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100

A group of words that does not express a complete thought.

What is a fragment.
100

This type of clause expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence.

What is an independent clause.


100

Find the subject in the following sentence:

The ancient Romans portrayed important events in their murals.

Who are Romans.

100

Identify five pronouns.

What are he, she, her, him, them, they, I, us, it, we, me, you, hers, his, its, mine, my, our, ours, their, theirs, your, yours, anybody, anyone, both, each, everybody, everyone, few, many, neither, no one, nobody, one, several, somebody, someone
100

Most verbs are action verbs, however this type of verb does not express an action. It connects the subject to a word that renames or describes it. For example,

Red is a bright color.

What is a linking verb.
200

A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb, and expresses a complete thought.

What is a sentence.


200

This type of clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a sentence.

What is a subordinate or dependent clause

200

Find the predicate (verb) in the following sentence:

She painted for many years in New Mexico.

What is painted.

200

Identify the two nouns in the following sentence as either common or proper:

Amelia Earhart was a famous pilot.

What is Amelia Earhart (proper), and pilot (common).

200

Identify both the helping and main verbs in the following sentence:

She has taken painting classes.

What is has (helping verb) and taken (main verb).

300

This kind of sentence contains one independent clause and no subordinate clauses. 

*HINT: complex, simple, or compound

What is a simple sentence.

300

Is the underlined clause in the following sentence independent or subordinate?

Before he went to his grandma's house, he baked her a cake and bought her flowers.

What is a subordinate clause.


300

Identify both the subject and predicate in the following sentence:

Barbara Minette was born on October 2, 1953.

What is Barbara Minette and was born.

300

This is the name of the word that takes the place of a pronoun. For example, it in the following sentence

The concert was incredible, but it was too short.

What is an antecedent. 

300

What is the past of the verb see.

What is saw.

400

This kind of sentence contains two independent clauses and no subordinate clauses.

*HINT: complex, simple, or compound

What is a compound sentence.

400

Find the independent clause in the following sentence:

I liked the new book because it was funny.

What is I liked the new book.

400

Find the subject in the following sentence:

Here is a picture of my family.

What is picture.

400

Find the direct object in the following sentence:

Billy threw the ball to Tony.

What is ball.

400

This is the past participle of play.

What is (had) played.

500

This kind of sentence contains one independent clause and at least 1 subordinate clause. 

*HINT: complex, simple, or compound

What is a complex sentence.

500

Find the subordinate clause in the following sentence:

Dave, whose real name is David, is a really funny guy.

What is whose real name is David.

500

Find the subject in the following sentence:

Look at this old newspaper I found!

What is you (understood subject).

500

Which is correct:

My best friends are Hannah and (her, she).

What is she.

500

This is the present participle of do.

What is (is) doing.