Sentence Structure
This sentence is a correctly written complete sentence.
A. Watching television on a Friday night.
B. Reading books is my favorite activity.
What is Sentence B.
This the part-of-speech term for a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
This is the name of this punctuation mark:
;
What is a semicolon?
Who is Harper Lee?
This sentence is a run-on sentence.
A. I'm looking for a store it has to sell hiking boots.
B. When I finally find the store I'm looking for.
What is Sentence A.
BONUS (+50 points): Correct the sentence.
This the part-of-speech term for an action or state of being.
What is a verb?
This is the correct placement of commas in the sentence below:
Jen made brownies and whipped cream for her niece's birthday but then she found out her niece hates chocolate.
What is a comma after "birthday"?
Jen made brownies and whipped cream for her niece's birthday, but then she found out her niece hates chocolate.
This is the plural possessive form of the world child.
What is children's?
This is one way to fix this run-on sentence.
Friar Lawrence went to Juliet's tomb he found Romeo dead.
What is...
Friar Lawrence went to Juliet's tomb where he found Romeo dead.
Friar Lawrence went to Juliet's tomb, [but/and] he found Romeo dead.
Friar Lawrence went to Juliet's tomb; he found Romeo dead.
When Friar Lawrence went to Juliet's tomb, he found Romeo dead.
What is a preposition?
This is what you do when you are quoting something that is already in quotes in the original text.
Ex: How would you quote this in a paragraph?
"Bye Mom," she called. "I'll be back at six o'clock!"
What is change double quotes to single quotes and put double quotes around the whole passage?
Ex:
"'Bye Mom,' she called. 'I'll be back at six o'clock!'"
This is the structure of a formal essay (the names for the three parts), in order.
What is introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion?
This is the definition of an independent clause.
What is a clause that can stand on its own because it has both a subject and predicate OR the equivalent to a simple sentence, but one that has been combined with other clauses?
These are the seven coordinating conjunctions in the English language.
HINT: There is an acronym/memory aid for remembering them.
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?
(FANBOYS)
*Partial credit = 57 points per correct conjunction.
This is the correct way to punctuate and cite the quote below:
Quote: I'm mad at you!
Page: 45
What is:
"I'm mad at you!" (45).
This is the full definition of an interjection AND one example.
What is a part of speech that shows excitement or emotion and is not part of (separated from) the main sentence?
Examples: Ouch! Wow! Holy-Moly! Geez. ...
This a sentence that properly uses a dependent clause. (Write your own.)
What are... [judge individual lists].
These are three of places where a comma is used.
What are (any of the three listed below):
1. To separate items in a list.
2. In dates after the day.
3. In place names between the city & state or city & country.
4. Between two independent clauses that are linked by a coordinating conjunction.
5. Between a dependent clause with a subordinating conjunction and the following independent clause.
5. Between a prepositional phrase and the remainder of a sentence.
6. Separating non-essential phrases from the rest of the sentence (such as appositives or interjections)
7. Between a piece of quoted dialogue and the rest of the sentence.
This character said
"Here's to my love! O true apothecary! / Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."
in this act & scene.
(**Must have all three for full points!)