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What kind of sentence contains two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction?
What kind of sentence contains two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction?
- Compound Sentence (correct)
- Simple Sentence
- Complex Sentence
- Compound-Complex Sentence
Identify the error in the following sentence: "The team was excited; they scored the winning goal."
Identify the error in the following sentence: "The team was excited; they scored the winning goal."
- Comma Splice (correct)
- Subject-Verb Agreement Error
- Fragment
- Run-on Sentence
What is the correct way to fix the following fragment: "Walking home from school."
What is the correct way to fix the following fragment: "Walking home from school."
- Add a subject. (correct)
- Add a period.
- Add a verb.
- Add a conjunction.
Which of these sentences demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?
Which of these sentences demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?
Which of these sentences uses correct parallel structure?
Which of these sentences uses correct parallel structure?
Flashcards
Clauses
Clauses
Groups of words with a subject and verb, forming part of a sentence.
Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement
A grammatical rule where the subject and verb must match in number.
Fragment
Fragment
An incomplete sentence that cannot stand alone.
Run-on Sentence
Run-on Sentence
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Parallelism
Parallelism
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Study Notes
Clauses
- Clauses are groups of words containing a subject and a verb.
- Independent clauses express a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
- Dependent clauses cannot stand alone as a sentence; they depend on an independent clause to complete their meaning.
Sentence Type
- Declarative sentences state a fact or an idea.
- Interrogative sentences ask a question.
- Imperative sentences give a command or make a request.
- Exclamatory sentences express strong emotion.
Sentence Problems
- Fragments are incomplete sentences lacking a subject, verb, or both.
- Run-on sentences join two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation.
- Comma splices join two or more independent clauses with only a comma.
Subject-Verb Agreement
- The subject and verb of a sentence must agree in number. A singular subject takes a singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb.
Fragment
- A fragment is a group of words that may contain a subject and a verb, but does not express a complete thought.
- Example: Walking down the street. (lacks a complete thought)
- Example: Because the dog was hungry. (dependent clause)
Run-on and Comma Splice
- Run-on sentences join two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation.
- Example: I went to the store I bought milk.
- Comma splices join two or more independent clauses using only a comma.
- Example: The dog barked, it scared the cat.
Parallelism
- Parallelism is the use of similar grammatical structures to express related ideas.
- This creates balance and flow in writing.
- Example: I like swimming, hiking, and reading. (all gerunds)
- Example: She enjoys going to the movies, playing video games, and painting. (all verbs with "ing")
Tenses
- Tenses show the time of an action or state of being.
- Different tenses are used to express different points in time (past, present, future, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect).
- Understanding tense is vital to conveying the timing of events correctly.
Vocabulary - Word Forms
- Words have different forms (e.g., nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) and can have different meanings depending on the context.
- Understanding different word forms helps with effective communication and expands vocabulary.
- Knowing prefixes and suffixes can help in determining the meaning of new words and expanding your vocabulary.
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