Duel 2.5: FANBOYS, SWABIS, THAMOS

What is the FANBOY connecting in the following sentence: Uncooked popcorn kernels and a few grains of salt littered the front of Robert's shirt as he slouched in his theater seat.

• Subjects

• Verbs

• Direct objects

• Independent clauses

What is the FANBOY connecting in the following sentence: Brenda had time to wash clothes, but the dishes are also piled all over the kitchen counter.

• Subjects

• Verbs

• Direct objects

• Independent Clauses

What is the FANBOY connecting in the following sentence: Bacon fried and popped in the grease inside the frying pan.

• Subjects

• Verbs

• Direct objects

• Independent clauses

What is the FANBOY connecting in the following sentence: David looked in this cereal bowl and gasped in surprise.

• Subjects

• Verbs

• Direct objects

• Independent clauses

Identify the SWABIS in the following sentence: After I saw a cockroach in my burrito, I quit eating from the Taco Truck.

• saw

• in

• after

• quit

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which word below doesn't belong in this group:

• however

• moreover

• therefore

• whenever

Which word below doesn't belong in this group:

• yet

• consequently

• meanwhile

• otherwise

Is this sentence missing a comma or a semicolon: While I slept on the couch, my cat snuggled up at my feet meanwhile, the dog slept on the floor next to us.

• comma

• semicolon

Where does this sentence need a correction: I saw a tall, green, gothic-looking home just outside the city; consequently I choose not to buy a house near there.

• remove comma after green

• change semicolon to comma

• add comma after house

• add comma after consequently

Where does this sentence need a correction: Jennifer took an art class her Junior year which ended up being the best class she'd ever taken, but it didn't not count towards her required courses.

• comma after class

• semicolon instead of comma after taken

• comma after year

• replace "but" with "however" and keep punctuation as is