Where should the comma go?
After we are finished writing responses we are going to play Jeopardy to try and review some grammar skills.
What is after "responses" which is the end of the introductory phrase.
100
100 students share a bathroom. Spell how you would spell students to show belonging and add in the apostrophe
What is students'
100
What do you need in order to have a sentence?
a subject and a verb
100
Create a simple sentence.
Were you right?
100
In the morning, the sun rises, and you can see it from your window. In the evening, after all the light has dimmed, small, flickering stars slowly show up in the night sky.
2 Nouns
Where should the comma go? A Boston Terrier is cute but ugly at the same time.
What is after "cute" for contrasting elements
200
Who is that celebrity dating. How do you spell the conjunction of "who is?"
What is who's
200
John wanted to obey his mother, but Roy didn't listen to her, and he wanted to be free on his own.
RUN ON you can't join three sentences together:
John wanted
Roy didn't
he wanted
200
What makes a 1/2 complex (subordinate clause) piece in a sentence.
starts with a cause/effect word
has a mini sentence (subject and verb) inside of it
200
In the morning, the sun rises, and you can see it from your window. In the evening, after all the light has dimmed, small, flickering stars slowly show up in the night sky.
2 Verbs
rises, see, show
300
Where should the comma go? The most important comma has to do with joining sentences together and it is worse to leave it out than any other comma.
What is after "together" to join those sentences together.
300
If conflict belongs to Gabriel, how do you write it with an apostrophe to show possession?
What is Gabriel's conflict
300
With all the tension that the different characters feel, whether it was caused by personality, background, or a difference of opinions.
BAD. BAD SENTENCE. It is one long introduction but doesn't get to a subject or a verb.
300
Create a compound sentence and explain how to punctuate it.
Did you do it?
300
In the morning, the sun rises, and you can see it from your window. In the evening, after all the light has dimmed, small, flickering stars slowly show up in the night sky.
2 prepositions
In, up, from,
400
Where should the comma go? The morning tends to be a peaceful relaxing experience when we get a two-hour delay.
What is after "peaceful"
NEVER NEVER BEFORE WHEN PHRASES AT THE END OF A SENTENCE
400
To show belonging, if you're talking about two people, how would you do it?
Mr. Green and Mrs. Stritenberger field trip
What is Mr. Green and Mrs. Stritenberger's field trip. Only in the secondary area.
400
The mother, Elizabeth was patient with Roy and Gabriel didn't have much patience with them.
Run on! You need a comma as well as a conjunction to join two sentences together.
400
Which one of these two sentences is complex:
Even in the rain, Sarah walked to school.
Even though it rained, Sarah walked to school.
Even though it rained, Sarah walked to school.
it rained- mini-sentence (subject and verb) in that phrase
400
In the morning, the sun rises, and you can see it from your window. In the evening, after all the light has dimmed, small, flickering stars slowly show up in the night sky.
One ADVERB
slowly, after
500
Where should the comma go? In "The Rockpile" which was written in 1953 there is a dysfunctional family who is described.
What is after Rockpile, after 1953,
Information that not ESSENTIAL/NEEDED that is in the middle of a sentence
500
In the 1990s, music involved a lot of feedback and flannel and especially musicians' long hair. Do you need an apostrophe and where?
No, and no
500
Once she found out about Gabriel threatening to switch her son, Elizabeth stood up to her husband, and she told him that it was his own fault.
GOOD SENTENCE, 1+1 with a 1/2 phrase at the beginning.
500
In the morning, the sun rises, and you can see it from your window. In the evening, after all the light has dimmed, small, flickering stars slowly show up in the night sky.
Two Adjectives?