1. Sentence Crafting Jeopardy Review Parts of Speech Sentence Punctuation Sentence Errors Sentence Parts 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 100 200 400 100 200 400 100 200 300 400 100 300 200 300 400

2. Sentence Crafting Question 1 Identify the subject in this sentence. Amira likes to shop.

3. Sentence Crafting Answer 1 Amira is the subject of the sentence because the sentence is about Amira.

4. Sentence Crafting Question 2 What kind of subject is the following. Amira and Hiba like to eat chocolate.

5. Sentence Crafting Answer 2 Amira and Hiba are the subjects. Since two people make up the subject, the subject is compound.

6. Sentence Crafting Question 3 What is the difference between an independent and a dependent clause? What are the similarities?

7. Sentence Crafting Answer 3 Both independent and dependent clauses have a subject and a predicate. Independent clauses make sense on their own, but dependent clauses don’t. Dependent clauses must rely on independent clauses to make sense.

8. Sentence Crafting Question 4 Identify the predicate in the following sentence. Alec is always hyper.

9. Sentence Crafting Answer 4 The predicate is “is hyper” “is hyper” is Alec’s state of being, and a predicate is the action or the state of being of the subject.

10. Sentence Crafting Question 5 What is a noun?

11. Sentence Crafting Answer 5 An noun is a person, place, or thing.

12. Sentence Crafting Question 6 What is the difference between an abstract and a concrete noun?

13. Sentence Crafting Answer 6 An abstract noun is not made up of matter. It does not take up space in the universe. It is intangible. Examples: peace, love, hope A concrete noun is made up of matter. It takes up space in the universe. It is tangible. Examples: rock, paper, scissors

14. Sentence Crafting Question 7 Name the coordinating conjunctions. What do coordinating conjunctions do?

15. Sentence Crafting Answer 7 The coordinating conjunctions are: For And Nor But Or Yet So Coordinating conjunctions connect words in a sentence or they connect independent clauses. FANBOYS

16. Sentence Crafting Question 8 List the being verbs.

17. Sentence Crafting Answer 8 Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been Remember, being verbs show a subject’s state of being rather than an action.

18. Sentence Crafting Question 9 What are the four kinds of sentences based on function (how they are used)?

19. Sentence Crafting Answer 9 Declarative = Statement Imperative = Command Interrogative = Question Exclamatory = Exclamation

20. Sentence Crafting Question 10 Which punctuation is associated with each sentence kind based on function? Imperative… Declarative… Interrogative… Exclamatory…

21. Sentence Crafting Answer 10 Imperative! Declarative. Interrogative? Exclamatory!

22. Sentence Crafting Question 11 When joining two independent clauses, what punctuation should be used?

23. Sentence Crafting Answer 11 When connecting two independent clauses, use a semicolon. Example: Pizza is delicious; it’s especially good when the cheese is hot and gooey.

24. Sentence Crafting Question 12 When is a comma used to separate independent and dependent clauses?

25. Sentence Crafting Answer 12 When the dependent clause comes before an independent clause use a comma to separate the two. When the dependent clause comes after the independent clause, no comma is necessary.

26. Sentence Crafting Question 13 What kind of sentence error is this: I like to go to the movies I especially like to go with my son we both like the same kinds of movies. How is such an error corrected?

27. Sentence Crafting Answer 13 The sentence error is a run-on. I like to go to the movies. I especially like to go with my son. We both like the same kinds of movies.

28. Sentence Crafting Question 14 True or false? A comma can be used to separate two independent clauses.

29. Sentence Crafting Answer 14 False. To separate two independent clauses with a comma is a sentence error called comma splice.

30. Sentence Crafting Question 15 True or false? A coordinating conjunction can be used along with a comma to separate two independent clauses. Example: Summer is the most wonderful season, but it is never long enough.

31. Sentence Crafting Answer 15 True. Summer is the most wonderful, but season, but it is never long enough. Comma + conjunction

32. Sentence Crafting Question 16 Which of the following is an example of a sentence fragment? a. in the end b. rainbows are beautiful c. Stop

33. Sentence Crafting Answer 16 Which of the following is an example of a sentence fragment? a. in the end (fragment) (independent clause) b. rainbows are beautiful (independent clause) (command) c. Stop (command)