Sentence Corrections

Front

What is a complete sentence?

Back

A complete sentence expresses a complete thought and includes a subject and a verb.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Front

What is the difference between 'there', 'their', and 'they're'?

Back

'There' refers to a place, 'their' is a possessive pronoun, and 'they're' is a contraction for 'they are'.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Front

What is a subject in a sentence?

Back

The subject is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Front

What is a verb?

Back

A verb is a word that describes an action, occurrence, or state of being.

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Front

What is punctuation?

Back

Punctuation refers to the marks used in writing that help clarify meaning, such as periods, commas, and question marks.

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Front

What is a fragment?

Back

A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and is not a complete sentence.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Front

What is a run-on sentence?

Back

A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunction.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Front

What is capitalization?

Back

Capitalization is the use of uppercase letters at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Front

What is the purpose of a comma?

Back

A comma is used to indicate a pause between parts of a sentence or to separate items in a list.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Front

What is a possessive noun?

Back

A possessive noun shows ownership, typically formed by adding an apostrophe and 's'.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D