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Punctuation
Coordinating Conjunctions -
"FANBOYS"
Run-On Sentences
Essay Writing Strategies
Frequently Misspelled Words
100
It's used at the end of a sentence when making a statement or command.
What is a period?
100
This conjunction means "opposite".
What is "but" or "yet"?
100
If you find these in the middle of a sentence, you may have a run-on.
What is "I, you, he, she, it, we, they"?
100
These two resources can be used to help with vocabulary and spelling.
What are a dictionary and thesaurus?
100
This is the spelling of a contraction for "it is".
What is "it's"?
200
It's used to combine two sentences.
What is a semicolon?
200
This conjunction means "equal" or "both".
What is "and"?
200
These are conjunctions that are used to combine two sentences.
What is FANBOYS?
200
These are the two kinds of STAAR essays.
What are personal narrative and expository?
200
This is the spelling of the possessive form for the word "it".
What is "its"?
300
They're used before and after someone is speaking.
What are quotation marks?
300
This conjunction gives you a choice.
What is "or"?
300
They are a period and a capital letter, a semicolon, and a comma with a FANBOYS word.
What are the three ways to fix a run-on?
300
These are words that you should never start an essay with.
What are "Hi, my name is. . ." or "I'm going to tell you about. . ."?
300
This word is the spelling of a pronoun used to refer to a place.
What is "there"?
400
It's used at the end of a sentence when asking a question.
What is a question mark?
400
This conjunction is used to show a result.
What is "so"?
400
You must have these to form a complete sentence.
What are a subject and a predicate?
400
They are the three parts of BA-DA-BING writing.
What are "where you were", "what you saw", and "what you thought".
400
This word is the spelling of the possessive form for the word "them".
What is "their" or "theirs"?
500
It's used at the end of a sentence when expressing strong emotion.
What is an exclamation point?
500
This conjunction means "because".
What is "for"?
500
This alone will not fix a run-on.
What is a comma?
500
These are the four steps of the writing process.
What are brainstorming, outline, rough draft, and final draft?
500
This is the spelling of a contraction meaning "they are".
What is "they're"?