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COMMAS
COMPOUND SENTENCES
CONJUNCTIONS
COMPOUND-COMPLEX
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
100
This is where the comma belongs in "Swords flashing our heroes dashed into action."
What is between "flashing" and "our"?
100
This is the correct way to punctuate "I love peanut butter my wife doesn't."
What is a semicolon between "butter" and "my"? I.E. I love peanut butter; my wife doesn't.
100
This FANBOYS conjunction shows cause and effect.
What is "so"?
100
A compound-complex sentence must have at least one of this type of clause.
What is a dependent clause?
100
What is a fragment? .
Name the type of problem writing that follows: "Because he came in through the window.
200
This is where the comma belongs in "The climbers must reach the summit today or they will have to turn back."
What is between "today" and "or"?
200
In the acronym "FANBOYS", it is what the "B" stands for.
What is "but"?
200
In the acronym "FANBOYS", it is what the "B" stands for.
What is "but"?
200
A compound sentence must have at least two of this type of clause.
What is an independent clause?
200
What is a run-on?
Give the name of the problem phrase that follows: "Antony and Manuel like to argue since they disagree a lot they argue all through class."
300
This is where the comma belongs in "Insisting everything be her way Aunt Emilia ruined the weekend for everyone."
What is between "way" and "Aunt"?
300
This is the correct way to punctuate "I love school however, I'm here so much that I'm getting tired of it."
What is a semicolon between "school" and "however"? I.E. "I love school; however, I'm here so much that I'm getting tired of it."
300
These conjunctions are used with a comma to create a compound sentence.
What are FANBOYS?
300
You will always find one of these two punctuation marks in the middle of a compound-complex sentence.
What is a comma or a semicolon?
300
What is a comma splice?
Name the problem phrase that follows: "Astrid likes to talk to her friends, they are very funny."
400
This is where the comma belongs in "Your cat watching the dog intently walked carefully away."
What is after "cat" and before "intently"?
400
This is the proper conjunction to use in place of "and" in "I like you a lot, and I don't love you."
What is "but"? I.E. "I like you a lot, but I don't love you."
400
Adverbial subordinate clauses always begin with these conjunctions.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
400
"I'm shivering, and I'm wearing my ski jacket and a wool sweater" is an example of this kind of sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
400
What are misplaced modifiers?
Name the problem in the sentence that follows: "Excited about tomorrow's field trip, the permission slips slowly trickled in from the students to Mr. Hasan."
500
This is where the comma belongs in "Jan's red snakeskin sandles looked great but the vinyl jacket ruined her costume."
What is between "great" and "but"?
500
This is the proper conjunction to replace "or" in "Growing up in Nigeria, I learned to treat all elders with respect, or that's also how I raised my own children."
What is "so"? I.E. "Growing up in Nigeria, I learned to treat all elders with respect, so that's also how I raised my own children."
500
Compound sentences can be created by joining two independent clauses with a semicolon and this conjunction.
What is the conjunctive adverb?
500
This conjunctive adverb is missing from the following sentence: "My nails are bitten to the bleeding point; ----, I often find spots of blood where my fingers have touched my clothes."
What is "therefore"? I.E. "My nails are bitten to the bleeding point; therefore, I often find spots of blood where my fingers have touched my clothes."
500
What is subject-verb agreement?
Name the problem in the sentence that follows: "Jeffree and Gerardo thinks they're doing a good job in writing the thesis sentence, but Mrs. Gowen gave them a bad grade anyway."