The Art of Styling Sentences: Sentence Pattern 1

A semicolon is the only punctuation mark strong enough to replace...

• a comma

• a question mark

• an em dash

• a period

The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea...

• that is doing or being something

• that the subject is carrying out

• is the object of the sentence

• the first word in the sentence

The verb is...

• doing or being something

• that the subject is carrying out

• the action that the subject is carrying out

• the second word in the sentence

What is the subject in the following sentence:

Wayne is helping Lil Baby and Victoria Monet write a series of verses for their next albums.

• Wayne

• Lil Baby

• Victoria Monet

• Lil Baby and Victoria Monet

What are the verb(s) in the following sentence: 

Wayne is helping Lil Baby and Victoria Monet write a series of verses for their next albums.

• is

• is / helping

• is / helping / write

• is / their

Choose the answer that identifies the simple subject in the sentence.

The turkey in the oven smelled heavenly.

• in the oven

• heavenly

• turkey

• oven

Use the prompts to complete the following sentence pattern:

S    V   ;    S   V

• semicolon

• hypnotize her prey

• verb phrase 2

• 
• verb phrase 1

• The jaguar's eyes

• 2nd subject

• her prey

• 1st subject

• freezes, terrified.

Use the prompts to match the following sentence pattern:

S    V   ;  (conjunctive adverb)    S   V. 

• second (complete) clause

• That classroom

• 1st subject

• moreover

• verb

• stinks

• conjunctive adverb

• there's a hole in the floor.

• semicolon

• 

Use the prompts to match the following sentence pattern:

S    V   ,   (coordinating conjunction)    S   V. 

• 1st subject

• smells terribly

• coordinating conjunction

• but

• subject/verb phrase

• the teacher is nice.

• comma

• 
• verb phrase

• That classroom

Use the prompts to match the following sentence pattern:

S    V   ;    S   V   ;    S   V

• 2nd semicolon

• 
• 2nd subject/verb phrase

• Leal was absent

• 1st subject/verb phrase

• Tibbs slayed Halloween

• 3rd subject/verb phrase

• 
• 1st semicolon

• and LaPorte didn't even participate.