Sentences
An incomplete sentence that is missing a subject and/or a predicate. An example: "Drove home after the game."
What is a Sentence Fragment?
The simple subject of this sentence: "Our town is West of Athens."
What is town?
An action word or a state of being.
What is a verb?
The purpose of the comma in this sentence: "I have a game on Saturday, April 2nd."
What is to separate the day of the week from the month?
The correct word to fill the blank in this sentence: "Craig and Steven went to get ____ Chromebooks."
A. there
B. their
C. they're
What is B ("T H E I R")?
An incomplete sentence that is two complete thoughts "smooshed" together without proper punctuation. An example: "I really like the arcade the games are fun to play."
What is a run-on sentence?
The complete subject of this sentence: "My older brother gave me his PS3."
What is "my older brother?"
The sentence that is in active voice:
1. Jimmy was given a checkmark by Mrs. Riley for talking.
2. Mrs. Riley gave Jimmy a checkmark for talking.
What is sentence 2?
The purpose of the comma in this sentence: "After the game, we rode the bus home."
What is to set off an introductory phrase?
The correct word to fill the blank in this sentence: "If you are in 6th grade, _____ likely between 10-12 years old."
A. your
B. you're
C. ur
What is B ("Y O U R ' E")?
The four types of sentences.
What is interrogative, imperative, declarative, and exclamatory?
The simple predicate of this sentence: "Paul tried his best on that exam."
What is tried?
The tense of the verb in this sentence: "Harvey cried when his hamster passed away."
What is "simple past?"
The purpose of the dashes in this sentence: "Carol--the girl I told you about yesterday--suggested a car wash fundraiser."
What is to separate non-essential/clarifying information?
The correct word to fill in the blank in this sentence: "Harvey says ____ his favorite candy, so let's give him some extra."
A. there
B. their
C. they're
What is C ("T H E Y ' R E")?
The type of sentence: "Plug in your phone so it can charge."
What is imperative?
What is "is a continuous process?"
The mood of the verb in this sentence: "Paula, do you want to go to the movies with me to see the new Spiderman?"
What is interrogative verb mood
The error in punctuation in this sentence: "Harvey--his younger brother, wanted to come along."
What is the mismatching punctuation around the phrase?
The error in this sentence: "We could of won that game if our best player wasn't sick."
What is "could of" should be "could have" or "could've?"
The type of sentence: "I want you to plug in your phone so it can charge."
What is declarative?
The compound subject of this sentence: "Trey and his mother went to the BMV so he could get his license."
What is "Trey" and "his mother?"
The difference between subjunctive and conditional verb mood
What is...
Subjunctive is a hypothetical that may or may not happen. (If I were rich, I'd buy a yacht.)
Conditional sets up a scenario with a consequence that is certain to happen if the conditions are met. (If you get an F, I will take away your XBox for a month.)
Where we should insert a comma in this sentence: "Melissa wanted to ride the roller coaster but Greg wanted to ride the Ferris wheel."
SURPRISE QUESTION! How Miss Schultz's first name is pronounced :)
What is "Bruh - ge - tah" or "Brih - ge - tah?"