Unit 1 POC

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What is a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunctions. Example: 'The famous actor made an appearance everyone was surprised.'

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Identify the adverb in the sentence: 'Clare and Mateo walked quickly to the bus stop.'

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The adverb is 'quickly', which describes how they walked.

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What is a coordinating conjunction?

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A coordinating conjunction connects words, phrases, or clauses that are similar or equal. Example: 'so' in 'Mom got home late from her meeting, so we had dinner around eight o'clock.'

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What is a subject pronoun?

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A subject pronoun replaces a noun as the subject of a sentence. Example: 'They' in 'They gradually learn the alphabet of the new language.'

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What is the correct verb form in the sentence: 'We ______ the customers with a smile and a big hello.'

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The correct verb form is 'greet'.

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What is an independent clause?

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An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence. It has a subject and a verb. Example: 'She enjoys reading.'

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What is a dependent clause?

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A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence and depends on an independent clause. Example: 'because she loves stories.'

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What is the function of an adverb in a sentence?

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An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, providing more information about how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.

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What is a conjunction?

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A conjunction is a word that connects clauses or sentences or coordinates words in the same clause. Examples include 'and', 'but', and 'or'.

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What is the difference between a subject and an object in a sentence?

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The subject is the doer of the action, while the object is the receiver of the action. Example: In 'The cat chased the mouse', 'the cat' is the subject and 'the mouse' is the object.