The Compound Sentence
What is a compound sentence?
What is the difference between a dependent clause and an independent clause?
Is this in the active or passive voice? I am annoyed by you.
Read the following sentence: “The teacher stated, ‘Everyone needs to settle down!” Should the word “everyone” be capitalized?
Do you underline or use quotation marks? A book.
List all of the FANBOYS.
What is a complex sentence?
Is this in the active or passive voice? I rode the bus.
Add punctuation to the following sentence: Kelly said Kim wants to play outside.
What is the purpose of the ellipsis mark?
What are the two ways to combine two independent clauses?
Identify the dependent clause in this sentence: “I will go to the baseball game unless my baby is too cranky.”
What key word often indicates that something is written in the passive voice?
Add punctuation to the following sentence: Where will you go she asked.
Do you underline or use quotation marks? An online article.
Determine whether a comma is needed in the following sentence: “I would love to make pizza or eat out.”
Change the following so that the dependent clause comes first (D, I): “I love to dance although I am not good at it.”
Rewrite this sentence in the active voice: Bagels were carried by the French man.
Add punctuation to the following sentence: The teacher said that the project was due tomorrow.
If you use a colon to introduce a list, what must come before the colon?
Find the problem with the following sentence: “We can’t let them ruin Christmas; for that would be awful.”
Change the following so that the dependent clause comes second (ID): “After taking a quick shower, Robert went to bed.”
Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice: Leonard is conducting a study.
Add punctuation to the following sentence (and capitalize as necessary): I don’t believe you he yelled you never tell the truth!
Where should you place the colon in this sentence? “I need to buy donuts, cantaloupe, tissues, and soup.