Super Sentences
Classy Clauses
Funky Fragments
Exotic Examples
Troubling True or False
100
What things does a sentence NEED to have? *Hint Hint* There are three.
Subject, Predicate and complete thought.
100
What clause is this following sentence? I went to the store.
Independent clause.
100
What is a fragment?
It is a dependent clause and/or a phrase!
100
Is this a complete sentence? Because we went to lunch.
No
100
True or false? Compound sentences have two DEPENDENT clauses?
FALSE! To be a compound sentence it needs to have TWO INDEPENDENT clauses!
200
What are the types of clauses?
Independent and Dependent.
200
What clause is THIS sentence? After we walked the dog.
Dependent.
200
Is this a fragment? The dog had to go to the vet.
False. That is an independent clause and therefor cannot be a fragment.
200
Is this a fragment? I went to the store.
No.
200
True or False? It is good to have a fragment for author's flair!
True! It is okay to have a fragment every once and a while but you should not use a lot of fragments!
300
What kind of sentence is this? We went swimming after it stopped raining?
Complex Sentence.
300
What is an independent clause?
It is a clause that has a complete thought, subject, and predicate!
300
True or False? Fragments have an Independent Clause!
False! A fragment, by its very definition is a DEPENDENT CLAUSE! Saying it is an Independent clause is like saying that a square is a sphere.
300
Is this an Independent Clause? Billy did it.
Yes.
300
Can a sentence have TWO independent clauses?
Yes, in that case it would be a compound sentence!
400
What kind of sentence has two independent clauses?
Compound Sentence.
400
What kind of clause is this? After the grass started on fire.
Dependent.
400
Is this a fragment? Because we laughed!
Yup, it sure is! Because we laughed what happened? It is not a complete thought therefor it is a fragment!
400
Is this a complete thought? I went.
No!!! Where'd ya go?
400
True or False? This is a complete sentence, I love squirrels?
True, it is a simple SENTENCE!
500
What is a noun?
A person place or thing!
500
What kind of clause is this? After the grass burnt down to nothing we played Call of Duty and ate food.
Independent Clause.
500
What word can you remove from the following sentence if you want it to be an Independent Clause? Because we went to the store.
You would remove the word 'Because'!
500
Is this a complete thought? Billy went home.
Yup. Billy (Subject) went (action verb) home!
500
True or False! A conjunction is NEEDED in every sentence!
False!
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