SWABI's
Authored by Ian Lindo
English
8th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on subordinating conjunctions, specifically the SWABI acronym (Since, When, After, Because, If) used as a mnemonic device to help students remember common subordinating conjunctions. The content is appropriate for 8th grade English Language Arts, as it requires students to understand complex sentence structure, clause relationships, and punctuation rules for dependent and independent clauses. Students need a solid foundation in identifying complete thoughts, understanding how subordinating conjunctions create dependent clauses, and applying comma rules when dependent clauses appear at different positions in sentences. The questions assess both definitional knowledge of what subordinating conjunctions are and their function, as well as practical application skills like recognizing proper usage in context and determining correct punctuation placement. Created by Ian Lindo, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 8. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for introducing or reinforcing the concept of subordinating conjunctions through the memorable SWABI acronym. Teachers can use this assessment as a formative evaluation after direct instruction on complex sentence structure, or as a warm-up activity to gauge student understanding before moving into more advanced sentence combining exercises. The quiz works particularly well for homework practice, allowing students to reinforce their understanding of how subordinating conjunctions function to join clauses and create more sophisticated sentence structures. This content directly supports Common Core standards L.8.1 and L.8.2, which require students to demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage, including the formation of complex sentences and proper punctuation of dependent clauses.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are SWABI's?
Conjunctive adverbs that show the relationship between two complete thoughts.
Coordinating conjunctions that join two complete thoughts into one sentence.
Subordinating adverbs that show the relationship between two complete thoughts.
Subordinating conjunctions that join two complete thoughts into one sentence.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1G
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.5.1A
CCSS.L.5.1E
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the I in SWABI's stand for?
In
If
Is
It
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1G
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.5.1A
CCSS.L.5.1E
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is an example of the W in SWABI's properly used in a sentence?
When John got paid, he bought a camera.
David went with Amy to the doctor.
We bought cheese danishes at Starbucks.
After John baked the cupcakes, I cover them in frosting
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1G
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.5.1A
CCSS.L.5.1E
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where are SWABI's usually found in a sentence?
beginning
end
left
middle
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1G
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.5.1A
CCSS.L.5.1E
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the A in SWABI's stand For
Also
And
After
All
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1G
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.5.1A
CCSS.L.5.1E
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When SWABI's are used in the middle of a sentence should there be a comma?
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.6.2A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is an example of the B in SWABI's properly used in a sentence?
Steve wanted to be a doctor when he grew up.
We benefited from investing in the stock.
Before she went inside the store, she got a cart.
They went to tutoring because they needed help for the test on Friday.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1G
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.5.1A
CCSS.L.5.1E
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