Sentence Structure

Which are NOT FANBOYS?

CHOOSE TWO

• as

• nor

• for

• because

• yet

Which sentences start with an independent clause and ends with a dependent clause?

• Because it was so cold.

• Jay asked the store clerk for directions.

• Dinah read a magazine while she waited for the bus.

• Joyce enjoyed geometry more that she enjoyed algebra.

Revise this sentence so that it is grammatically correct: My favorite team is the Cowboys but she will never root for them. 

• My, favorite team, is the Cowboys but she will never root for them.

• My favorite team is the Cowboys but, she will never root for them.

• My favorite team is the Cowboys, but she will never root for them.

• My favorite team, is the Cowboys but she will never root for them.

Choose the corrected answer: I love to go shopping however I spend more money than I should.

• I love to go shopping; however, I spend more money than I should.

• I love to go shopping however, I spend more money than I should.

• I love to go shopping; However, I spend more money than I should.

• I love to go shopping: however I spend more money than I should.

This sentence is a fragment: "I ate ten cookies."

• True

• False

Revise this sentence so that it is grammatically correct: Denise prefers to eat chicken or fish I'm a vegetarian. 

• Denise prefers to eat chicken or fish; I'm a vegetarian.

• Denise prefers to eat chicken, or fish, I'm a vegetarian.

• Denise prefers to eat chicken or fish, I'm a vegetarian.

• Denise prefers to eat chicken or fish I'm, a vegetarian.

What is a complex sentence?

• 1 independent clause

• 2 (or more) independent clauses

• 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause

• 2 (or more) independent clauses and 1 (or more) dependent clause(s)

Hey, that's pretty good! 

• Simple Sentence 
• Complex Sentence 
• Compound Sentence 
• Compound Subject 

Revise this sentence so that it is grammatically correct: My Ford Taurus which needs constant attention is broken down again. 

• My Ford Taurus, which needs constant attention is broken down again.

• My Ford Taurus, which needs constant attention, is broken down again.

• My Ford Taurus which needs constant attention, is broken down again.

• My, Ford, Taurus which needs constant attention is broken down again.

What is the best way to combine these sentences into a Compound sentence?
1) I have been summoned to a special meeting of the Council.
2) Something must have happened.

• I have been summoned to a special meeting of the Council something must have happened.
• I have been summoned to a special meeting of the Council so something must have happened.
• I have been summoned to a special meeting of the Council, so something must have happened.
• I have been summoned to a special meeting of the Council, something must have happened.