Language Skills Review Flashcards
Use ______ to separate two or more adjectives that precede a noun
Commas
Use ______ to separate items when listing 3 or more things
Commas
Use commas in conventional situations to/ after
To separate items in dates&addresses
After a salutation of a friendly letter and after the closing of any letter
Use ______ before conjunctions that join independent clauses to make compound sentences
Commas
Use ______ to set off an abbreviation such as Jr., Sr., or M.D.
Commas
Use ______ to set off nonessential clauses &/or phrases–those not necessary to understand the main idea in the sentence
Commas
Use ______ after certain introductory elements
Commas
Use ______ after an introductory word like next, yes, or no and introductory interjections like why, well, oops
Commas
Use ______ after an introductory participial phrase
Comma
Use a ______ after an introductory prepositional phrase & adverb clause
Comma
Use _______ to set off elements and interrupt a sentence. There are also three ways called
Commas
Appositive
Parenthetical expressions
Words in direct address
__________ join independent clauses of they are not joined by a comma and a conjunction. They also like independent clauses that are joined by conjunctive adverbs and other transitional expressions
Semicolons
Use ___________ between items in a series of the items contain commas
Semicolons
Use a _________ to mean “note what follows
Colon
Use a _____ to introduce a list, especially after the expressions the filling as follows
Colon
Don not use a colon before a ______________
List that follows anger or a preposition
Use a _______ to introduce a long, formal statement or a long quote
Colon
to form the possessive case of a singular noun or an indefinite pronoun add an ______ and an ____
Apostrophe
S
To form the possessive case of a plural noun that ends in “s” add only the ______. To from the possessive case of a plural noun that doesn’t end in “s” add an ______ and an ______
Apostrophe
Apostrophe
“S”
Compound words or word groups showing joint possession on only the last words is ________
Possessive in form
When two or more people possess something individually each of the names is in ________
Possessive form
_______do not require and apostrophe
Possessive personal pronouns
_____ show where letters, words, or numerals have been omitted in contractions
Apostrophes
Use _____ to divide a word at the end of a line. Divide the words only between syllables; to not divide a one syllable word.
hyphens
use ___ with compound numbers from 21 to 99 an with fractions used as adjectives
hyphens
numbers from one to nine are usually ___; 10 and up are written as ____-
words; numbers
use ____ to express numbers in the following forms: money, decimals, percentages, chapters, pages, addresses, telephone numbers, ZIP codes, time, dates, identification numbers, and statistics
numerals
always use ____ to express numbers that begin a sentence
words
use ______ for numbers that precede a compound modifier that includes another number
words
