Parts of Speech
Identify the nouns in the sentence: "The cat sat on the mat"
cat and mat
Where does the comma go in this sentence? "After lunch we will play outside."
After "lunch"
Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? "She likes to read books, and he likes to play video games."
Compound
What is an independent clause?
A group of words with a subject and a verb (predicate) that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
"Because the rain wouldn't stop."
Fragment. It is a dependent clause and cannot stand alone.
What is the adjective in this sentence? "The tall tree swayed in the wind."
"tall"
"Its going to rain later." What is missing from this sentence
an apostrophe in it's
Combine these two simple sentences into one compound sentence: "I finished my homework. I went outside to play."
"I finished my homework, and I went outside to play."
Which words form the dependent clause?
"Although it was raining, the students went outside."
"Although it was raining"
What is wrong with this sentence?
"The bell rang everyone rushed outside."
It is a run-on sentence. Two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or a conjunction.
Identify the verb in the sentence: "She quickly ran to the store."
"ran"
Where does the apostrophe go?
"The dogs toys are in the yard."
(The toys belong to one dog.)
in between g and s in 'dogs'
Identify the independent clause in this sentence: "Because it was raining, we stayed indoors."
"we stayed indoors"
Where does the comma belong?
"Because the bus was late we missed the movie."
After "late." The introductory dependent clause needs a comma before the independent clause.
Repair this sentence:
"The movie ended, we went home."
"The movie ended. We went home."
Also accept a semicolon or a comma with an appropriate FANBOYS conjunction.
Which word is the adverb? "He spoke softly during the meeting."
"softly"
Identify both errors:
"i am going home"
Capitalize "I" and add a period.
Rewrite this simple sentence as a complex sentence: "He was tired. He went to bed early."
Because he was tired, he went to bed early
Why is a comma needed?
"I wanted to go outside, but it was raining."
Because "but" is a FANBOYS conjunction connecting two independent clauses.
Turn this fragment into a complete sentence:
"Although we studied for hours."
Although we studied for hours, we were still nervous.
Other grammatically correct completions are acceptable.
In the sentence, "The curious student eagerly asked the teacher a question," identify the adverb and verb
eagerly and asked
What punctuation can join these two sentences?
"The rain stopped. The sun appeared."
A semicolon.
The rain stopped; the sun appeared.
Change the following simple sentence into a complex sentence by adding a dependent clause: "She studied hard for the exam."
"She studied hard for the exam because she wanted to get the highest score in the class."
Why is no comma needed?
Maya finished her homework and went outside.
Because "and" is not connecting two independent clauses.
Identify the error and repair it:
"The storm ended, then we went outside."
Comma splice.
The storm ended. Then we went outside.
A semicolon or comma plus FANBOYS also works.