Apes for Apostrophes
We use an apostrophe to put two words together. This is called a _____________.
What is a contraction
These are examples of ________ tense.
ate
ran
studied
walked
What is simple past tense?
These are people, placed, or things.
What are nouns?
Two complete sentences without correct punctuation
What is a run-on?
This type of sentence has one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
We also use apostrophes to show ______________.
These are examples of ____________.
is studying
is learning
is playing is running
What is present progressive tense?
These replace people, placed, or things.
What are pronouns?
This is an example of a ________.
Because she was late to school.
What is a fragment?
This type of sentence has two independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
We do NOT use an apostrophe to show that something is ___________.
What is plural?
When something is a habit or routing, we use this tense.
What is simple present tense?
These describe words that show action?
What are adverbs?
Correct the fragment.
She missed the bus. Because she was late.
What is connect "She missed the bus" to "because she was late."
A compound sentence needs a comma and a __________.
What is a coordinating conjunction (or FANBOYS)?
These are all examples of __________.
can't
I'm
you're
He's
What is contractions?
When something is a fact, we use this tense.
What is simple present tense?
These show relationships between words and phrases.
What are prepositions?
Use this punctuation mark to correct run-on sentences.
What is a period (or a semicolon or a comma + FANBOY)?
This sentence is an example of a _____________ sentence.
EX: My students will do great on the TABE post test because they've been working really hard.
What is a complex sentence?
To show ownership of the word bosses, you put the apostrophe _______________.
What is after the "s"?
When something happened at a specific known point in the past, we use this tense.
What is simple past tense?
There are only three of these in the English language.
What are articles?
This is a type of run-on sentence. Here are some examples of this type of run-on.
She woke up, she brushed her teeth.
The students completed their post test, they're ready for summer break!
What is a comma splice?
In a complex sentence, if the _____________ clause comes first and the _____________ clause comes second, you DO need a comma.
What is the dependent clause and what is the independent clause?