Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
I wanted to go outside, but it started to rain.
What is BUT?
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence:
She took her baby to the park.
What are SHE and HER?
Identify the sentence type:
He won the tennis match.
What is SIMPLE?
True or False? The following sentence is a FRAGMENT:
While I was studying for my math test.
What is TRUE?
Identify the ADJECTIVE in the following sentence:
The brave explorer looked carefully around the cave.
What is BRAVE?
Identify the conjunctions in the following sentence:
Although she finished her dinner, she was still hungry and asked for more food.
What are ALTHOUGH and AND?
Give 2 examples of possessive pronouns.
What are HIS, HER, MY, MINE, THEIR, OURS, etc...?
This type of sentence uses a coordinating conjunction.
What is COMPOUND?
True or False? The following sentence is a RUN-ON:
The vacation was a disaster everyone got sick.
What is TRUE?
Identify the PREPOSITION in the following sentence:
Suddenly, a gigantic green frog leaped from the lily pad.
What is FROM?
Coordinating conjunctions combine....
What are independent clauses?
The type of pronoun that receives the action of the verb
What is an OBJECTIVE pronoun?
Identify the type of sentence:
They failed the test because they didn't study.
What is COMPLEX?
Name 1 way to correct a run-on sentence.
What is ADD A CONJUNCTION?
or
What is BREAK THE SENTENCE INTO 2 SIMPLE SENTENCES?
Identify the ADVERB in the following sentence:
The new student smiled awkwardly as she sat beside her friendly classmate.
What is AWKWARDLY?
Subordinating conjunctions combine...
What are dependent and independent clauses?
Identify the pronouns and types of pronouns used in the following sentence:
Our father took us on a trip to see several national parks, and he planned a surprise along the way.
What is POSSESSIVE (our), OBJECTIVE (us), and SUBJECTIVE (he)?
Identify the type of sentence:
I love going outside when the weather is warm.
What is COMPLEX?
True or False? The following sentence is COMPLETE:
Lisa tried out for the soccer team, she will find out tomorrow if she made the team.
What is FALSE?
This part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.
What is an ADVERB?
FANBOYS stands for....
What is FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO?
Give the definition of a subjective pronoun.
What is the subject of a sentence (who or what the sentence is about)?
A compound-complex sentence must have the following...
What is a dependent clause and 2 or more independent clauses?
Give 1 way that you could turn a fragment into a complete sentence.
What is ADD A SUBJECT?
or
What is ADD A VERB?
or
What is ADD AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
How many ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, and PREPOSITIONS are in the following sentence?
We drove slowly through the dense fog toward the distant city.
What is 5?
(2 adjectives: dense/distant; 1 adverb: slowly; 2 prepositions: through/toward)