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prePOSITION
All sentences have structure.
Run-on sentences and fragments are a huge problem that should be fixed immediately do not ever submit a paper with these mistakes they make you look like you talk really fast or talk like a robot.
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Suppose you traveled in time back to Rome in 20 B.C., and you came to the house of a senator.
What is "and"
100
Name three interjections...
What is Hooray! Yum! Cool! (answers may vary)
100
Identify the preposition in the sentence: The alarm clock beside my bed shows 6:30AM.
What is beside?
100
The part of a sentence that names who or what the sentence is about and does not include any describing words.
What is a simple subject?
100
Every player on the team
What is a fragment?
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Choose the line containing the error: A. Neither my brother B. and my sister C. like basketball. D. NO ERROR
What is B. and my sister
200
Ow! What just stung me? Name the Interjection.
What is Ow!
200
Name three prepositions...
What is about, above, against? (answers may vary)
200
The part of a sentence that tells us what the subject is doing.
What is a simple verb/predicate?
200
My friends and I walked on the beach it was a beautiful sunny day.
What is a Run-On?
300
Choose the line containing the error: A. Both pepperoni B. and sausage C. are pizza topping choices. D. NO ERROR
What is D? NO ERROR
300
You found a good movie to watch? Excellent! Name the Interjection.
What is Excellent?
300
Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: The actor in the movie is very funny.
What is in the movie?
300
Identify the simple subject: The Chicago Fire Department rushes to many emergency calls.
What is Chicago Fire Department?
300
Identify the mistake: The basketball team won their first home game!
What is NONE? This is a complete sentence.
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Their palace grounds contain not only gardens, but also ponds.
What is not only and but also?
400
Interjections add what to a sentence?
What is show emotions or strong feelings?
400
What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence: On Friday, we will take our grammar test.
What is On Friday?
400
Declarative Sentence (what it does and ends with)
What is gives a statement, ends in a period?
400
Describe what a fragment can be missing
What is a subject, predicate/verb, punctuation, conjunction or all of the above?
500
Neither wealth nor power are the keys to happiness. Name the conjunction(s)?
What is neither, nor?
500
What do interjections end with?
What is a comma or exclamation point?
500
Explain what a preposition is and what a prepositional phrase does in a sentence?
What is a word that gives the position of an object, OR a relationship between nouns in a sentence. Prepositional phrase gives you the preposition, and the object it relates to.
500
Name the three other kinds of sentences and tell what they do.
What is: Interrogative- asks a question Imperative- tells someone to do something/command Exclamatory- shows strong feeling or emotion
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Describe what needs to be added to the sentence to keep it ONE complete sentence, instead of a run-on: The Sahara Desert covers an area about the size of the United States it extends into ten African countries.
What is add a comma after States/ or you can add the conjunction "and"?