Revising & Editing
What do you call two independent clauses that are joined without proper punctuation or a conjunction?
A) He and me
B) Him and I
C) He and I
D) Me and he
Answer: C
Which sentence is a simple sentence? "I went to the store." or "I went to the store, and I bought some milk."
What is "I went to the store."
A group of words that does not express a complete thought and lacks a subject or a predicate is called what?
What is a fragment?
Which of the following is a compound sentence? "I like ice cream." or "I
like ice cream, but my brother prefers cake."
What is "I like ice cream, but my brother prefers cake."
Choose the correct form: "The team ____ (is/are) ready to play."
What is "is"?
Which of the following is a complex sentence? "Because it was raining,
I stayed inside." or "I stayed inside."
What is "Because it was raining, I stayed inside."
Choose the correct sentence: "The teacher gave ____ (his/her/their)lecture.
What is "his" or "her"?
When should a comma be placed before the conjunction "and" in a list?
What is when the list has three or more items?