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FANBOYS
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Valentine's Day Trivia
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The grammatical name of FANBOYS is
What are "coordinating conjunctions"?
100
What is a simple sentence?
What is one clause with a single subject/predicate.
100
A subject is______.
What is "the person, place, or thing in a sentence that is doing or being something."
100
Correct or not? Because Freemyer went to the store.
What is "Incorrect: AWWUBBISSS standing alone."
100
Who was the legendary Benedictine monk who invented champagne?
What is Dom Perignon.
200
Finish the phrase: Conjunction junction what's your function, hookin' up _________,___________, and ________.
What is "clauses, words, and phrases."
200
What is a compound sentence?
What is a sentence with more than one subject or predicate.
200
A "predicate" is__________
What is "the back half of the sentence including the verb and the complete thought about the subject".
200
Correct or Incorrect: Freemyer bought roses, but Kate didn't like flowers.
What is "Correct".
200
Which was Shakespeare’s most romantic play?
What is Romeo and Juliet?
300
Name all of the coordinating conjunctions in FANBOYS.
What are "For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So".
300
Simple or Compound? John fussed about his stomach ache.
What is "simple".
300
An "Independent Clause" is a _____________.
What is "Subject, verb, and complete thought."
300
What is the error? Freemyer proposed to Kate at Standing Bear Lake he did it with a tandem bicycle, kayaks, and a homemade picnic.
What is "comma splice error."
300
What was first created by Pope Gelasius in 500 AD, then deleted from the Roman Calendar of Saints by Pope Paul Vl in 1969?
What is Valentine's Day?
400
Is the following correct? Freemyer didn't have many friends in high school; but he was always close with his family.
What "No: FANBOYS use a comma, not a semi colon."
400
Simple or Compound? Johnny and Peter both fussed about their stomach aches.
What is "Simple". "Johnny and Peter" are the subject of a single independent clause.
400
A coordinating conjunction is _____________.
What is "a linking or connecting word that joins up words, phrase, and clauses."
400
Correct or Incorrect: Kate doesn't like it when Freemyer buys jewelry for her; she prefers if he cleans the floors.
What is "correct."
400
What was this fictional St Valentine being executed for?
What is "Performing marriages in secret, against the wishes of the emperor."
500
Is the following correct? Jack and Jill went up the hill but Jack lost his balance and rolled down like an idiot.
What is "No: THe independent clause "Jack and Jill went up the hill" needs a comma to connect with "but Jack lost his balance..."
500
Simple or Compound? John fussed about his stomach ache, and Peter told him to man up.
What is "Compound". "John" is the subject of one independent clause; "Peter" is the subject of another".
500
A semi colon is ____________.
What is "a punctuation mark that connects two related clauses."
500
Freemyer and Kate would have lived happily ever after, however, Abraham needs to stop crying first.
What is "Incorrect".
500
Today we associate love with the heart, but this wasn’t always the case. In medieval times, which internal organ was believed to cause love?
What is "the liver"?