Subject vs Predicate
In the sentence "The dog barked loudly," what is the subject?
What is "The dog"?
Name the type of sentence that asks a question.
What is interrogative
Name a coordinating conjunction from the FANBOYS list.
What is "and" (or "for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so")?
Find and fix the fragment: "Because she was late."
What is "She missed the bus because she was late."
Which type of sentence has one independent clause only?
What is "simple sentence"?
In the sentence "My sister baked a cake," what is the predicate?
What is "baked the cake"?
Which sentence type gives a command or tells someone to do something?
What is imperative?
Choose the subordinating conjunction in: "Because it rained, we stayed inside."
What is "because"?
Fix this run-on sentence by making it two sentences: "I finished my homework I played video games."
What is "I finished by homework. I played video games."?
Identify this as simple, compound, or complex: "Because the bell rang, the class stood up."
What is "a complex sentence"?
Name the subject in: "Every morning, the students read silently."
What is "the students"?
Identify the sentence type: "Wow, that fireworks show was loud!"
What is exclamatory?
Combine two short sentences using a coordinating conjunction and a comma: "I wanted pizza. I ate a sandwich."
What is "I wanted a pizza, but I ate a sandwich."?
Fix the run-on using a coordinating conjunction and comma: "The bell rang we left for recess."
What is "The bell rang, so we left for recess."?
Identify this as simple, compound, or complex: "Tom studied hard, and he passed the test."
What is "a compound sentence"?
Identify both subject and predicate: "The bright sun warmed the playground."
What is the subject, "the bright sun"?
What is the predicate, "warmed the playground"?
Tell the sentence type for: "The cat slept on the windowsill."
What is declarative?
Decide whether the conjunction is coordinating or subordinating: "Although"
What is "subordinating"?
Correct this fragment into a complete sentence: "Walking to the store with a red bag."
What is "She is walking to the store with a red bag."?
Turn this simple sentence into a compound sentence: "She read the book." Add a second independent clause about finishing homework.
Example: What is "She read the book, and she finished her homework."?
Rewrite the sentence "Raced down the hill." to make it a complete sentence by adding a subject.
"He raced down the hill." — What is a complete sentence with subject "He"?
Give an example (write one) of an exclamatory sentence about winning a race.
Example: "I won my first race!"
Join these ideas into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: "The dog chased the ball. The ball rolled into the street."
What is "After the ball rolled into the street, the dog chased the ball."?
Rewrite this run-on as one correct compound or complex sentence: "The storm started the lights went out we lit candles."
What is "The storm started, and the lights went out, so we lit candles." or "When the storm started and the lights went out, we lit candles."?
Create a complex sentence that uses a subordinating conjunction and includes both a subject and a predicate in each clause.
example: What is "Although it was late, Maria finished her project before dinner." — what is a complex sentence?