What is the SIMPLE subject(s) in the following sentence:
Asteroids, meteors, and comets belong to our solar system.
Asteroids, meteors, comets
100
What is a complex sentence?
Has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses that are joined together with a subordinating conjunction.
100
Run-on, Comma Splice, Fragment, or Complete Sentence:
I didn't know which job I wanted I was too confused to decide.
Run-on Sentence
100
How can we fix this sentence so that there is parallel structure?
Mary likes to hike, swimming, and bicycling.
hiking, swimming, bicycling OR to hike, to swim, to bike
100
What is an independent clause?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb and CAN stand alone.
200
What is the SIMPLE predicate(s) in the following sentence:
Many English folktales start with the words, "Once upon a time."
start
200
T/F This a simple sentence: The cat and the dog ran and rolled around in the yard.
True
200
Run-on, Comma Splice, Fragment, or Complete Sentence:
The little house on the prairie.
Fragment
200
Is the following sentence clear or does it have a misplaced modifier:
Ralph piled all of his clothes in the hamper that he had worn.
misplaced modifier
200
What is a dependent clause?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb and CANNOT stand alone.
300
What is the COMPLETE predicate(s) in the following sentence: Will you feed the cat before you leave?
feed the cat before you leave
300
T/F This is a compound sentence: Soccer is played everywhere; I played soccer in England.
True
300
Run-on, Comma Splice, Fragment, or Complete Sentence:
Leaving her team at a time when we needed her.
Fragment
300
Correct the following sentence:
Griffin could not work on the project on vacation
On vacation, Griffin could not work on the project. OR Griffin, on vacation, could not work on the project.
300
What is the DEPENDENT clause(s) in the following sentence:
Before I go to school, I always pack a nutritious lunch.
Before I go to school
400
What is the COMPLETE subject in the following sentence: The girl with the big headphones ran over my foot with her bike.
The girl with the big headphones
400
Which type of sentence is the following sentence:
Alicia goes to the library and studies everyday.
Simple Sentence
400
Run-on, Comma Splice, Fragment, or Complete Sentence:
After the sixth inning, I went home, my family stayed.
Comma Splice
400
I almost failed every class I took. *Meaning he passed every class by close margin, re-modify to mean he did not pass most of his classes.*
I failed almost every class I took.
400
What is the INDEPENDENT clause(s) in the following sentence:
I absolutely hate chocolate, but I can't resist chocolate covered strawberries.
I absolutely hate chocolate AND I can't resist chocolate covered strawberries
500
What is the SIMPLE predicate(s) in the following sentence: The cheerleaders will have run up and down the court many times.
will have run
500
Which type of sentence is the following sentence:
Let's go back to the restaurant where we had our first date.
Complex Sentence
500
Run-on, Comma Splice, Fragment, or Complete Sentence:
Having prepared himself well for the realtor exams and having exhausted everyone in the family with his requests that someone help him with the true-and-false drills, Jeffrey, who had never been a particularly good student in high school, knew he was ready to take on the greatest challenge of his life.
Complete Sentence
500
How can we fix this sentence so that there is parallel structure?
The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much, and to do some warm-up exercises before the game.
that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much, and that they should do some warm-up exercises before the game.
500
What is the DEPENDENT clause(s) in the following sentence:
Juan and Maria went to the movies after they finished studying.