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A sentence missing one of these is considered a fragment.
What is "a subject or predicate."
100
To form a possessive of singular nouns ending with -s, do this.
What is "add an apostrophe and -s"
100
This verb tense describes an action that is happening right now.
What is "present progressive."
100
This is the simple past tense of "to buy."
What is "bought."
100
Fill in the blank: "Tom ______ for many hours before he performed in concert (to study)."
What is "had studied."
200
A run on sentence is often missing this.
What is "a conjunction."
200
To make a plural of a noun ending with an -o preceded by a consonant, do this.
What is "add -es, or sometimes -s"
200
This verb tense describes an action that took place at some point last year.
What is "present perfect."
200
This form of "to study" is used when the subject is "Dan and Andy" and the action continued over a period of time in the past.
What is "were studying."
200
Fill in the blank: "Jenny __________ the movie several times (to see)."
What is "has seen."
300
A mistaken student might accidentally use this to connect two sentences.
What is "a comma."
300
To make a plural of a noun ending with -y preceded by this, add -s.
What is "a vowel."
300
This verb tense describes an action that happened before another action in the past.
What is "past perfect"
300
This helping verb is used to form the present perfect tense.
What is "have or has."
300
Fill in the blank: "Jenny __________ the movie last weekend (to see)."
What is "saw"
400
These three things can be used to correct a run on sentence.
What is "a period, semicolon, or conjunction."
400
To make the possessive form of these words, you only add an apostrophe.
What are "plural nouns ending with -s."
400
This verb tense describes an action that was happening when a 2nd action occurred. For example, "I was eating breakfast when I received the good news."
What is "past progressive."
400
This helping verb is used with the singular subject "she" and a present progressive verb
What is "is"
400
Fill in the blank: "Before her most recent expedition, Beth ______ a mountain taller than 20,000 feet (to climb)."
What is "had never climbed"
500
This conjunction should be used to correct the following run-on sentence: "Lamar, a modest student, never expected accolades for his achievement, his friend Curtis often sought recognition and attention."
What is "but" (or any conjunction that shows contrast).
500
This noun completes the following sentence: "Jessie's family ____ driving in separate cars to the movie."
What is "are"
500
This verb tense describes an action that happened at a specific time in the past.
What is "simple past"
500
This form of the verb "to attend" is used with a plural subject to describe an action that began three years ago and still happens today.
What is "have attended."
500
Fill in the blank: "While Melissa ______ notes in class, her cell phone rang (to take)."
What is "was taking"