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100

Fix this run-on sentence: Carla wants to be a lawyer she studies really hard she finds law very interesting.

Carla wants to be a lawyer, so she studies really hard. She finds law very interesting.

100

Define the following terms and give an example of each: 

  • Independent clause

  • Dependent clause 

Answers may vary

100

What is wrong with the sentence below?

i am happy

Capitalize and period

100

Fix the fragment by combining the independent and dependent clause with appropriate punctuation. You must write the sentence BOTH ways. 


Kevin played the game. After he got home from school.

Fix the fragment by combining the independent and dependent clause with appropriate punctuation. You must write the sentence BOTH ways. 


Kevin played the game after he got home from school.

After he got home from school, Kevin played the game.

100

Define the following terms and give an example of each: 

  • Subject

  • Verb

Define the following terms and give an example of each: 

  • Subject: the main person, place, or thing in a sentence Ex. I

  • Verb: the action or state of being Ex. walk

200

Fix this run-on sentence: Amaya went to the theater yesterday she saw a movie about a dog, it was a comedy.

Amaya went to the theater yesterday, and she saw a movie about a dog. It was a comedy.

200

True or false?

  • Dependent clauses are always fragments.

  • A complex sentence always needs a comma.

  • Commands are never fragments. 

Answers may vary

200

Name all of the students in this classroom.

Answers vary.

200

Sentence or fragment?

  1. Nothing is wrong.

  2. She left.

  3. After the bell but before the start of the next class.




Sentence or fragment?

  1. Nothing is wrong. Sentence

  2. She left. Sentence 

  3. After the bell but before the start of the next class. Fragment

200

Identify the subjects and verbs in the following sentences:

  1. Wear your mask properly!

  2. Laughing is the best medicine.

  3. The classroom needs a new paint job.



Identify the subjects and verbs in the following sentences:

  1. S: you V: wear

  2. S: laughing V: is

  3. S: the classroom V: needs



300

Fix the run-on sentence: I would like to go to every state in the U.S., I have been to half of the states.

Fix the run-on sentence: I would like to go to every state in the U.S. I have been to half of the states.

300

Define the following terms and give an example of each: 

  • Fragment

  • Gerund

Define the following terms and give an example of each: 

  • Fragment: when a sentence is missing an essential element (subject, verb, complete thought) Ex. Left for the store.

  • Gerund: A word that ends in -ing and looks like a verb but functions as a noun Ex. sleeping

300

Place the comma in the appropriate spot. 100 extra points if you can identify what kind of sentences these are.

  1. Deshawn is talking and Hannah is laughing.

  2. Once Armani was finished with the test he took a nap.

Place the comma in the appropriate spot. 100 extra points if you can identify what kind of sentences these are.

  1. Deshawn is talking, and Hannah is laughing.

  2. Once Armani was finished with the test, he took a nap.

300

Sentence or fragment?

  1. Genesis asking the teacher a question.

  2. Because she wanted to go to the beach.

  3. Answer the phone!

Sentence or fragment?

  1. Genesis asking the teacher a question. Fragment

  2. Because she wanted to go to the beach. Fragment

  3. Answer the phone! Sentence

300

Explain why the fragments below are fragments. Extra 100 points if you can correct all the fragments.


  1. Jala, Morgan, and Aniya talking a lot.

  2. After the bell rings.

  3. No.

Explain why the fragments below are fragments. Extra 100 points if you can correct all the fragments.


  1. Jala, Morgan, and Aniya talking a lot.

  2. After the bell rings.


  1. No verb

  2. Not a complete thought

400

Fix the run-on sentence: My friend is visiting from California, she says she wants to go to Navy Pier I told her we should go to the beach instead.

My friend is visiting from California. She says she wants to go to Navy Pier, but I told her we should go to the beach instead.

400

Define the following terms and give an example of each: 

  • Coordinating conjunction

  • Subordinate conjunction

Coordinating: a linking word that connects clauses (FANBOYS)

Subordinating: a linking word that connects dependent and independent clauses

400

Place the comma in the appropriate spot and identify the type of sentence.

  1. While I was cooking my sister watched TV.

  2. She is famous yet she is very humble.

Place the comma in the appropriate spot and identify the type of sentence.

  1. While I was cooking, my sister watched TV.

  2. She is famous, yet she is very humble.

400

Fix the fragments.

  1. Going to the game later.

  2. Slept for three hours.

  3. Cooking chicken for dinner.

Fix the fragments.

  1. I am going to the game later!

  2. I slept for three hours.

  3. I am cooking chicken for dinner.

400

Write an example of each of the following sentences:

  • Simple

  • Compound

  • Complex

Examples may vary.

500

Fix the run-on sentence: It is Jalen’s birthday he is turning three.

Fix the run-on sentence: It is Jalen’s birthday, and he is turning three.

500

Define the following terms

  • Simple sentence

  • Complex sentence

  • Compound sentence

Define the following terms

  • Simple sentence: independent clause

  • Complex sentence: independent clause + comma and conjunction + independent clause

  • Compound sentence: independent + dependent clause

500

All sentences must include which three components? (Besides a capital letter at the start and punctuation at the end).

All sentences must include which three components? (Besides a capital letter at the start and punctuation at the end).

  • Subject

  • Verb

  • Complete thought

500

Fix the fragment by combining the independent and dependent clause with appropriate punctuation. You must write the sentence BOTH ways. 


Kevin played the game after he got home from school.

After he got home from school, Kevin played the game.

Fix the fragment by combining the independent and dependent clause with appropriate punctuation. You must write the sentence BOTH ways. 


When Mr. Hooper entered the room, the class was quiet.

The class was quiet when Mr. Hooper entered the room

500

Identify whether the following sentences are simple, compound, or complex.

  1. After I washed the dishes, I watched TV.

  2. Nothing could have changed her mind.

  3. I did my homework, so I could watch TV.



Identify whether the following sentences are simple, compound, or complex.

  1. After I washed the dishes, I watched TV. Complex

  2. Nothing could have changed her mind. Simple

  3. I did my homework, so I could watch TV. Compound