PARTS OF A SENTENCE
What is the predicate of this sentence?
Mr. Pascual's coffee spilled all over the floor.
spilled all over the floor.
What kind of clause can make sense and stand on its own?
Independent Clause
Name the 3 sentence structures.
Simple, Compound, and Complex
TRUE OR FALSE
Simple sentences always uses FANBOYS.
FALSE; only compound sentences use FANBOYS
Rewrite this sentence to make it correct:
"Joe went to bed"
"Joe went to bed . "
(it was missing a period)
What is the subject of this sentence?
Mr. Cabrera’s amazingly talented choir class helped me to sing better.
Mr. Cabrera’s amazingly talented choir class
A complex sentence is built by joining a ______ and a(n) _______.
A complex sentence is built by joining a dependent clause and a(n) independent clause.
What sentence structure is this?
I like playing basketball, and my brother likes playing tennis.
Compound Sentence; "and" is a FANBOY
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For And Nor But Or Yet So
Rewrite this sentence to make it correct:
Maria ate chips but she has no water.
Maria ate chips , but she has no water.
(missing a comma)
What is a sentence? What are the 3 parts of a simple sentence?
A group of words joined together that makes sense; has a subject, predicate, and punctuation mark.
A compound sentence is built by joining a(n) ______ and a(n) _______.
A compound sentence is built by joining a(n) independent clause and a(n) independent clause.
What sentence structure is this?
I'll help you if you help me.
Complex Sentence; "if" is a subordinating conjunction
Use the correct FANBOYS to combine these two sentences:
The dentist gave me medicine. My tooth still hurts.
The dentist gave me medicine, BUT (or YET) my tooth still hurts.
Write a COMPLEX sentence using the conjunction "although."
Example:
Although they studied hard, they did not do well on the test.
EXPLAIN why it is important to use different sentence structures when we write.
Using different sentences makes our writing interesting, exciting, more detailed, and not boring.
What kind of clause is this? Explain why.
while I was doing my homework
Dependent Clause; "while" is a subordinating conjunction, and it doesn't make sense by itself.
What sentence structure is this?
Because I go to the beach often, my family thinks I live there, and I hate when they tease me about it.
Compound-Complex Sentence; it uses both a FANBOYS and a subordinating conjunction
List 10 different subordinating conjunctions (without using your cheat sheet).
Example:
before, after, while, although, because, if, when, whenever, since, as, even though
Rewrite this simple sentence as a COMPOUND sentence + a COMPLEX sentence.
"Dogs are cute."
Example:
"Dogs are cute, but cats are cuter." (compound)
"Because of their soft fur, dogs are cute." (complex)