Semicolons vs Colons
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Sentence Types
Clauses
Teacher Trivia
100

What links two independent clauses together?

Semicolon
100

Is this a complete thought?

Constantly chatting students

No

100

What type of sentence is this?

We can go now, or we can go later.

Compound

100

What is the difference between an independent and dependent clause?

An independent clause has a complete thought and a dependent clause does not have a complete thought.

100

What color and brand is my water bottle?

A blue Stanley

200

How many rules did we go over for colons?

Four

200

What are all the coordinating conjunctions?

For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

200

What type of sentence is this?

When I grow up, I’ll use complete sentences.

Complex sentence

200

Identify the subject, simple predicate, and complete predicate in this simple sentence.

The coffee shop next door is always packed.

Subject = The coffee shop

Simple predicate = is

Complete predicate = is always packed

200

What two additional activities am I involved in at school?

Credit recovery and Link Crew

300

What is this colon doing?

There were two places she was going on spring break: Tampa and Orlando.

Emphasizing a noun or noun phrase

300

Can a dependent clause go after the independent clause in a complex sentence?

Yes!
300

What are the two differences between compound and complex sentences?

1. A compound has a coordinating conjunction

2. A complex has a dependent clause + independent clause instead of two independents

300

What is a subject?

What is a simple predicate?

What is a complete predicate?

The person, place, or thing that's performing the action in the sentence

The verb that the subject is doing

The verb that the subject is doing + all the words attached to the verb (ex: She stood tall and proud = "stood tall and proud")

300

What specific injury did I have earlier this year?

I fractured my femur

400

What is this colon doing?

Sara studied hard for one purpose: to succeed in her college courses

Introduce an explanation or restate a complete thought

400

What should be added to this sentence to make it correct? Give me two different options.

The pancakes weren't delicious they were too fluffy.

Semicolon

The pancakes weren't delicious; they were too fluffy.

Coordinating conjunction

The pancakes weren't delicious, and they were too fluffy.


400

Create a simple sentence, compound sentence, and compound-complex sentence all about the same thing.

Ex:

The dog was tired

The dog was tired, and his human was exhausted.

The dog was tired and his human was exhausted, since they hiked for ages.

Show me your sentences.
400

Identify all the clauses in this sentence:

When we won the state championship, the team captain jumped for joy, and the fans cheered.

When we won the state championship = dependent

The team captain jumped for joy = independent

the fans cheered = independent

400

Where am I attending grad school?

Concordia University - St. Paul

500

List four reasons you can use a colon.

Introduce a list

Introduce a quote

Introduce an explanation or restate a complete thought

Emphasize a noun or noun phrase

500

Make this into a complete sentence with a colon.

Red, orange, yellow warm colors these are.

These are warm colors: red, orange, and yellow.

500

What type of sentence is this?

Identify all the clauses, the subject(s),and complete predicate(s).

Since the team was falling behind, the coach substituted the starters with the bench players, and they managed to score the winning goal.

Compound-complex

Since the team was falling behind = dependent

The coach substituted the starters with the bench players = independent

they managed to score the winning goal = independent

Subjects = team, coach, they

Complete predicates = was falling behind, substituted the starters with the bench players, managed to score the winning goal

500

What's the difference between a clause and a phrase?

A clause must have a subject and predicate and a phrase doesn't

500

How many years have I taught at WHS?

Which two other schools have I taught at in the district?

3

ERHS and WMS

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