Punctuation Basics
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
Semicolon
A sentence that has one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
What is a simple sentence?
In this error, the subject and verb do not match in number.
What is subject-verb agreement?
A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in this.
What is number (and gender)?
This reusable water bottle brand caused near riots at Target and is now a personality trait.
Stanley cup
This mark is used to show possession or form contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
A sentence that incorrectly joins two independent clauses without proper punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence?
Choose the correct form: “Everyone ___ ready for the test.”
What is is?
In “The student forgot their book,” “student” is the _____.
What is the antecedent?
This term refers to younger kids who obsess over skincare and take over Sephora.
What are Sephora kids?
You use this punctuation to separate items in a list.
What is a comma?
This type of sentence begins with a dependent clause and needs a comma.
What is a complex sentence?
This tense shows something that already happened.
What is past tense?
“Me and him went to the store” should be corrected to this.
What is “He and I went to the store”?
This artist released the album SOS and the song “Kill Bill.”
Who is SZA?
This punctuation introduces a list or explanation after a complete sentence.
What is a colon?
A group of words that has a subject but no verb.
What is a fragment?
“She has ran to school” should be corrected to this.
What is has run?
This pronoun refers back to the subject.
What is a reflexive pronoun?
This reality dating show features hot singles in a villa and nonstop recoupling drama.
What is Love Island?
This punctuation is used to set off extra, nonessential information.
What are parentheses or commas?
This is the main part of a sentence that contains the subject and verb.
What is an independent clause?
This verb tense shows something happening right now.
What is present tense?
“Its” vs. “It’s”: One shows possession, the other shows this.
What is a contraction?
This phrase means someone is being dramatic for no reason.
What is “doing too much”?