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Sentence Types
FANBOYS
Parts of a sentence
Punctuation
100
A compound sentence
What is a sentence with two independent clauses?
100
And
What does A in FANBOYS stand for?
100
Noun
What is a word that is a person, place, or thing?
100
Punctuation that occurs at the end of a sentence.
What is a period?
200
Independent clause
What is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb, and can function as a sentence?
200
Yet
What does the Y of FANBOYS stand for?
200
Verb
What is an action word?
200
Punctuation that occurs at the end of a sentence that expresses emotion.
What is an exclamation point?
300
Dependent clause
What is the part of a sentence that is not complete, but includes a subject and a verb.
300
Coordinating conjunctions
What is FANBOYS used for to help remember?
300
Adjective
What is a word that describes a noun?
300
Punctuation that occurs in the middle of a sentence, indicating a break in thought process.
What is a comma?
400
Construct a dependent clause
Must include a subject and a verb, but does not function as a completed sentence.
400
List out FANBOYS
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
400
Construct a sentence using at least three nouns.
Sentence must have at least three nouns, and one verb.
400
Construct a sentence with a question mark.
Sentence must be a question with a subject and verb.
500
Construct a compound sentence.
Sentence should include two independent clauses.
500
Construct a compound sentence using one FANBOYS word.
Sentence should be a compound sentence, using For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, or So
500
Construct a sentence using an adjective.
The sentence must include a noun, a verb, and an adjective describing the noun.
500
Construct a sentence using two commas.
Sentence must have at least one noun and one verb, using two commas. May separate a list.