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Chapter 10
The Complete Sentence
Chapter 11
Fragments
Chapter 12
Run-ons and Comma Splices
Chapter 13
Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 14
Verbs
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Sentences have these three components.
What are a subject, a verb, and a complete thought?
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This constitutes a fragment.
What is a group of words that is missing one or more parts of a complete sentence?
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This occurs when two complete sentences are joined without any punctuation.
What is a run-on?
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This is subject verb agreement.
What is having the subject and verb MATCH or AGREE in number?
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This tells when the action of the sentence occurs.
What is verb tense?
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These parts of speech can be subjects.
What are nouns and pronouns?
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Often, these phrases cause fragments.
What are prepositional phrases?
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When two complete sentences are joined by a comma, this occurs.
What is a comma splice?
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These three tenses are used most often.
What are past, present, and future tense?
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This is the way we can identify regular verbs.
What are verbs that form their past tense by adding -d, -ed, or changing the "Y" to "I" and adding -ed?
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The subject of a sentence is never located in this.
What is a prepositional phrase?
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Fragments can start with these words that introduce dependent clauses.
What are dependent words (subordinating conjunctions)?
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These three ways (listed in chapter 12) can correct comma splices and run-ons.
What are 1) adding a period or semicolon; 2) adding a comma and a coordinating conjunction; and 3) adding a subordinating conjunction (dependent word).
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These are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person present-tense forms of the verb TO BRING.
What is I BRING, YOU BRING, HE/SHE BRINGS?
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This is the way we can identify irregular verbs.
What are verbs that do not follow the pattern of regular verbs forming the past tense?
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To eliminate confusion about the subject of a sentence, you might cross out all of these.
What are prepositional phrases?
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Fragments can be fixed in these two ways.
What is joining the fragment to the previous or following sentence AND what is making fragments into complete sentences?
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These are coordinating conjuctions.
What are the FANBOYS?
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Compound subjects require these kinds of verbs.
What are plural verbs?
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This is the best way to remember irregular verbs.
What is MEMORIZE THEM?
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These are the 3 kinds of verbs you will find in sentences.
What are action verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs?
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One or more of these is always missing in a fragment.
What is a subject, a verb, or a complete thought?
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When using dependent words (subordinating conjunctions) commas must be used in THIS instance, but not in THIS instance.
What is using a comma at the end of dependent clauses that start sentences, but NOT using commas when dependent clauses end sentences?
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These pronouns refer to unspecified people or objects and are often singular.
What are indefinite pronouns?
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These are the present and past tense forms of the verb TO BE...in first, second, and third person singular and plural.
What is (presente tense) I AM, WE ARE, YOU ARE, YOU ARE, and HE/SHE/IT IS, THEY ARE ... (past tense) I WAS, WE WERE, YOU WERE, YOU WERE, HE/SHE/IT WAS, THEY WERE