Name and Fix the Mistake
Went to the store.
Fragment. Add a subject. Example: I went to the store.
Cats, dogs, and rabbits are cute.
Simple
The happy mouse sang proudly to the beautiful moon. What is the subject of this sentence?
Mouse (simple subject)
The happy mouse (complete subject)
The trees swayed and the apples fell. What punctuation is missing from this sentence, and where should it go?
Comma, after "swayed" and before "and" - compound sentence
This sentence summarizes what a paragraph has discussed, and it should have about the same idea (but not exactly the same words) as the topic sentence
Concluding sentence
That party was fun I really liked it.
Run-on. Separate the two independent clauses. Example: That party was fun; I really liked it.
You didn't tell me because you were afraid.
The happy mouse sang proudly to the beautiful moon. Name the adjectives in this sentence.
Happy, beautiful
The trees swayed the apples fell.
Without adding any words - what punctuation do you need to add to fix this sentence, and where should it go?
Semicolon or period.
The trees swayed; the apples fell. OR The trees swayed. The apples fell.
Name two important things that you should do in the body of the paragraph.
Give details or supporting reasons, make sure that every sentence is related to the main topic and that you do not ramble, use transition words
I want a puppy. Because it will be fun to play with him.
The second sentence is a fragment because it is a dependent clause written on its own. Delete the period: I want a puppy because it will be fun to play with him.
Do you want to go to the city, or do you want to go hiking?
Compound
The happy mouse sang proudly to the beautiful moon. What is the adverb in this sentence?
proudly
Name three types of punctuation that can end a sentence.
Period, exclamation mark, question mark
Explain why this statement is wrong: Every paragraph must have five sentences.
You can have apples, you can have oranges.
Comma splice. Replace the comma with a period or add a coordinating conjunction: You can have apples, or you can have oranges.
Elizabeth lives in a large, tall house on a dairy farm in upstate New York.
Simple
The happy mouse sang proudly to the beautiful moon. What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?
I need to eat, because I am so hungry. What is incorrect in this sentence?
There should be no comma in a complex sentence when the dependent clause comes second. Delete the comma.
This is the term for the verb phrase of the sentence; it includes the verb and everything that comes after it. Along with the subject, it is one of two things that every sentence needs in order to be a sentence.
Predicate
She didn't do well on the test; because she didn't study.
The semicolon is being used incorrectly. Make sure that whatever is on each side of the semicolon is an independent clause. The easiest way to fix is to delete either the semicolon or the "because": She didn't do well on the test because she didn't study. She didn't do well on the test; she didn't study.
Unless you do something about it, the problem will continue.
Complex
The happy mouse sang proudly to the beautiful moon. What is the linking verb in this sentence?
Trick question. There is no linking verb. There is an active verb: "sang"
This type of punctuation mark separates independent clauses. It's similar to a period, but it shows that two independent clauses are related. What is this punctuation mark called?
Semicolon
The subordinating conjunction is the word in a complex sentence that begins a dependent clause. Name one example of a subordinating conjunction and use it in a sentence.
Possible examples: because, if, unless, until, when, since, before...
I like cheese because it is tasty.