1. Unit 1 “Grammarama” - A Toolkit Thursday
Review Game

2. Correct this sentence:
Event 2:
Correct this sentence:
Oil which is lighter than water rises to the surface.
Answer: Oil, which is lighter than water, rises to the surface.
Non-essential Element Rule!

3. Define “independent clause”.
Event 1:
Define “independent clause”.
Answer: An independent clause is a clause that can stand alone. It is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

4. Correct this sentence:
Event 3:
Correct this sentence:
Nice is a word with many meanings and some of them are contradictory.
Answer: Nice is a word with many meanings, and some of them are contradictory.
Compound sentences require a comma AND a conjunction to join two independent clauses.

5. Which 3 ways can you use to create a compound sentence?
Event 5:
Which 3 ways can you use to create a compound sentence?
Answer: Comma + coordinating conjunction, Semi-colon, Colon

6. Correct this sentence:
Event 6:
Correct this sentence:
After a good washing and grooming the pup looked like a new dog.
Answer: After a good washing and grooming, the pup looked like a new dog.
Introductory clauses rule!

7. Correct this sentence:
Event 13:
Correct this sentence:
The house was clean, the table set, and the porch light on everything was ready for the guests' arrival.
Answer: The house was clean, the table set, and the porch light on; everything was ready for the guests’ arrival.
Compound sentence - requires : or ;

8. Correct this sentence:
Event 7:
Correct this sentence:
Vests which were once popular have been out of vogue for several years.
Answer: Vests, which were once popular, have been out of vogue for several years.
Non-essential element!

9. Correct this sentence:
Event 9:
Correct this sentence:
Because of their opposition to institutions that force creatures to live in captivity some people refuse to go to the zoo.
Answer: Because of their opposition to institutions that force creatures to live in captivity, some people refuse to go to the zoo.
Introductory clause rule!

10. Correct this sentence:
Event 10:
Correct this sentence:
Mr. Moscato’s ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time is I believe amazing.
Answer: Mr. Moscato’s ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time is, I believe, amazing.
Nonessential phrase!

11. Correct this sentence:
Event 11:
Correct this sentence:
If the opposition should win our candidate would never have any political future.
Answer: If the opposition should win, our candidate would never have any political future.
Introductory phrase!

12. Define “dependant clause”.
Event 4:
Define “dependant clause”.
Answer: A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause cannot be a sentence on its own.

13. What is an introductory clause?
Event 8:
What is an introductory clause?
Answer: Introductory clauses are dependent clauses that provide background information or "set the stage" for the main part of the sentence, the independent clause.

14. Correct this sentence:
Event 12:
Correct this sentence:
Many companies make sugar-free soft drinks, which are flavored by synthetic chemicals the drinks usually contain only one or two calories per serving.
Answer: Many companies make sugar-free soft drinks, which are flavored by synthetic chemicals; the drinks usually contain only one or two calories per serving.
Compound sentence - requires : or ;

15. Correct this sentence:
Event 14:
Correct this sentence:
By the bottom of the old pier I found four starfish a clam and a sea anemone.
Answer: By the bottom of the old pier, I found four starfish, a clam, and a sea anemone.
Introductory clause and use commas to offset items in a list!

16. Correct this sentence:
Event 15:
Correct this sentence:
Two of her friends Ashley and Beth are planning to share an apartment with her next summer
Answer: Two of her friends, Ashley and Beth, are planning to share an apart with her next summer.
Nonessential elements rule!

17. Correct this sentence:
Event 16:
Correct this sentence:
The ginkgo tree whose leaves turn bright yellow in the fall came to this country from Asia.
Answer: The ginkgo tree, whose leaves turn bright yellow in the fall, came to this country from Asia.
Nonessential Element rule!

18. What is Verdin’s #1 Punctuation Rule?
Event 17:
What is Verdin’s #1 Punctuation Rule?
Answer: Always, always, always find the independent clause(s) first!

19. Review
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