Conjunctions
Name & Identify the type of conjunction in the following sentence:
"The fish swam, and the shark chased it."
What is the coordinating conjunction "and?"
How many independent clauses are in a simple sentence?
What is 1 independent clause?
Explain the difference between an independent and a subordinate clause.
What is a subordinator which makes a clause unable to stand on its own?
Define the difference between clauses and phrases.
What is a group of words that have a subject and predicate (clauses) whereas phrases do not have a subject and predicate.
Name the first line of our linking/helper verb list.
What is "am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been?"
Name & Identify the type of conjunction in the following sentence:
Although the child ate 2 helpings of dinner, he claimed to have room for the delicious, fudge-covered pumpkin roll.
What is the subordinator "although?"
How many independent clauses are in a compound sentence?
What are 2 independent clauses?
How many comma rules do we have to know when dealing with a subordinate clause?
What is 3?
Translate the following two words:
subject & predicate
What is a noun or pronoun (subject) & verb (predicate)?
Explain the difference between an adjective and an adverb.
What is an adjective ONLY describes nouns and pronouns where adverbs ONLY describe adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs.
Name & Identify the type of conjunction in the following sentence:
"Negan slowly swung Lucille threateningly from side to side; indeed, the point was to pick whether Rick, Glenn, or Kate would be playing ball.
What is the conjunctive adverb "indeed?"
What kind of conjunction creates a compound sentence using a FANBOYS?
What is a coordinating conjunction?
Name 5 subordinating conjunctions.
What are ... ? teacher will assess the answer.
Give the meaning for each of the following words:
simple, compound, complete
What is 1, 2 or more, and all modifiers included.
Name the most common pronouns on our pronoun chart.
Hint: 1st person, 2nd person, & 3rd person
I, me, my, mine / we, us, our, ours / you, your, yours x2 / he, him, his, she, her, hers / it, its, their, they're, them.
Name & Identify the type of conjunction in the following sentence:
Mom took me out to the salon since I earned an A on my English exam for midterms.
What is the subordinator "since?"
"indeed, besides, & moreover" are all examples of which kind of conjunction?
What is a conjunctive adverb? teacher assess examples.
Explain the placement of commas in relation to the placement of the subordinate clause in a sentence.
What is
~left side (1 comma after sub clause),
~middle (2 commas that surround the sub clause),
~& right side (no commas needed).
Define the 2 purposes of an incision.
What is to separate clauses and to split between the subject and predicate?
Name the entire linking / helping verb list with no mistakes.
What is am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been
have, has, had / do, does, did / may, must, might
can, could, would, should / ought to, used to
shall, will?
Name & Identify the types of conjunctions in the following sentence (at least 2):
Even though Amanda had strained her ankle during the agility exercises, she continued to push herself to the end of the workout; consequently, she ended up tearing the ankle ligament altogether.
What is the subordinator "even though" and the conjunctive adverb "consequently?"
In any order, name the 3 ways to create a compound sentence.
What are coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, and a semicolon?
Identify the minimum required clauses (and their names) for a compound-complex sentence.
What are 2 independent clauses and 1 subordinate clause?
How many words minimum are needed to write this sentence?
Write a complex sentence where the independent clause has a compound subject & simple predicate, the subordinating clause has a simple subject, & compound predicate, and uses a conjunction that shows an example of something.
What are 11 words?
Explain how a simple sentence can have a compound subject / compound verb
or
how a compound sentence can have only simple subjects and simple predicates.
What is it doesn't matter how many subjects or predicates altogether; it matters whether or not one has subject & verb sets (pairs) on both sides of a conjunction.