This is the subordinate conjunction in the following sentence:
Before we begin, let me introduce the newest member of our team.
What is "before"?
100
A comma should be placed after this word in the following sentence:
Yesterday I studied hard for tomorrow's test so I should score well.
What is "test"?
100
This sentence type has 2 independent clauses and no dependent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
100
I did not hear what the teacher said.
What is 1 & 1?
100
Midas, whose touch turned everything to gold, has given us the expression "the Midas touch."
What is "Midas has given us the expression 'the Midas touch'"?
200
This punctuation mark can take the place of a conjunction in a compound sentence.
What is a semicolon?
200
A comma should be placed after this word in the following sentence:
When the conductor tapped her baton the orchestra fell silent.
What is "baton"?
200
It's the sentence type of this sentence:
The game of "cat and mouse" was begun thousands of years ago, and it will continue into the future as other cats and mice revel in hide-and-seek.
What is compound-complex?
200
Antique experts were called to the museum to restore the damaged goods.
What is 1 & 0?
200
The people who bought the old house will turn it into a hotel
What is "The people will turn it into a hotel"?
300
These are the 5 relative pronouns.
What are that, which, who, whose, & whom?
300
These 7 conjunctions can connect compound sentences with a comma. (You must name all 7)
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
300
It's the sentence type of this sentence:
Frank had a good sense of humor, so he laughed a lot.
What is compound?
300
Police were baffled; however, there were some clues because the intruders had left footprints as they left the scene of the crime.
What is 2 & 2?
300
When she had finished skating, the judges awarded the French skater, who was my favorite, the gold medal?
What is "the judges awarded the French skater the gold medal"?
400
When "after" is followed by only a noun phrase, as in "after the review game," it is a preposition. When "after" is followed by a subject and a verb it is called this.
What is a subordinate conjunction?
400
These 3 punctuation marks are used in a compound sentence joined by "nevertheless."
What are a semicolon, a comma, and a period?
400
It's the sentence type of this sentence:
We could not play outside either Saturday or Sunday this weekend because of the cold weather and rain.
What is simple?
400
Even though an independent clause can make sense on its own, it makes more sense when a dependent clause is added.
What is 1 & 2?
400
Grendel, the monster that Beowulf slew, had dismembered many good men.
What is "Grendel, the monster, had dismembered many good men"?
500
FANBOYS are these kind of conjunctions.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
500
This type of comma error includes using only a comma without a conjunction, instead of a semicolon, in a compound sentence.
What is a comma splice?
500
Spell the other name for dependent clauses.
What is S-U-B-O-R-D-I-N-A-T-E
(S-U-B-O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-N-G)?
500
Although I have seen many bears in zoos, somehow seeing this one near my dinner, my cooler, and my tent etched a clearer picture in my mind of the danger that I faced than any previous glimpse from that safe zoo distance had done.
What is 1 & 3?
500
One planet that has often excited the imaginations of science fiction writers is Mars, which is sometimes called the red planet.