Subject-Verb Agreement
The verb of a sentence must agree with the simple subject of the sentence in number and _________.
Person
The word to which the pronoun refers to
Antecedent
A part of speech that states a person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
A type of end punctuation that expresses extreme emotion or excitement
Exclamation Point
A single, independent clause, that can stand on its own
Simple Sentence
Singular subjects joined by the words or, either ... or, neither ... nor, take a singular verb. True or False?
True
Every student wants to impress his or her/their professor.
His or Her
A part of speech that states an action, state of being or condition
Verb
A type of punctutation that is used after a word introducing a quotation, an explanation, an example, or a list of items
Colon
A sentence containing two or more independent clauses combined with either a comma + conjunction or semicolon
Compound Sentence
The rhythm of the pounding waves is/are calming.
Is
Beth and Jane reported the problem to her/their supervisor.
Their
A part of speech that replaces a noun or another pronoun
Pronoun
A pair of punctuation marks used primarily to mark the beginning and end of a passage attributed to another person and repated word for word
A type of run-on sentence where two independent clauses are combined with only a comma
Comma Splice
Either Maria or you was/were late to class.
Were
Does the following sentence have proper pronoun/antecedent agreement?
Everyone should write their name on the top of their test.
No
A part of speech that expresses a mild or sudden burst of emotion
Interjection
Used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words. Frequently used within quotations to jump from one phrase to another, omitting unnecessary words that do not interfere with meaning.
Ellipsis
A sentence combining one or more independent clauses and two or more dependent clauses
Complex Sentence
Each cat and each dog has/have its own toy.
Has
Bob is one of those teachers who consider themselves privileged to work with students.
Yes
A part of speech that connects words or groups of words
Used to join two or more words together into a compound term
Hyphen
A sentence combining two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
Compound-Complex Sentence