Adverbs
Identify the (3) adverbs in the following sentence:
Dermot happily sang loudly and proudly on stage.
What is: happily; loudly; proudly.
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentence:
You have to finish your vegetables before you can eat dessert.
What is:
Independent: You have to finish your vegetables.
Dependent: Before you can eat dessert.
Fix the following run-on sentence in one of the four ways you have learned:
Devyn wasn't sure how to talk to Mets fans he was nervous.
What is:
Devyn wasn't sure how to talk to Mets fans. He was nervous.
Devyn wasn't sure how to talk to Mets fans; he was nervous.
Because Devyn wasn't sure how to talk to Mets fans, he was nervous.
Devyn wasn't sure how to talk to Mets fans, so he was nervous.
Fix the fragment:
The dog in the yard.
What is:
The dog is in the yard.
The fragment was missing a verb (helping verb).
Choose the correct verb:
The colors of the rainbow is/are beautiful.
What is:
The colors of the rainbow are beautiful.
Identify the (3) adverbs in the following sentence:
Bode quickly ran toward home plate, eagerly and anxiously hoping to score.
What is: quickly; eagerly; anxiously.
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentence:
Joey ate french fries because he was hungry.
What is:
Independent: Joey ate french fries.
Dependent: Because he was hungry.
Fix the following run-on sentence in one of the four ways you have learned:
My aunt wanted a new car she bought a pink convertible yesterday.
What is:
My aunt wanted a new car. She bought a pink convertible yesterday.
My aunt wanted a new car; she bought a pink convertible yesterday.
Because my aunt wanted a new car, she bought a pink convertible yesterday.
My aunt wanted a new car, so she bought a pink convertible yesterday.
Fix the fragment:
Because Emma was happy.
What is:
Because Emma was happy, she smiled.
Fragment was missing an independent clause.
Choose the correct verb:
The books, which is/are on the desk, belong to the teacher.
What is:
The books, which are on the desk, belong to the teacher.
Identify the adverbs (3) in the following sentence:
The students rarely arrive late here.
What is: rarely; late; here.
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentence:
Since he was excited for Halloween, Neil bought a bag of Halloween candy in September.
What is:
Independent: Neil bought a bag of Halloween candy in September.
Dependent: Since he was excited for Halloween.
Fix the following run-on sentence in two of the four ways you have learned:
Winter is Samantha's favorite season she thinks the snow was beautiful.
What is:
Winter is Samantha's favorite season. She thinks the snow is beautiful.
Winter is Samantha's favorite season; she thinks the snow is beautiful.
Winter is Samantha's favorite season, because she thinks the snow is beautiful.
Because she thinks the snow is beautiful, winter is Samantha's favorite season.
Fix the following fragment and state what is missing:
After she went back to class.
What is:
Independent clause.
After she went back to class, she learned about art history.
Choose the correct verb:
The girls who went to the Olivia Rodrigo concert was/were amazed by her performance.
What is:
The girls who went to the Olivia Rodrigo concert were amazed by her performance.
Identify the adverbs (3) in the following sentence:
He biked incredibly cautiously home.
What is: incredibly; cautiously; home.
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentence:
Since he loves playing football he practices every day after school.
Independent: He practices every day after school.
Dependent: Since he loves playing football.
Fix the following run-on sentence in three of the ways you know how:
Jaxon loves watching baseball all season his favorite team by far is the Yankees.
What is:
Jaxon loves watching baseball all season. His favorite team by far is the Yankees.
Jaxon loves watching baseball all season; his favorite team by far is the Yankees.
Jaxon loves watching baseball all season, and his favorite team by far is the Yankees.
Because his favorite team by far is the Yankees, Jaxon loves watching baseball all season.
Fix the following fragment and state what is missing:
Since she loved animals.
What is:
Independent clause:
Since she loved animals, Anna adopted a dog from the animal shelter.
Choose the correct verb:
Neither Leo nor Sammy want/wants to stay inside for recess.
What is:
Neither Leo nor Sammy wants to stay inside for recess.
Identify the adverbs (3) in the following sentence:
The students often read quite quickly.
What is: often; quite; quickly.
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentence:
Since she loved board games she bought the collector's edition of monopoly.
Independent: She bought the collector's edition of monopoly.
Dependent: Since she loved board games.
Fix the following run-on sentence in all four of the ways you have learned:
Nora loves reading mystery novels with great plot twists she thinks suspense is the most interesting narrative device.
What is:
Nora loves reading mystery novels with great plot twists. She thinks suspense is the most interesting narrative device.
Nora loves reading mystery novels with great plot twists; she thinks suspense is the most interesting narrative device.
Nora loves reading mystery novels with great plot twists, and she thinks suspense is the most interesting narrative device.
Since she thinks suspense is the most interesting narrative device, Nora loves reading mystery novels with great plot twists.
Fix the following fragment and state what is missing:
Because she loves reading.
What is:
Independent clause.
Because she loves reading, she went to the bookstore and bought five new books.
Choose the correct verb:
The students want/wants to have brownies for dinner.
What is:
The students want to have brownies for dinner.