Kinds of sentences
She likes pets.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
simple
By the time Julia Roberts was 23, she had won two academy award nominations, she had also become the world's most popular female actress.
a. fragment
b. run on
c. comma splice
d. correct
comma splice
I _____ to the mall after school.
goed
gone
went
went
What is a subject?
thing, person, place, animal
Identify a subject in this sentence:
The children played in the garden.
children
When Marcia was treasurer of her class last year, she was also president.
A. Simple sentence
B. Compound sentence
C. Complex sentence
complex
Julia Roberts lives in Manhattan, not far from the apartment she once shared with her sister in Greenwich Village.
a. fragment
b. run on
c. comma splice
d. correct
correct
_____ you see Jody's new dog yesterday?
Are
Did
Do
Did
What is a compound sentence?
Two simple sentences joined by a fanboy
Identify the tense of the verb:
Laura came home at six o'clock
Simple Past
My brother bought his calculator, and he has made fewer mistakes in his monthly checking statement.
compound
In high school, Julia found classwork boring, she didn't know how to be a good student.
a. fragment
b. run on
c. comma splice
d. correct
comma splice
What _____ you eat for lunch yesterday?
do
did
were
did
What is a complex sentence?
Two sentences joined by a subordinating conjunction. One is a dependent clause, the other one is an independent clause.
Identify the object in the following sentence:
Matt gave me a book about insects, and Luke gave me an album.
book, album
Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
compound
Because he likes Italy.
a. fragment
b. run on
c. comma splice
d. correct
fragment
She _______ (to drink) a glass of wine.
a. drank
b. drink
c. is drinking
is drinking
What does a comma splice mean?
when you join two independent clauses with a comma and no conjunction (fanboy).
What is the pattern of this sentence?
Every evening it was too hot to sleep, so my sisters and I played outside until dark.
SV, so SSV
Although I have read many books by John Steinbeck, my favorite is The Pearl.
A. Complex
B. Simple
C. Compound
complex
I love to write papers I would write one every day if I had the time.
a. fragment
b. run on
c. comma splice
e. correct
run-on
Laura usually ________ (to come) home at 7 o'clock, but today she ________ (to come) at 8.
a. comes, is coming
b. came, comes
c. comes, came
comes, came
What does the acronym FANBOYS stand for? Say what does each letter in this acronym mean.
coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What do coordinating conjunctions join?
words, phrases, sentences