What is an independent clause?
Identify the independent clause: Although I come from a big family, I am an only child.
How many independent clauses can you identify in the following sentence? It is difficult to fall asleep during the daytime; the sun shines in through the spaces formed between the blinds.
Identify the independent clause: Mrs. Smith warned Maria to sit up straight and take notes during the interview.
Identify the purpose of the word 'but' in this sentence: Mary swam in the pool, but she didn't stay in long because it was cold.
What is a dependent clause?
Name five dependent marker words.
Identify the dependent clause: Unless Sarah can remember her lines, she will not be able to perform in the play.
Identify the dependent clause: Jeremy will ride the rollarcoaster if he can overcome his fear of heights.
Form a sentence using using an independent and dependent clause
When writing out dates in a sentence where do you put the commas?
Find the error: 'He was able', she answered, 'to complete the assignment.'
When using interrupters in a sentence such as 'however' and 'therefore' where does the comma go?
Do clauses that begin with 'that' need commas?
Name the 7 coordinating conjunctions that are used with commas to seperate independent clauses.
You use a semicolon in place of a ______ when the conjunction has been left out.
What kind of clauses does a semicolon link?
Sentences must be (short/long) in order to use a semicolon to connect them.
Can you use semicolons to introduce a list?
Use the semicolon to seperate units of a series when one or more of the units contain _____.
What is it called when you make the error of inserting a comma between two independent clauses?
What's another term for a fused sentence?
Name two ways to fix this sentence: I love the weather, it is so sunny outside.
What is a sentence fragment?
If the sentence has an introductory word where does the comma go?
contains a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought; can stand by itself as a sentence
I am an only child.
2: two independent clauses joined by a semi colon
Mrs. Smith warned Maria
Coordinating conjunction
Contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete though; it cannot stand alone in a sentence
though, while, since, because, if
Unless Sarah can remember her lines
If he can overcome his fear of heights
Answers may very
ex/ March 25, 2012
'He was able,' she answered, 'to complete the assignment.'
ex/ ...,however,...
NO!
for, and, but, so, yet, nor, or
a period
independent
short
NO!
commas
comma splice
a run on sentence
use a period to seperate; semicolon to seperate; insert 'because'
treat a dependent clause or other incomplete thought as a complete sentence
after the introductory word; ex/ Yes, I do need that report.
