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Basics
Sentence Type 1
Sentence Type 2
Sentence Type 3
Wipe Off the Cobwebs!
100
What or who the sentence is about
What is a subject?
100
A simple sentence contains one of each of these.
What is a subject and a predicate?
100
This type of sentence has 1 and/or more subjects or 1 or more predicates.
What is Compound Sentence?
100
This sentence type has 1 or more dependent clauses with an independent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
100
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
200
What action the subject is doing
What is a predicate
200
True or False: Ms. Young LOVES reading stories with simple sentences.
False
200
Which acronym belongs with compound sentences? What does the acronym stand for?
What is FANBOYS?
200
What acronym belongs to Complex Sentences? What are the words in the acronym?
What is AAAWWUBIS?
200
An action word.
What is a verb?
300
This part of speech is always in a subject.
What is a noun?
300
Since a simple sentence makes sense on its own, it must be a(n) __________ clause.
What is independent?
300
True or False: There are dependent and independent clauses in compound sentences.
True. DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!
300
The following sentence is a complex sentence True or False: Because I needed cheese, I went to the store while the water was boiling. Explain how you know.
True. I found "because" and "while" which means there are two dependent clauses in this sentence.
300
These describe nouns. Name examples.
What are adjectives? Examples will vary.
400
This is always in a predicate
What is a verb?
400
This type of clause cannot be in a simple sentence because it doesn't make sense on its own!
What is a dependent clause?
400
The following sentence is a compound sentence True or False: Block 1, Block 2, and Block 3 are going to ace this test!
True.
400
These are Ms. Young's favorite type of sentences.
What are complex sentences?
400
These describe verbs. Name examples.
What are adverbs? Examples will vary.
500
Tell me the subject and predicate of the following sentence: Halloween is Ms. Young's favorite holiday.
The subject is "Halloween" The predicate is "is Ms. Young's favorite holiday"
500
The following sentence is a simple sentence True or False: As I went to bed.
False.
500
Create a sentence that has two subjects and two predicates.
Answers will vary.
500
Create your own complex sentence on the topic of Halloween.
Answers will vary.
500
This word is NOT an adverb, let alone a word.
What is "fastly"