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Sentence types and clauses: subject, predicate, errors
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1who or what the sentence is about- the word (or words) that acts, is described or is acted on and all its modifiers.
- Asubject
- Bpredicate
- Cphrase
2the verb or verbs and all their modifiers (which may or may not include an object) that the subject preforms
- Apredicate
- Bsubject
- Cphrase
3contains both a subject and a predicate. Can stand alone
- Aindependent clause
- Bdependent clause
- Cphrase
4contains a subject and a predicate. Can not stand alone
- Adependent clause
- Bindependent clause
- Cphrase
5what contains a subject or a predicate but not both?
- Aindependent clause
- Bdependent clause
- Cphrase
6writing incomplete thoughts as if they were sentences ( writing dependent clauses as though they were independent clauses)
- Asentence fragments
- Bcomma splices
- Crun-on sentences
7using a comma to join two independent clauses
- Acomma splice
- Brun-on sentence
- Csentence fragments
8running two independent clauses together without proper use of conjunctions and/or punctuation
- Arun-on sentence
- Bcomma splice
- Csentence fragment
9joining two independent clauses by using a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction
- Acoordination method
- Bsubordination method
10making an independent clause a dependent clause by adding a subordinating conjunction, and then add an independent clause to complete the sentence
- Asubordination method
- Bcoordination method
11remembered by the acronym FANBOYS.
- Acoordination conjunction
- Bsubordinating conjunctions
12time: after, before, once, since.... even though, because, than, while... are examples of?
- Asubordinating conjunctions
- Bcoordination conjunctions
13become after the semicolon ; and after the comma, and usually end in "ly"
- Acoordinating conjunctions
- Bsubordinating conjunctions
- Cconjunctive adverbs
144 types of sentences: one subject and one predicate, to emphasize , draw points
- Acompound
- Bcomplex
- Csimple
154 types of sentences: more than one subject and one predicate
- Asimple
- Bcomplex
- Ccompound complex
164 types of sentences: more than two subjects and two predicates
- Acompound
- Bcomplex
- Ccompound complex
174 types of sentences: joining complex sentences with compound sentences. used sparingly for explaining detailed or complex points, situations
- Acompound
- Bcomplex
- Ccompound complex
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- Quiz on Untitled, created by Victoria Healey on 16/09/2014.
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- Victoria Healey
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