Complete Sentences
What two things make up a complete sentence?
What is a subject and a predicate.
Is the following word singular or plural?
Dogs
What is plural
Which FANBOYS word means "because"?
What is "for".
Should you ALWAYS use the RACES strategy when answering an SCR?
What is YES!
True or False: the comma goes BEFORE the FANBOYS word.
What is the subject of a sentence?
True or false: if a subject (noun) is plural, the verb must also be plural.
What is true
Which coordinating conjunction completes the sentence?
She was nervous, ____ she sang her solo anyways.
What is "but".
What do the R and A stand for in RACES?
What is "restate and answer".
Complete the following sentence:
Scissors (is/ are) too dangerous for little kids.
What is "are".
Which part of a sentence is the action/ verb or the part describing the noun?
What is the predicate.
Which word correctly completes the following sentence?
The dog (eat/ eats) three cups of food a day!
What is "eats".
Does the following sentence need a comma? If so, where?
I will finish my homework and go straight to bed.
What is no comma needed.
What does the C in RACES stand for?
What is cite evidence.
Go up to the whiteboard and fix the following sentence to be complete:
Paisley was so excited to go to the concert she couldn't decide what outfit to wear.
Paisley was so excited to go to the concert. She couldn't decide what outfit to wear.
OR
Paisley was so excited to go to the concert, but couldn't decide what outfit to wear.
Look at the following sentence and determine if it is complete, a run-on, or a fragment:
Jack went up the hill Jill went with him.What is a run-on.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
The noise of the fan’s screams (is / are) a problem at some football stadiums.
What is "are".
What does each letter of FANBOYS stand for?
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
What does SCR stand for?
What is short constructed response.
Which verb is plural?
runs
walks
jump
What is jump.
Look at the following sentence and determine if it is complete or a fragment. If it is a fragment, what is it missing?
In the wide open meadow where the wind gently blew.
What is a fragment missing a predicate.
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
Cheryl's brother (was / were) on the football team last year.
What is "was".
What is the real name of comma rule 1/ FANBOYS?
What is coordinating conjunctions.
What is one way you can start a sentence to give text evidence?
The author states, ...
The text says, ...
In paragraph _ it says, ...
Is the following sentence complete, run-on, fragment missing subject, or fragment missing predicate?
The bright pink Stanley cup with a neon green lid.
What is fragment missing predicate.