TYPE 1
A sentence that includes a subject, verb, and a completed thought.
What is a simple sentence?
What is the subject?
A sentence made up of two independent clauses which are joined using a coordinating conjunction.
What is a Compound Sentence?
A sentence made up of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses connected to it.
What is a Complex Sentence?
The name of Ms. Balkan's cat.
What is "Buddy"?
"The snail and the worm" is an example of this type of subject.
What is compound subject?
What is the predicate?
The acronym for coordinating conjunctions that are used in compound sentences.
What is FANBOYS.
Complex sentences are joined using this type of conjunctions.
What are subordinating conjunctions?
The year that Ms. Balkan was in 6th grade.
What is "2010"?
What is a compound predicate?
TRUE OR FALSE: The subject ALWAYS comes before the predicate.
If you remove the conjunction from a compound sentence, you are left with this.
Two separate sentences / Two independent clauses / Two complete sentences.
TRUE OR FALSE: The independent clause always has to come first.
FALSE! The order of the clauses in a complex sentence does not matter.
The name of the show that just recently came out that Ms. Balkan is absolutely obsessed with.
What is "Fallout"?
TRUE OR FALSE: A simple sentence has to be short.
FALSE!
A simple sentence can be long.
"The purple and orange snail went all the way up the mountain on its own." is just as much of a simple sentence as "The cat ran."
Identify the SUBJECT in the following sentence:
The fire burned and crackled in the center of the room.
"The fire"
Join the following two simple sentences together to make a compound sentence:
"Kris went to the store." "Kris had to buy some milk."
MAKE SURE IT MAKES SENSE. Rewrite the WHOLE THING.
STUDENT CHOICE, but:
Kris went to the store, for Kris had to buy some milk.
Kris had to buy some milk, so Kris went to the store.
Kris went to the store, and Kris had to buy some milk....
List at least five subordinating conjunctions.
After, Although, As, Because, Before, Since, Though, Until, While, Even Though....
What Ms. Balkan drinks every morning.
What is "Dunkin Donuts" OR "Iced Coffee"?
List three of the four things that a simple sentence may include.
"Compound subjects", "Compound verbs", "Prepositional phrases", "Mixed Writing Elements"
Identify the PREDICATE in the following sentence:
Emily spent hours cooking a beautiful cake.
"spent hours cooking a beautiful cake."
List at least four of the six words that make up the acronym "FANBOYS".
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Rewrite the two sentences below and add a subordinating conjunction in order to make a complex sentence.
"Dave went to the store." "Dave went to school."
STUDENT CHOICE, but...
"After Dave went to school, he went to the store."
"Dave went to the store after he went to school."
"Before Dave went to school, he went to the store."
"Before Dave went to the store, he went to school."
Ms. Balkan's middle name.
What is "Nicole"?