Building Sentences
What are run-on sentences missing?
Punctuation
Where does the comma go in a simple sentence?
None are needed usually
Subject and verbs must always match. True or false?
True
Parallel or not? Dogs that bark, kittens that meow, and parakeets squawking greet the pet shop visitors.
Not
What kind of phrase is used here? Tomatoes and avocados ARE EXAMPLES OF fruit.
synonym phrase
How can you tell when a sentence is a fragment?
It is an incomplete idea, missing a verb, or missing a subject
Where does the comma go in a compound sentence that uses a FANBOYS?
Before the FANBOYS
Singular subjects and singular verbs always have an s. True or false?
False
Parallel or not? During class, Sally spent her time painting her nails, texting her friends, and taking selfies.
Parallel
What two kinds of phrases are used here? WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, we can stop fasting.
Introduction clause and absolute phrase
Name the three kinds of sentences.
Simple, compound, complex
If a complex sentence uses a dependent clause first and then an independent clause, does it need a comma? And if so, where?
Yes, it needs a comma after the dependent clause.
Agree or disagree? Each of the students are going to the field trip.
Disagree, Each is going
Which part of the sentence is not parallel? Tommy looked everywhere for his bottle: in the fridge, in the car, and looked in his toy box.
And looked in his toy box
What are 3 examples of antonym phrases?
unlike, not examples of, as opposed to, on the other hand
What is the difference between independent and dependent clauses?
Ind can be their own sentence, dependent cannot
Place the punctuation correctly: I have a lot going on this weekend unfortunately I also need to study for finals.
; unfortunately,
Agree or disagree? Here is the books you will need for your course.
Disagree, here are the books
Which part of the sentence is not parallel? The manager wanted workers who arrive on time, will smile at customers, and who know the product.
Will smile at customers
What kind of phrase is caps here? I am exhausted today BECAUSE TOMMY DID NOT SLEEP.
Absolute phrase
What kind of sentence is this? When summer starts, I will be going to Florida, and then I will be ready for my family reunion.
Complex Compound
Place the punctuation correctly I will not be able to attend the graduation party this weekend because I have to finish my paper.
Agree or disagree? The teacher, not to mention her students, are excited for summer vacation.
Disagree, the teacher, not to mention her students, is excited
Rewrite the sentence so that it is parallel: I won’t buy that car because it is really very expensive, too unsafe, and too flashy.
Too expensive, too unsafe, and too flashy
What kind of phrase is caps here? The woman OVER THERE IN THE RED COAT wrote the book I am reading.
Participle phrase