grammer yo

Question 1

the difference between a clause and a phrase

Answer 1

a clause has a subject and a verb and a phrase is missing a subject and a verb and is masquerading as a sentance

Question 2

independant clause

Answer 2

a group of words with a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought

Question 3

dependant clause

Answer 3

a group of words with a subject and a verb that does not a express a complete thought

Question 4

to be verbs

Answer 4

am is are was were be being been

Question 5

past participle

Answer 5

what makes passive voice

Question 6

passive vs. active voice

Answer 6

today I… yesterday I…. I have….

Question 7

what is the S in spice

Answer 7

seires, lists… I like pink, orange, yellow, and green. BUT if an adjective is describing another ajective there is no comma… the dark red crayon but if both adjectives are the describing the subject then there is a comma… the long, hot summer.

Question 8

the p in spice

Answer 8

Parenthetical, seperates words or clauses that are non essential to the sentance. if the sentance could not go without the information its not parentthetical. if the sentance still makes sense it is.

Question 9

I in spice

Answer 9

introdictory material. place commas after dependant clauses phrases or wordssort of like context.

Question 10

C in spice

Answer 10

Coordinating conjunction… FANBOYS place the comma between the first independant ,clause and coordinating conjunction BUT DO NOT use a comma if the coordinating conjuction if the phrase shares a subject with the first clause(independant)

Question 11

E

Answer 11

exeptional. dates, letters, names of people spoken to(in diologue.

Question 12

FANBOYS

Answer 12

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 13

apostraphys

Answer 13

s is possesive just s is plural, if there already is an s add an ‘s

Question 14

your/you’re

Answer 14

your is possesive you’re is you are shortned

Question 15

its/it’s

Answer 15

its is possesive it’s is plural

Question 16

their/there/they’re

Answer 16

their is possesive, there is placement, they’re is they are shortned

Question 17

fragment

Answer 17

dependant clause or a phrase puncuated as a sentance

Question 18

run on

Answer 18

fused sentance–> two independant clauses and not the right punchuation

Question 19

comma splice

Answer 19

a comma that is used with two independant clauses where different punchuation shpould be

Question 20

what are the 4 ways to fix two independant clauses

Answer 20

semi colon, period, turn one into a dependant clause add a cooridinataing cunjusction

Question 21

subordinating cunhunction