1. Bellwork review
Final exam

2. Action, linking, helping verbs
She is always spilling something!
Ms. Dodge’s students are always on their best behavior.
The crunchy grasshopper tasted good.
Clyde sneezes with the force of a tornado.
I tasted the soup promptly.
Write out each sentence above.
Underline/label the main verb and circle the helping verb/verb phrase.

3. Action, linking, helping verbs
She is always spilling something! is = helping verb spilling = action verb
Ms. Dodge’s students are always polite and quiet. are = linking verb
The crunchy grasshopper tasted good. tasted= linking verb
Clyde sneezes with the force of a tornado. sneezes = action verb
I tasted the soup promptly. tasted = action verb

4. Subjects, verbs, fluff
People in this beautiful city are polite and friendly.
Restaurants on the city’s magnificent river serve numerous people.
Drivers in Cincinnati quickly yield to other drivers.
Write out the sentences above. Underline the verb and place a box around the subject in each sentences. Make sure you find the verb FIRST.

5. Subjects, verbs, fluff
People in this beautiful city are polite and friendly.
Restaurants on the city’s magnificent river serve numerous people.
Drivers in Cincinnati quickly yield to other drivers.

6. Fragments, independent / dependent clauses
I always see lots of people.
Studying each evening at home.
Lessons difficult and frustrating in class.
When I took my test in English.
Write out the sentences and identify them as being a complete thought (including both a subject and verb) or a fragment (lacking one of the two/doesn’t make sense alone).

7. Fragments vs. complete thought
I always see lots of people. Complete thought
Studying each evening at home. Fragment
Lessons difficult and frustrating in class. Fragment
When I took my test in English. Complete thought
Complete thoughts include both a subject and verb. Fragments lack one of the two.

8. Independent vs. dependent clauses
1. Clause = ______________________ + ______________________ 2. Independent Clause = _____________________ + _____________________ + _____________________ 3. Dependent Clause = _____________________ + _____________________ + _____________________

9. Independent vs. dependent clauses
1. Clause = SUBJECT + VERB 2. Independent Clause = SUBJECT + VERB + MAKES SENSE ON ITS OWN 3. Dependent Clause = SUBJECT + VERB + DOESN’T MAKE SENSE ON ITS OWN FRAGMENT – missing either subject or verb

10. Independent vs. dependent clauses
After we left the football game on Saturday.
Tony rented a video before going to his house.
While Maria and I served pizza.
Write out the sentences and label them as either an independent clause (IC) or dependent clause (DC). If it’s a dependent clause, underline the word that makes it “dependent”.

11. Independent vs. dependent clauses
After we left the football game on Saturday. DC
Tony rented a video before going to his house. IC
While Maria and I served pizza. DC
Write out the sentences and label them as either an independent clause (IC) or dependent clause (DC). If it’s a dependent clause, underline the word that makes it “dependent”.

12. Coordinating conjunctions
Remember: FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
The employees stayed after normal working hours and came in early the next morning.
He might want a bowl of chili but he might be in the mood for pizza.
Learning punctuation is confusing at first yet it later becomes simple.
Shayna got lost and missed her appointment.
The boy went to the emergency room for he had stepped on a rusty nail.
Decide whether or not the sentences below require a comma. If they do, star where the comma should be. If they don’t, leave them blank.

13. Coordinating conjunctions
Remember: FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
The employees stayed after normal working hours and came in early the next morning. CORRECT
He might want a bowl of chili* but he might be in the mood for pizza.
Learning punctuation is confusing at first* yet it later becomes simple.
Shayna got lost and missed her appointment. CORRECT
The boy went to the emergency room * for he had stepped on a rusty nail.
Decide whether or not the sentences below require a comma. If they do, star where the comma should be. If they don’t, leave them blank.