Commas or Semicolons
In a series of three or more items, what is the punctuation mark used to separate the items?
What is a comma?
What is the past tense of the verb "sing"?
What is "sang"?
Provide at least three different prepositions.
What is in, on, at, over, between, etc.?
What is an appositive?
A noun or noun phrase that renames or provides additional information about another noun in a sentence.
What is the process of explaining the meaning of a word or concept?
What is define?
When should you use a semicolon instead of a comma in a sentence?
What is to join two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction?
What is the future tense of the verb "eat"?
What is "will eat"?
What can a preposition show?
What is time, place, or location?
Identify the appositive in the following sentence: "My best friend, Sarah, is coming over for dinner."
What is "Sarah"?
What is a claim?
What is a statement or assertion that something is true, often requiring support or evidence?
Correct the following sentence: "After we eat we will go to the park."
What is "After we eat, we will go to the park."?
What is the past perfect tense of the verb "drive"?
What is "had driven"?
In the sentence "The cat slept under the bed," what is the prepositional phrase?
What is "under the bed"?
Rewrite the sentence using an appositive: "My aunt Mary is a doctor."
What is "My aunt, Mary, is a doctor"?
What does it mean for a piece of art to evoke emotions?
What is to stir or elicit emotions or memories in the audience or viewer
Rewrite the following sentence using a semicolon: "I need to finish my homework, then I will go to the gym."
What is "I need to finish my homework; then I will go to the gym"?
What is the past perfect continuous tense form of the verb "to run"?
What is "had been running"?
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "The book is on the table."
What is "on the table"?
Provide an example sentence using an appositive to rename the subject
What is: "The famous actor, Tom Cruise, attended the event."
What does it mean to analyze something?
What is to examine or study something in detail, typically to understand its nature or to determine its components or structure?
Provide an example sentence where a comma is used to separate items in a series of adjectives.
What is "She wore a long, flowing, red dress"?
Provide an example sentence using the past perfect tense
What is: "She had already finished her homework when her friends arrived"?
Rewrite the following sentence by adding a prepositional phrase: "She walked."
What is "She walked to the store"?
Rewrite the sentence using an appositive: "The car belonging to my brother is parked in the driveway."
What is "My brother's car is parked in the driveway"?
What term describes evidence based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic?
What is empirical?