Conjunction Junction
Picky Predicates
Fragments, Run-ons, and Complex - oh my!
Sneaky Subjects
Types of Sentences
100
Name the three main conjunctions.
What is and, but, or?
100
What tells what the subject does, is, has, or feels?
What is the predicate?
100
A sentence that is missing either a subject or a predicate. It is incomplete.
What is a fragment?
100
What part of the sentence tells whom or what the sentence is about?
What is the subject?
100
A type of sentence that makes a statement and ends in a period.
What is a declarative sentence?
200
Name the conjunction: Not only St. Cecilia's but also St. Augustine's are incredible Catholic schools?
Not only...but also.
200
What is the complete predicate in, "We went to the store?"
What is a complete predicate?
200
A sentence that contains more than one sentence and is grammatically incorrect. To fix it, you need to separate it into multiple sentences, add a conjunction, or add punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence.
200
What is the complete subject in, "The talkative class did not get their work done."
What is, "the talkative class?"
200
What type of sentence asks a question and ends in a question mark?
What is an interrogative sentence?
300
___________ you can drink chocolate milk _____ or you can drink water.
Either...or.
300
What is the simple predicate in the sentence: "The fiesty Maria ran quickly to the softball field."
What is ran?
300
Three ways to correct a run-on sentence.
What are: separate into two/more sentences, add a conjunction, or add a semicolon.
300
What is the simple subject in the following sentence: The determined Marco Polo visited China from 1275 - 1292.
What is Marco Polo?
300
What is a sentence that shows excitement or strong feeling and ends in an exclamation point?
What is an exclamatory sentence?
400
Fix the sentence fixing the conjunction: "Mix a quart of juice but a liter of water."
What is and?
400
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? "She answered questions about grammar and helped find the answers in the grammar book."
What is "answered" and "helped"?
400
Fix the following run-on: Miguel cares about our class, he will listen to everyone's ideas.
What is, "Miguel cares about our class, and he will listen to everyone's ideas.
400
What is the subject in the following sentence? "Mike, Joe, and Carlos will repaint the garage in the afternoon on Sunday."
What is Mike, Joe, Carlos?
400
What type of punctuation can an imperative sentence end in?
What is an exclamation mark and a period?
500
What is the actual name of conjunctions like "and, but, or?"
What is coordinating conjunctions?
500
A compound predicate is joined by what type of word?
What is a connecting word (or a conjunction)?
500
How is a compound sentence different from a complex sentence?
What is - a compound sentence has two independent clauses, or simple sentences, joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction, while a complex sentence has a mixture of an independent clause and a dependent clause and a subordinating conjunction?
500
Please tell me about them. What is the subject?
What is a you?
500
What is always the subject of an imperative sentence?
What is (you)!