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Compound Subjects
Compound Verbs
Compound Sentences
Complex Sentences
Conjunctions
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Identify the compound subject in the following sentence. Handbags and wallets can be made from plastic.
Handbags and wallets
100
Identify the compound verbs in the following sentence. Children in the park jumped, played, or ran.
jumped, played, ran
100
A compound sentence is two sentence joined by a _____________ and a ____________.
comma and conjunction
100
What is the conjunction in the following sentence? I spotted the snake before it slid away.
before
100
Which conjunction fits best in the following sentence? Shall we sail now ______ wait until later?
or
200
The subject in a sentence is always what part of speech?
noun
200
Another name for a verb is a ___________.
predicate
200
Which conjunction fits best in the following sentence? Prehistoric people had no alphabet, _________ they drew signs.
but
200
The conjunction in a complex sentence can come at the _____________ or in the ____________ of the sentence.
beginning or middle
200
Which conjunction fits best in the following sentence? I brought the picnic lunch, _______ I forgot the juice.
but
300
Identify the compound subject in the following sentence. Is Kent, Ike, or Bea Davis buying plastic dishes?
Kent, Ike, or Bea Davis
300
Identify the compound verb in the following sentence. People opened umbrellas, hopped on busses, or dashed into stores.
opened, hopped, dashed
300
Make the following sentence compound. Will you go to Peru? Will you do more research?
Will you go to Peru, or will you do more research?
300
What type of conjunction does a complex sentence use?
subordinating
300
What is the conjunction "so" used for?
to show result
400
Identify the compound subject in the following sentence. Completely plastic houses and cities do not exist yet.
houses and cities
400
Identify the compound verb in the following sentence. A few were making faces or dancing in front of the camera.
were making, dancing
400
Is the following sentence compound or not compound? Why? Ancient people drew pictures but probably never saw any of them whole.
not compound - there are not two complete sentences
400
What is the conjunction in the following complex sentence? After I spotted the snake, it slid away.
after
400
What are the two types of conjunctions we have learned about?
coordinating and subordinating
500
Write a sentence with a compound subject.
Answers will vary.
500
Write a sentence with a compound verb.
answers will vary
500
What is wrong with the following sentence? Scientists have studied these pictures and many books have been written about them.
There needs to be a comma before "and".
500
Is the following sentence compound or complex? Tell me the conjunction. Snakes have no legs, but they can slither along the ground rapidly.
compound - but
500
List the seven coordinating conjunctions.
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so