Subjects and Predicates
The complete subject of the sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
What is 'The quick brown fox'?
This type of sentence expresses a command or request.
What is an 'imperative sentence'?
This part of a sentence can be described as the action word or state of being.
What is 'verb'?
This is often an incomplete sentence that lacks a subject or verb.
What is a 'sentence fragment'?
These occur when two or more independent clauses are incorrectly joined without punctuation or a conjunction.
What is a 'run-on sentence'?
Identify the simple predicate in the sentence: 'She ran swiftly to catch the bus.'
What is 'ran'?
The type of sentence that asks a question.
What is an 'interrogative sentence'?
The word in a sentence that takes the place of a noun.
What is 'pronoun'?
Identify the fragment: 'Barking loudly at the moon.'
OR
'The werewolves are barking loudly at the moon.'
What is the fragment 'Barking loudly at the moon'?
Run-on sentences can often be fixed using this mark of punctuation.
What is a 'period' or a 'semicolon'?
In a sentence, this term refers to the noun or pronoun performing the action.
What is 'subject'?
Term for a sentence that makes a statement.
What is a 'declarative sentence'?
This word connects phrases or clauses in a sentence.
What is a 'conjunction'?
Identify the fragment:
We love walking our dogs.
OR
Walking our dogs.
What is "Walking our dogs"?
One way to correct a run-on sentence without using a period.
What is 'adding a conjunction'?
The term for two or more verbs joined by a conjunction in a sentence's predicate.
What is a 'compound predicate'?
Identify the sentence type: "What an amazing sight!"
What is an 'exclamatory sentence'?
The noun that comes before the direct object and indicates to whom or for whom the action is done.
What is an 'indirect object'?
Identify the fragment:
When we swim.
We swim at the high school pool.
What is "When we swim"?
Join these two sentences using an appropriate conjunction: "I love pizza I eat it often."
What is 'I love pizza, and I eat it often'?
Find the compound subject of this sentence: 'Both the teacher and the principal were at the meeting.'
What is 'the teacher and the principal'?"
This type of sentence contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is a 'complex sentence'?"
In the sentence 'She called the boy a genius', the word 'genius' is the...
What is an 'object complement'?"
Correct this fragment:
"Although it was raining."
What is "Although it was raining, we went outside. "
The teacher will make the final decision.
Correct this run-on: 'She enjoys swimming it is her favorite hobby.'
What is 'She enjoys swimming; it is her favorite hobby' or 'She enjoys swimming, and it is her favorite hobby'?"