Commas
Put a comma in the correct place in the following date:
July 4 1776
July 4th, 1776
Define what a “run-on sentence” is.
When two or more ideas are written in one
sentence without the correct punctuation.
Define what a “subject” is.
The who or what of a sentence that
is doing the action.
Define what a “noun” is.
A person, place, thing or idea
Fill in the correct form of to/two/too
for the following sentence:
We were ______ scared _____ dive.
We were too scared to dive.
Put a comma in the correct place
In the following sentence:
I went to the store to buy milk
cheese bread and apples.
I went to the store to buy milk,
cheese, bread, and apples.
Fix the following run-on:
My car is out of gas we cannot reach town before dark.
My car is out of gas. We cannot reach
town before dark.
Define what a “predicate” is.
The part of a sentence that describes
what the person or thing is doing. It
generally begins with a verb (action
word).
Identify the noun in the following sentence:
The dog was barking all night long.
dog
Define the word “homophone”.
Two words that sound alike but
are spelled differently and mean
different things.
Put a comma in the correct place
in the following sentence:
My two best friends Sara and Jennifer
went to the movies this weekend without me!
My two best friends, Sara and Jennifer,
went to the movies this weekend without me!
Define what a “sentence fragment” is.
A sentence that does not have a
complete idea. It may be missing
a subject, verb or other information.
Identify the subject in the following sentence:
All of the students were studying for the big
test last night.
All of the students
Find the pronoun in the following sentence:
He ate 14 candy bars!
He
Choose the correct homophone
for the following sentence:
I (eight/ate) a big dinner last night.
ate
Put a comma in the correct place
in the following sentence:
“I told him he could go” said Mom
“and that he shouldn’t be late.”
“I told him he could go,” said Mom,
“and that he shouldn’t be late.”
Fix the following sentence fragment:
Toys of all kinds thrown everywhere.
Toys of all kinds were thrown everywhere.
or
There were toys of all kinds thrown
everywhere.
Identify the predicate in the following
sentence:
The scientist could not explain why
certain particles react with one another.
could not explain why certain particles react with one another.
Define “pronoun”.
A word that replaces a noun
(examples: he, she, they, it, I, etc.)
Choose the correct homophone for
the following sentence:
Last I saw her, she was standing over
(their/there/they’re).
there
Put a comma in the correct place
in the following sentence:
Running towards third base he suddenly realized he wouldn’t make it in time.
Running towards third base, he suddenly
realized he wouldn’t make it in time.
Identify if the following is a run-on
or fragment:
Some of the students working in Professor Espinoza's laboratory last semester.
fragment
Identify the subject and predicate in
the following sentence:
Yesterday was the longest day of my life!
Subject: Yesterday
Predicate: was the longest day of my life!
Replace the noun with a pronoun in
the following sentence:
Yesterday Anna and Mary went to the
store to buy groceries.
Yesterday they went to the store to
buy groceries.
Choose the correct homophone for
the following sentence:
I wish I had (you’re/your) luck.
your