Punctuation 1
Putting your finger on the conjunction and asking if there is a complete sentence on either side.
How to know if you have a compound sentence.
The book over there, the red one, belongs to me.
the red one in this sentence is called
What is an appositive?
Correct the sentence:
I went too the store too see if too people could help me lift something that is too heavy for me too lift by myself.
I went to the store to see if two people could help me lift something that is too heavy for me to lift by myself.
Correct this sentence:
On monday i'm going to the Zoo.
On Monday I'm going to the zoo.
Number of steps in writing the GED essay.
What are 7?
These are needed to make a complete sentence?
What are a subject and a predicate (verb).
A sentence with 1 subject and 2 predicates (verbs).
What is a compound predicate.
It comes after a colon.
What is a list?
Its without an apostrophe is what?
Possessive
Correct this sentence:
I went to the Doctor whose office is in the Western Union building on main street.
I went to the doctor whose office is in the Western Union Building on Main Street.
The first step in writing the GED essay?
What is read each article and highlight the evidence.
"Jumped up and grabbed the rope" needs this to be a complete sentence.
What is a subject?
How should this be punctuated?
If you wouldn't mind Mary I would like to leave soon.
If you wouldn't mind, Mary, I would like to leave soon.
Number of commas that should be in this sentence:
She sat near the ocean on a towel in her t-shirt and jeans with a cold glass of water in her hand.
What is 0?
She sat near the ocean on a towel in her t-shirt and jeans with a cold glass of water in her hand.
Is this statement a fact or an opinion
A fact is never an opinion and an opinion is never a fact.
Fact.
A fact is never an opinion and an opinion is never a fact.
The sentence that doesn't have an error:
1) I love Washington park.
2) My classes at school are Art, Spanish, and History.
3) Valentine's day is on tuesday.
4) The Mediterranean Sea is in Israel.
4) The Mediterranean Sea is in Israel.
The number of sentences in the introduction paragraph and the number of sentences in the concluding paragraph.
What is 2 and 2?
"I do it."
What type of word needs to be added to this in order for it to sound grammatically correct?
What is a helping verb?
Commas are placed where in this sentence:
I sat on a bench ate my lunch and took a short nap.
I sat on a bench, ate my lunch, and took a short nap.
The 2 rules for the correct use of a semi-colon.
What are it
1) separates two sentences
2) the two sentences must be closely related in topic?
When writing the beginning of a letter which words are capitalized?
All of them.
Number of capitalization errors are in this sentence:
I'm reading a book called The Cat In The Hat on my drive South.
What is 3?
The GED essay is one of these:
persuasive
expository/explanatory
narrative
What is persuasive?
"They cleaned the house they wanted to go meet some friends."
Two ways to correct this run-on.
What is
1) a comma and a conjunction.
2) a semi-colon
3) a period
A target word starts this kind of sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
Number of apostrophes that should be in this sentence.
Its exterior wall shows all of the 100 cats names.
What is 1.
Its exterior wall shows all of the 100 cats' names.
When writing the ending of a letter which words are capitalized?
Only the first letter.
Correct this address:
Becca chase
2345 sw water st.
Beaverton, or. 98787
Becca Chase
2345 SW Water St.
Beaverton, Or. 98787
The evidence is this sentence in the body paragraph.
What is the 2nd sentence?
Three names for an incomplete sentence.
What are clause, fragment, phrase?