NRI Post Test Review

NRI Post Test Review

FANBOYS

Multiple Choice

A Noun is ...

• a person, place, or thing

• an action word

• the thing that receives the action

Multiple Choice

Nouns like people and animals are usually the _____ of a sentence.

• Subject

• Verb

Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS)

• Can join subjects

• Can join verbs

• Can join objects

• With a comma, they can join complete sentences

FANBOYS joining complete subjects.

• Subjects are usually at the begining of sentences.

• Subjects are usually nouns

• Ex. Sunny or Lu will run the race.

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Multiple Choice

Phineas and Ferb will go to the fair.

• joining subjects

• joining verbs

• joining objects

• joining complete thoughts

FANBOYS can join verbs or verb phrases.

• We can ride or walk.

• We can ride to the store or walk to the park.

• Both examples above show a FANBOY connecting verbs. The first one shows just verbs and the second show verb phrases.

• Look at the word directly after the fan boy to figure out what job it's doing.

Multiple Choice

The students threw papers in the air and tipped the trashcan over.

• joining subjects

• joining verbs

• joining objects

• joining complete thoughts

Compound sentences

• When a FANBOYS joins two complete thoughts, it is called a compound sentence.

• Joining two complete thoughts require a comma AND a FANBOYS conjunction.

Multiple Choice

Phineas founds the missing piece, and Ferb rushed to put it back in the machine.

• connecting subjects

• connecting verbs

• connecting objects

• connecting complete thoughts

The comma (,) is a clue!

A FANBOYS conjunction only needs a comma in front of it when it's connecting complete thoughts.

Multiple Choice

Ash thought it was a great idea, but Pikachu seemed worried.

• keep the comma

• lose the comma

Multiple Choice

Ash threw the pokeball, and released Bulbasaur onto the court.

• keep the comma

• lose the comma