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Sentence Patterns
Subject-Verb Agreement
Paragraph Elements
Numbers, Abbreviations, and End Marks
Irregular Verbs
100
This is the number of traditional sentence patterns.
What is four
100
Since a verb must agree with its subject in number, this is the verb that correctly completes the following sentence: The cost of personal calls made on office telephones (is, are) deducted from our pay.
What is "is"
100
The four goals of effective writing are to 1) make a point, 2) support the point, 3) organize the support, and 4) write error-free sentences. This is the part of a paragraph that accomplishes the first goal.
What is the topic sentence/thesis statement
100
Spell out numbers that take no more than this many words.
What is two
100
This is the verb form of "to sing" that correctly completes the following sentence: My grandma has _______ in the church choir for as long as I can remember.
What is sung
200
A sentence with a single subject-verb combination (e.g. "The girl ran.") is this type of sentence pattern.
What is a simple sentence
200
Prepositional phrases that come between the subject and verb of a sentence can often confuse subject-verb agreement. This is the prepositional phrase that separates the subject and verb in the following sentence: The electrical wiring in the house is hazardous and needs attention.
What is "in the house"
200
In order to be effective, a topic sentence must do two things. The first is to present the topic. This is the second.
What is to present your opinion about the topic
200
This is the reason why the number in the following sentence is spelled out: One thousand and six hundred undergraduate students at SBU are eager for next week to be over.
What is it starts the sentence
200
"Throwed" needs to be changed to this in the following sentence: Angry fans claimed the team had intentionally throwed the game.
What is thrown
300
The following sentence classifies as this type of sentence pattern: My toothache became worse, so I made an appointment with my dentist.
What is a compound sentence
300
This type of pronoun (e.g. anyone, everyone, somebody, nothing, each, and either) takes a singular verb, as in the following sentence: Each of the contestants is talented.
What is an indefinite pronoun
300
In the following list, each item is either the topic, the topic sentence, or a supporting detail. These are the supporting details. a. Classes do not meet during finals week. b. Finals week is the best week of the semester. c. Finals week. d. Students get to go home as soon as their finals are complete.
What is "a, d"
300
This is the punctuation mark used to indicate that a word has been abbreviated.
What is a period
300
These forms of the verb "to see" correctly complete the following passage: My sister ______ well only when she wears her glasses. One time, she lost her glasses and thought she ______ Brad Pitt at the mall, when all she had really _______ was a mannequin inside a department store.
What is sees, saw, seen
400
Dependent-word phrases (e.g. after, although, because, before, since, unless, when, while, etc.) combined with a complete statement create this type of sentence pattern. The following sentence is an example of this pattern: When Liam submitted his last final of the semester, he became overjoyed.
What is a complex sentence
400
In the following sentence, a form of the verb "to give" needs to be entered in the blank. This word indicates whether that verb needs to be singular or plural: The Saturn is one of the small American cars that _______ high gasoline mileage.
What is cars
400
This is the easiest and most effective way to organize support within a paragraph.
What is transition words
400
This type of question does not receive a question mark, such as in the following sentence: My parents asked when I would be getting home for break.
What is an indirect question/quotation
400
The following verbs correctly complete the following sentence: When I get home for break, I plan to (lay, lie) on the couch and watch TV for an entire week straight; I will (rise, raise) only to go (set, sit) at the dinner table and eat.
What is lie, rise, sit
500
The following sentence would become a compound-complex sentence if one were to add this to it: After arriving home for break, Hannah was so excited that she couldn't decide what to do first.
What is another simple sentence
500
This verb correctly completes the following sentence: Neither the shirts nor the dress (are, is) ready to be picked up from the dry cleaner.
What is "is"
500
If the following sentence was used as an example for a supporting detail within a paragraph, it would be ineffective because it fails to do this: The firefighters take care of Tony; they do stuff for him.
What is create a visual
500
This is Mrs. Flynn's age.
What is twenty two
500
The following sentence is an example of this verb form: The boy had drawn a line in the sand.
What is past participle