Connecting Clauses 1
An _______________ is a clause that can stand on its own as a sentence. It contains both a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
A _____________ occurs when two independent clauses are joined by only a comma.
What is a comma splice?
Select the verb option that agrees with the subject(s): "Peonies and dahlias ___ blooming our garden." [is / are]
What is "are"?
Select the option that best maintains verb tense consistency: "This is my favorite store! It ______ the cutest gifts." [sells / sold]
What is "sells"?
Select the pronoun that agrees with its antecedent(s): "Mariah and Vivian are running together for student council president and vice-president, and ____ campaign is off to a strong start." [her / their]
What is "their"?
The boldfaced portion is a ___________ clause: "After she finished her exams, she slept for 12 hours."
What is dependent?
The boldfaced portion is a _____________ clause: "We went into the library for shelter while it stormed."
What is independent?
Select the verb option that agrees with the subject(s): "One of us ____ to go first." [has / have]
What is "has"?
Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "If the skies look clear tomorrow morning, they _______ the graduation ceremony outside." [hold, will hold, have held]
What is "will hold"?
Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "This shop is raising ____ prices." [its / their]
What is "its"?
A dependent and an independent clause can be joined by a ________.
What is a comma?
Two independent clauses can be joined by a comma followed by a _______________.
What is a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)?
Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "A pod of dolphins ____ swimming across the bay." [is / are]
What is "is"?
Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "I was swimming with my friends when the thunderstorm ______." [starts, started, had started]
What is "started"?
Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "Marisol wrote a list of the school supplies she needs, and she put ___ by the front door so that she won't forget to go shopping." [it / them]
What is "it"?
FANBOYS stands for...
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?
The following sentence is a comma splice. To fix it, you could replace the second comma with a ___________: "On the whole, this review paints a negative picture of the film, however, the critic praises some performances."
What is a semicolon?
Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "Neither my teammates nor my coach _________ we need an extra practice before the game." [think / thinks]
What is "thinks"?
Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "Mariam is visiting her aunt tomorrow. They ____________ each other since Thanksgiving." [do not see, have not seen, had not seen]
What is "have not seen"?
Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "The team held _____ heads high despite a stinging defeat." [its / their]
What is "their"?
Fix this sentence: "Marina loves fashion, she dreams of designing her own label someday."
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Fix this sentence: "Ayesha and Mona are inseparable, they do everything together."
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Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "Each of the stamps in her collection, which spans more than seventy years of American history, __________ a unique design." [feature / features]
What is "features"?
Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "By the time my sister called me, I _________ the good news already." [heard / have heard / had heard]
What is "had heard"?
Select the option that best conforms to the conventions of standard English: "The chess club hosted _____ annual tournament this week." [its / their]
What is "its"?