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Please define a sentence fragment.

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A sentence fragment is a group of words that doesn’t express a complete thought.

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Please define a sentence

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A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

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A sentence fragment is often used in casual speaking, but is considered a _____________
In writing

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Mistake

Eg

Out to lunch ..

Or

Maybe later.

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In writing a sentence always begins with a ________ ________ which indicates the beginning of the sentence. Also, a sentence always ends with a __________ mark.

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Capital letter

Punctuation mark

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The most common punctuation mark is the _________ . Two other common punctuation marks are the ____________ mark and _____________ point

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Period “.”
Question mark ?
Exclamation point !

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Please name the four main types of sentences

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Declarative
Interrogative
Exclamatory
Imperative

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Which type of sentence states a fact

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Declarative

Eg

The sun is shinning today.

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An ____________ sentence asks a question

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Interrogative

Do you have any plans for this afternoon.

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What type of sentence expresses a strong emotion

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Exclamatory

Eg

What a beautiful day for a picnic!

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An ____________ sentence makes a request or gives an order. It may end with a period or exclamation point.

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Imperative.

Eg

Come with me!

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REVIEW - Four main types of sentences.

Please list them from “most common to “ lest common”

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Declarative - most common
Interrogative - common
Exclamatory - rare
Imperative - rare

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“When will tomorrow mornings band rehearsal begin”

Is what type of the four main sentences

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Interrogative and should end with a ?

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“Always read the safety instructions before using a new power tool”

Is what type of the main four sentences.

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Imperative sentence

It may end with a period or exclamation point - it all depends on strong feeling or emotion is being expressed. In this it doesn’t express either so it should end with a period “.”

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“Having spent over two hours on her dance routine is a ______________ _____________

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Sentence fragment

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“The local wildlife refuge is home to over seventy species of birds” is a ______________ sentence as it states a fact.

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Declarative

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“That was a fabulous party” is an ______________ sentence and should be marked with an __________ ____________

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Exclamatory

Exclamation point !

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A sentence can be broken into two main parts.

They are?

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The subject and the predicate.

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The __________ of a sentence tells what the sentence is talking about and may only be one word long.

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Subject

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The most important word in the subject is the ____________ subject

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Simple

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The _____________ describes something that the subject is or does

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Predicate

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The most important word in the predicate is the ____________

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Verb

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A word that expresses action or state of being in the predicate is the?

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Verb

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A verb expresses ________ or __________ of ________

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Action or state of being

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The predicate describes something that the subject _____ or ______

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Is or does

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“My younger sister Ingrid once worked as a costume designer”

Subject =
Simple subject =
Predicate =
Verb =

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S = my younger sister Ingrid
SS = Ingrid
P = once worked as a etc
V = worked
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She enjoys creating with her hands

Subject =
Simple subject =
Predicate =
Verb =

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S = she
SS = she
P = enjoys creating with her hands
V = enjoys
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Two or more things that work together as the subject and usually joined together by the word “and” or the word “or”. Is a ____________ ____________

A

Compound subject

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The subject of the following sentence is known as a _____________ ____________

“Dogs and cats sometimes enjoy living together”

A

Compound subject

CS = dogs and cats 
P = sometimes enjoy living together
V = enjoy
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Two or more verbs that describe what the subject does, joined by the word “and” or the word “or”. Are known as?

A

Compound verb

29
Q

Find the compound verb in the following sentence

“The giant tree bent and swayed in the wind”

A 
S = the giant tree
SS = tree
P = bent and swayed in the wind
CV = bent and swayed
30
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A review - two main parts of a sentence

The subject: “who”or “what” the sentence is about
(Most important word) =

The predicate: what the subject “is” or “does”
(Most important word) =

A

Simple subject

Verb

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“Fifty-three officers received medals at the Police Department awards ceremony.

Find the:
Subject
Simple subject
Predicate
Verb
A 
S = fifty three officers
SS = officers
P = received medals etc
V = received
32
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“Bored with the grown-up conversation, little Amy fell asleep under the kitchen table.

Find the:
Subject
Simple subject
Predicate
Verb
A 
S = bored with the adult conversation, little Amy
SS = Amy
P = fell asleep under the kitchen table
V = fell
33
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“The number of business in this county has increased every year for the past decade”

Find the:
Subject:
Simple subject
Predicate
Verb
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S = the number of business in the county
SS = number (most connected word to the predicate)
P = has increased every year for the past decade
V = has increased
34
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“According to scientists, birds and dinosaurs are biologically related”

Please find:
Subject
Simple subject
Predicate
Verb
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S = according to scientist birds and dinosaurs
SS = birds and dinosaurs (compound subject)
P = are biologically related
V = are
35
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“All day and all night unceasingly fell the rain

A

With this sentence the subject is at the end

S = the rain
SS = rain
p = all day and all night unceasingly fell
V = fell
36
Q

A clause is a group of words that “must”contain both a

_____________ and a ________

A

Subject

Verb

37
Q

A clause that can stand alone as a sentence because it expresses a complete thought, is known as ?

