Sentences
What are the 3 things that make a sentence complete?
Subject, action, complete thought
What is a clause?
A group of words with a subject and an action
Which type of clause is this?
Penn State won the game
Independent
Is the following statement a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?
Bands play music.
Complete
Is the following statement a complete sentence, fragment, or a run on?
The History Channel is Taylor’s favorite.
Complete Sentence
What is it called when a sentence is missing one of the necessary elements?
Sentence fragment
What are the 2 types of clauses?
Independent and dependent
Which type of clause is this?
as the concert started
Dependent clause
Is the following statement a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?
Hockey playoffs tomorrow at 4 PM.
Fragment
Where can you find the world's most crooked street?
San Francisco, California
What is it called when there are multiple subjects and actions that are not joined correctly?
Run-on sentence
What is the difference between an independent clause and a dependent clause?
Independent clause is a complete thought that can stand alone as a sentence, a dependent clause is an incomplete thought that cannot stand alone as a sentence.
Identify the types of clauses in the sentence below
Serena is an amazing tennis player, so she won a lot of championships.
Serena is an amazing tennis player - independent
she won a lot of championships - independent
Is the following statement a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?
If you want to go to college, you should go to Penn State because it is the best.
Complete sentence
What is the difference between a complete sentence and a clause?
A sentence MUST have a capital letter at the beginning, a period a the end and express a complete thought. A clause does not need any of those.
What do you need to correctly join 2 independent clauses?
comma and a FANBOYS word
What is the acronym (and what it means) the help you spot independent clauses
FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But Or, Yet, So)
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the sentence below
When I pressed the enter key, my computer crashed.
When I pressed the enter key - dependent
my computer crashed - independent
Is the following statement a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?
Nobody wants to sit next to Sally she smells bad.
What is a group of porcupines called?
A prickle
What do you need to join a dependent clause and an independent clause in one sentence?
AAAWWUBBIS word and, if the dependent clause is first, a comma
What is the acronym (and what it means) the help you spot dependent clauses?
AAAWWUBBIS (After, As, Although, When, While, Before, Because, If, Since)
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the sentence below
Because she failed English 9, Cheryl has to go to summer school, so she can be a 10th grader in the fall.
Because she failed English 9 - dependent
Cheryl has to go to summer school - independent
she can be a 10th grader in the fall - independent
Is the following statement a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?
Amanda stepped through the door and she saw her boyfriend on one knee.
Run on sentence
What is the title of everything we have read so far this year?
Hint: there are 6 titles
"Most Dangerous Game", "Cask of Amontillado", "Casey at the Bat", "Fifteen", "Twister Hits Houston", "New Directions"