Grammar Quiz1
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- When is a sentence complete?
- when it contains both a subject and a predicate
- Define subject
- A noun, the element about which something is said
- Define simple subject
- the subject w/o the words that modify it
- find the simple subject: Daniel, the tall, skinny boy, quickly misplaced his wooden leg.
- Daniel
- Define the complete subject
- the simple subject w/ the words that modify it
- Find the complete subject: Daniel, the tall, skinny boy, quickly misplaced his wooden leg.
- Daniel, the tall, skinny boy
- Define predicate
- a verb; the part of a sentence that says something about the subject
- Define simple predicate
- the verb w/o the words that modify it
- Find the simple predicate: Daniel, the tall, skinny boy, quickly misplaced his wooden leg.
- misplaced
- Define the complete predicate
- the simple predicate w/ the words that modify it
- Find the complete predicate: Daniel, the tall, skinny boy, quickly misplaced his wooden leg.
- quickly misplaced his wooden leg.
- What is the simple sentence: Daniel, the tall, skinny boy, quickly misplaced his wooden leg.
- Daniel misplaced
- Find the simple predicate and subject: Apples fell from the tree
- Apples (subject) fell (predicate)
- Find the simple predicate and subject: After the storm, the ocean seemed calm.
- ocean (subject) seemed (predicate)
- Find the simple predicate and subject: Carousels, a standard feature in large parks often scare little children.
- Carousels (subject) scare (predicate)
- define fragment
- a group of words that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence but is punctuated as though it could
- What is the exception to the fragment rule?
- If the fragment follows a complete sentence and is a group of words that tells when, where, or why something happened and does not begin with an -ing verb, don't use a comma
- Define run-ons
- two independent clauses that have been incorrectly joined together
- Correct this sentence with a comma: I have a task to complete it should not take long to finish.
- I have a task to complete, but it should not take long to finish.