sentence: "The cat slept on the mat."
What is "slept"
The type of sentence: "The weather has been nice, but it may snow again any day."
What is a compound sentence.
What the 'B' in FANBOYS stands for.
What is "but.
Error in the sentence: "The dog, it ran really fast."
What is the extra pronoun "it" (should be "The dog ran really fast.").
Is this punctuation mark, a small curved symbol, used to separate non-essential appositives from the rest of the sentence.
True, the appositive phrase "a small curved symbol" is set off by commas and provides extra, non-essential information about "This punctuation mark".
What should you add to the phrase "around the block" to make it a complete sentence?
What is a subject and a verb
The type of sentence: "I went home because it was getting late."
What is a complex sentence.
Complete the sentence: "I love pizza, but..."
What is a related independent clause (e.g., "...but I can't eat the crust".
Error in the sentence: "Their are three books on the table."
What is the use of "Their" (should be "There").
An appositive can be a noun or an adjective that renames or modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is false?
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase
What is the subject in this sentence? "Ronny finished his English homework a day early."
Ronny
The two types of clauses that combine to make a complex sentence
What are an independent clause and a dependent clause.
Complete the sentence: "Mrs. Thurston found a lost dog, so..."
What is a resulting independent clause (e.g., "...so she took it to the shelter".
Error in the sentence: "She went to the store, and she bought apples, she also bought bananas."
What is a run-on sentence or comma splice (needs proper conjunction or punctuation after "apples.
What an objective complement, a noun or adjective following the direct object, is used with (e.g., verbs like make, name, call, choose, elect, appoint).
What is a verb that renames or modifies the direct object
The type of sentence that has two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence.
The conjunction used to show a cause-and-effect relationship, often in a complex sentence.
What is "because".
Error in the sentence: "Our former home a small town in Texas is a great place to visit."
What is the missing comma after "home" and "Texas".