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Sentence Crafting Question 1

Identify the subject in this sentence.

Amira likes to shop.

Sentence Crafting Answer 1

Amira is the subject of the sentence because the sentence is about Amira.

Sentence Crafting Question 2

What kind of subject is the following.

Amira and Hiba like to eat chocolate.

Sentence Crafting Answer 2

Amira and Hiba are the subjects. Since two people make up the subject,

the subject is compound.

Sentence Crafting Question 3

What is the difference between an independent and a dependent clause?

What are the similarities?

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.

Sentence Crafting Question 4

Identify the predicate in the following sentence.

Alec is always hyper.

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.

Sentence Crafting Question 5

What is a noun?

Sentence Crafting Answer 5

An noun is a person, place, or thing.

Sentence Crafting Question 6

What is the difference between an abstract and a concrete noun?

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

Sentence Crafting Question 7

Name the coordinating conjunctions.

What do coordinating conjunctions do?

Sentence Crafting Answer 7

The coordinating conjunctions are:ForAndNorButOrYetSo

Coordinating conjunctions connect words in a sentence or they connect independent clauses.

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Sentence Crafting Question 8

List the being verbs.

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.

Sentence Crafting Question 9

What are the four kinds of sentences based on function (how they are used)?

Sentence Crafting Answer 9

Declarative = Statement Imperative = Command Interrogative = Question Exclamatory = Exclamation

Sentence Crafting Question 10

Which punctuation is associated with each sentence kind based on function?

Imperative… Declarative… Interrogative… Exclamatory…

Sentence Crafting Answer 10

Imperative ! Declarative . Interrogative ? Exclamatory !

Sentence Crafting Question 11

When joining two independent clauses, what punctuation should be used?

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.

Sentence Crafting Question 12

When is a comma used to separate independent and dependent clauses?

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.

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?

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.

Sentence Crafting Question 14

True or false?

A comma can be used to separate two independent clauses.

Sentence Crafting Answer 14

False. To separate two independent clauses with a comma is a sentence error called comma splice.

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.

Sentence Crafting Answer 15

True.

Summer is the most wonderful

season, but, but it is never long enough.

Comma + conjunction

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

Sentence Crafting Answer 16

Which of the following is an example of a sentence fragment?

a. in the end (fragment)a. in the end (fragment)

b. rainbows are beautiful (independent clause)(independent clause)

c. Stop (command)(command)