A

Independent or main clause

38
Q

“Europa is one of the moons of Jupiter”

This is an ______________ clause.

Please find the:
Subject and the
Verb

A

Independent clause

S = Europa
V = is
39
Q

A clause that can’t standalone as a sentence because it doesn’t express a complete thought is a

A

Subordinate clause

40
Q

A subordinate clause usually begins with a?

A

Subordinating conjunction

41
Q

Please name 7 subordinating conjunctions

A 
If
After
Because
Since
Although
When
Until
42
Q

What type of clause?
Also please define the word “because”

“Because Europa has oceans filled with water, like the earth.”

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Subordinate clause
Subordinate conjunction = because

“However” in this case it also contains a subject and s verb:

S= Europa
V= has
43
Q

Please name the 4 types of sentence structures.

A
  1. Simple sentence
  2. Compound sentence
  3. Complex sentence
  4. Compound complex sentence
44
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A sentence that consists of only one independent/main clause is a?

A

Simple sentence.

45
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Life may exist on Europa.

Name the type of sentence structure.
Name the types of clause
Name the subject
Name the verb

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Simple sentence containing an independent/main clause.

S = life
V = may exist
46
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A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses joined either by a comma and a coordinating conjunction, or by a semicolon?

A

Compound sentence

47
Q

There are _ ways of connecting main clauses in a _____________ sentence.

Please Name the number of ways

A

2
Compound

  1. The use of a comma and Coordinating conjunction
  2. Semicolon.
48
Q

Name the three most common coordinating conjunctions

A

And
Or
But

49
Q

Many astronomers believe in extraterrestrial life, but others disagree.

Name:
Type of sentence
The sentences
The subjects
The verbs
The coordinating conjunction.
A
  1. Compound sentence
  2. Many (etc up to the comma) - then -
    but others disagree
  3. S = Astronomers and others
  4. V = believe and disagree
  5. CC = but
50
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Many astronomers believe in extraterrestrial life; others disagree.

Name the type of sentence structure and how the clauses are connected

A

Compound

Semicolon

51
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A sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses?

A

Complex clause

52
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“If extraterrestrial life is ever discovered, it will change human history.

Name the:
Type of sentence
The type of clauses
The subjects
The verbs
A
  1. Complex sentence
  2. IC = it will change human history
  3. SC = if extraterrestrial etc to comma
  4. S = life and it
  5. V = is discovered and will change
53
Q

A sentence that contains _ or more main clauses and _ or more subordinate clauses, is known as a

A

2
1
Compound-complex sentence

54
Q

A compound complex sentence must contain at least _ clauses.

A

3

55
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“Although no sign of life on other worlds has yet been found, the search continues, and many predict success.

Name the:
Sentence type
The sentences
The subjects
The verbs
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  1. Compound-complex sentence
  2. SC = although etc to comma
    IC = the search continues
    IC = and many predict success.
  3. S = sign / search / many
  4. V = has been found / continues / predict
56
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A sentence that includes two or more main clauses that are joined only by a comma or by nothing at all - is known as a ?

A

A run-on sentence

57
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“Visit the city science museum, you’ll see some fascinating exhibits about outa space”

Name the:
Type of sentence
The sentences
The subjects
The verbs
The sentence correction
A
  1. Run-on sentence
  2. 2 independent clauses - Visit (etc to ,)
    You’ll (etc to period)
  3. (Subject doesn’t appear as it’s an imperative clause that makes complete sense - “you” is implied) and you (you’ll - you will see)
  4. Visit and will see (you’ll see = you will see)
  5. And or semi colon (then making it a compound sentence)
58
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“Jazz is the greatest American musical form, and duke Ellington is its greatest genius.”

Is what type of sentence.

A

A compound sentence

It contains 2 main clauses, which in turn each contain a subject and a verb

59
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“Although young women want to participate in sports as much as young men, women’s sports often don’t receive equal funding from colleges.”

Name the type of sentence:

A

Complex subject.
Contains a subordinate clause and main clause
(S= woman , V = want)
(S= sports, v = don’t receive)

60
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“The Tallest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is the subject of a stunning new IMAX documentary film.”

Name the type of sentence:

A 
Simple sentence
("The tallest mountain in Africa" - doesn't contain a verb ((clause must contain both a subject and a verb)) so this group of words just adds a little to the "single Main clause"
S = Mount Kilimanjaro 
V = is
61
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“The author Mark Twain was fascinated by technology, he was the first writer ever to deliver a typed manuscript to his publisher,”

Name the type of sentence:

A

Run-on sentence. Which is incorrect.
It needs to be fix by either a coordinating conjunction or semi-colon.

Use a semi colon in this case.

62
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“When I visited California last summer, I spent one week in San Francisco, and I visited the nearby Napa Valley with my cousin.”

Name the type of sentence:

A

Compound-complex sentence.

It contains 2 main clauses and 1 subordinate clause

Early Grammar Awareness - Mixed (3 decks)

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