What the Sentence
This is an example of this kind of sentence:
The cow jumped over the moon.
What is a simple sentence?
Define the Subject of a sentence
What is "who the sentence is about"?
When looking for the subject of a sentence, what part of speech are you looking for?
What is a noun?
What is the independent clause in this sentence:
When the rain finally stopped, we were able to go outside to play.
What is "we were able to go outside and play" ?
What is 5-7 sentences?
What should all sentences end with?
What is punctuation?
Acceptable answers:
Periods, question marks, and exclamation marks
What is the Predicate of the sentence?
When looking for the predicate of a sentence, what part of speech would we be looking for?
What is a verb?
Identify the dependent clause in the sentence:
The old book, which had a worn-out cover, was my favorite.
What is "Which had a worn-out cover"
Starting with a C, what is another word for thesis?
What is a claim?
I know you can do better in class and I hope that don't you take this warning lightly.
What is a compound sentence?
What is a clause?
What is A group of words containing a subject and verb.
What is the subject and predicate of the following sentence:
The bluebird flew through the sky.
What is:
Subject is bluebird
Predicate is flew through the sky
Is this a Clause or Phrase:
"to get it over with"
What is a phrase?
Named similarly to your teacher, which part of the body paragraphs provide the reasoning for your evidence?
What is the bridge?
Identify the collective nouns in the following sentence:
After the Lady Falcons team won the championship, the squad celebrated with their fans.
What is Lady Falcons team, squad, and fans?
What is a predicate?
What is "the part of the sentence that explains what the subject is doing"?
What is the subject and predicate of the following sentence:
The cut on Harry’s foot kept him out of the game.
What is:
Subject: The cut on Harry's foot
Predicate: kept him out of the game.
Is this a clause or phrase?
"When they finish dinner"
What is a clause?
What part of speech do we avoid when writing academic essays?
(Hint: There is only one in this clue)
What is a pronoun?
Using the sentence below, identify the subjects/predicates in the sentence.
"The students who had already finished the test left the classroom, and they decided to celebrate at a nearby cafe."
Subjects: Students, who, they
Predicates: Had already finish the test, left the classroom, decided to celebrate at a nearby cafe.
What's the difference between an independent and dependent clause?
What is independent clauses can stand on their own, while dependent clauses cannot complete a thought?
What is the subject and predicate of the following sentence:
Neither the new marketing strategy nor the proposed budget adjustments have been approved by the board yet.
What is:
Subject: New marketing strategy (nor the) AND proposed budget adjustments
Predicate: have been approved by the board yet.
What kind of conjunction is at the beginning of a dependent clause?
What is a subordinating conjunction?
What are the two steps to indenting?
What is:
1. Placing finger on margin
2. Begin writing on right side of finger