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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a clause | A clause is a sentence that has a subject and a predicate |
| List the two types of clauses | Independent clause and Dependent clause. |
| What is a independent clause | A independent clause has a subject and a predicate and completes a thought. |
| What is a dependent clause | A dependent clause is a clause that has a subject and a predicate but does not complete a thought |
| List three common suborinators | Because although when |
| Example of a dependent clause | when sue ate a piece of candy |
| Example of a independent clause | Sue ate a piece of candy |
| What is a phrase | A group of words that will never have noun |
| List two types of phrases | Prepositional phrase Participle phrase |
| Give three examples of a prepositional phrase | Behind the tree, In the desk,During the movie |
| Give three examples of a present participle phrase | Eating an ice cream cone, running in the hallway, fighting with the large dog. |
| Define simple sentence. | A simple sentence is a sentence that can have many subjects and predicates but only completes one thought. |
| Example of a sentence with a phrase | John went to the park |
| Example of a simple sentence with compound predicates | John,Bubba ,and mary lou went for a very long walk in the crouded and loud park. |
| Define compound sentence | A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses and it is joined by FANBOYS |
| List FANBOYS | For,And,Nor,But,Or,Yet,So |
| Define a complex sentence | Is a dependent clause that can not stand on its own |
| what is another name for a dependent clause | Subordinate clause |
| Example of a complex sentence dependent clause first. | Because it makes me feel good I eat pizza |
| Example of complex sentence independent clause first | I eat pizza because it make me feel good |
| What is a fragment sentence | It is a part of a sentence that is written as if it were complete sentence. |
| Example of a fragment sentence missing a predicate | The students on rolling thunder |
| Example of fragment sentence missing subject | Jumping off tables in the cafeteria |
| What is a run on sentence | It is two or more sentences written as if it is one sentence |
| Example of a run on | I love to ski, the runs at bogus are amazing |
| List three ways to fix a run on sentence | Add a period, Add a semi colon,Make it a compound sentence |
| Write a sentence that separates two adjectives used together | It was a dark,stormy night. |
| Write three different compound sentences with different fanboys. | I like pie and I also enjoy ice cream. I like a big slice of apple pie, I also enjoy ice cream. |
| Write a sentence that uses a noun of direct address | Mr.Rowe I loved your lecture on grammar. |
| Begin a sentence with a interjection | Yes I would like three hours of home work |
| Begin a sentence with a prepositional phrase | Around the tree a dog barked |
| Begin sentence with a participle phrase | Tiring from the long run I was lapped by everyone |
| Begin a sentence with a subordinate clause | In English class I feel like a king |
| Write a sentence that uses an appositive | I was talking to Mrs Williams the reading teacher and tripped |
| Write a sentence with extra information | Mr. Rowe with out a doubt is the best language teacher in Boise |
| write sentence with city and a state in the middle of the sentence | The great thing about Boise Idaho is the wonderful people |
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