Grammar Rules

What sentence structure is created when you join two independent clauses with a semicolon?

• compound sentence

•  complex sentence

• simple sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

A dependent clause

• has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete thought

• has a subject and a predicate and is a complete thought

• can be a sentence on its own

• makes a sentence compound

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

An independent clause and a dependent clause make a

• simple sentence

• complex sentence

• compound sentence

• compound-complex sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Subordinating conjunctions start which type of clauses?

• independent clauses

• dependent clauses

• compound sentences

• simple sentences

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A prepositional phrase is.....

• a phrase that starts with a preposition to give more details in a sentence

• a phrase that ends with a preposition to give more details in a sentence

• The main idea/person/object of the sentence

• The action of the sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The order of a basic statement sentence is

• Subject-Verb-Object

• Verb-Object-Subject

• Subject-Object-Verb

• Verb-Subject-Object

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

If a person is addressed at the start of a sentence, then the comma goes...

• Before the name

• Around the name

• After the name

• No comma is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

If a person is addressed in the middle of a sentence, then the comma goes...

• Around the name

• Before the name

• After the name

• No comma is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

If a person is addressed at the end of a sentence, then the comma goes...

• Around the name

• Before the Name

• After the Name

• No comma is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

True or False: If there are three or more items listed, you need commas separating the items.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A