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Comma Review. Mrs. Doepke. Comma Humor. Question #1. What are the coordinating conjunctions?. Answer #1. FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So). Question #2. What is another name for a subordinate clause?. Answer #2. Dependent Clause. Question #3.
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Comma Review Mrs. Doepke
Question #1 What are the coordinating conjunctions?
Answer #1 FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
Question #2 What is another name for a subordinate clause?
Answer #2 Dependent Clause
Question #3 What two parts of speech are found in both independent and dependent clauses?
Answer #3 Subject & Verb
Question #4 What type(s) of word(s) begin a subordinate clause?
Answer #4 Subordinate Conjunctions & Relative Pronouns
Question #5 What are some examples of subordinate conjunctions?
Answer #5 If, When, Since, Before, Because
Question #6 What relative pronoun is ALWAYS essential?
Answer #6 That
Question #7 What relative pronoun is ALWAYS non-essential?
Answer #7 Which
Question #8 What word begins an infinitive phrase?
Answer #8 To
Question #9 What verb tense begins a present participle phrase?
Answer #9 The “-ing” Form of the Verb
Question #10 Present and past participle phrases ALWAYS serve as what part of speech?
Answer #10 Adjectives
Question #11 Which of the following sentences has a prepositional phrase at the beginning? • When the bell rings, I will sprint out of class. • Tomorrow, I will pack my lunch. • During class, I do all my work. • To pass English, I study my comma rules.
Answer #11 • During class, I do all my work.
Question #12 Which of the following sentences has an appositive? • After school, I go to basketball practice. • Tonight I want to eat at my favorite restaurant, Qdoba. • Alec, please, stop talking. • Congratulations, you are college ready!
Answer #12 • Tonight I want to eat at my favorite restaurant, Qdoba.
Question #13 Which of these sentences has a dangling modifier? • Running home from school, I found a stray dog. • Driving down Taylorsville Road, I passed Papa John’s. • Eyeing her phone, Cassie hoped her boyfriend would call. • Walking into Mrs. Doepke’s room, the smell was overbearing.
Answer #13 • Walking into Mrs. Doepke’s room, the smell was overbearing.