SENTENCE FIXERS
What do we call a sentence that has a subject and a verb and makes sense on its own?
What is a complete sentence?
What punctuation goes at the end of this sentence: “What’s your name”
What is a question mark?
“Quickly” describes how someone does something. What kind of word is that?
What is an adverb?
What is the first thing you do before writing a story or essay?
What is brainstorming or prewriting?
What’s wrong with this sentence: “He dont like apples.”
What is “dont” should be “doesn’t”?
“Ran to the store.” Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
What is a fragment?
Fix this: “I like pizza tacos burgers.”
What is “I like pizza, tacos, and burgers.”?
In the sentence “The cat slept all day,” what is the subject?
What is “The cat”?
What do we call the sentence that tells what a paragraph is mostly about?
What is a topic sentence?
Fix this sentence: “me and my friend went to the movies.”
What is “My friend and I went to the movies.”
“I went to the park I saw my friends.” What’s wrong with this sentence?
What is a run-on sentence?
What punctuation can join two short sentences: “It’s cold. I forgot my jacket.”
What is a semicolon?
Which verb is correct? “She (walk / walks) to school every day.”
What is “walks”?
What does “revise” mean when you’re writing?
What is to make your writing better (change words, fix sentences, etc.)?
What’s wrong here? “Their going to the store.”
What is “Their” should be “They’re”?
Combine using a comma and a conjunction: “He was late. He ran to class.”
What is “He was late, so he ran to class.”?
Which punctuation shows excitement or strong feelings?
What is an exclamation mark?
What’s wrong with this sentence: “They was happy.”
What is the verb doesn’t match the subject; it should be “They were happy.”
What do we call the last sentence in a paragraph that wraps things up?
What is a concluding sentence?
What’s the correct form: “Its a nice day.” or “It’s a nice day.”
What is “It’s a nice day.”?
What are the three sentence types based on how many clauses they have?
What are simple, compound, and complex sentences?
Add a comma: “After lunch we went to gym.”
What is “After lunch, we went to gym.”?
What’s the difference between a noun and a verb?
What is a noun names a person/place/thing, and a verb shows action or being?
What word helps connect ideas, like “However,” “Also,” or “Next”?
What is a transition word?
Fix this: “The dog chased it’s tail.”
What is “The dog chased its tail.”?