Brief initial assessment to provide baseline data on student knowledge of basic punctuation.
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Jonathan the new neighbor next door is a police officer.
Question 2
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This is a true story about the capture of the Massachusettes whale ship Ocmulgee by the Confederate ship Alabama.
Question 3
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What I'm about to do is definitely crazy he thought.
Question 4
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As with any new drug or medical procedure a balance must be struck between effective treatment and potentially harmful side effects.
Question 5
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Tamara lives in Burbank California near the film studios.
Question 6
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She is brave loyal and kind.
Question 7
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Mail it by May 4 2019 to the Hampton Company 321 Market Street Memphis Tennessee.
Question 8
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Maria how can I help you?
Question 9
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Hard workers as you know never quit.
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Question 20
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The following is the CORRECT use of a semicolon, but WHY?
Money is the root of all evil; I don’t believe the reverse is necessarily true.
Connects two, related independent clauses.
Connects two, related independent clauses with a conjunctive adverb.
For clearer seperation
Which SEMICOLON is used correctly? Choose ALL that apply.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Reports of the damage caused by the hurricane were greatly exaggerated; indeed, the storm was not a “hurricane” at all.
I hadn't slept well; my arm burned and my head ached.
The faces around him displayed nothing but shock; he might have announced that he wanted to borrow one of their arms.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
I love; cats.
My plan included taking him to a nice—though not necessarily expensive—dinner; going to the park to look at the stars, which, by the way, are amazing this time of year; and serenading him with my accordion.
The students had been advised against walking alone at night; however, Cathy decided walking wasn’t dangerous if it was early in the evening.
I need the weather statistics for the following cities: London, England; London, Ontario; Paris, France; Paris, Ontario; Perth, Scotland; Perth, Ontario.
She is small and sprightly, like a bantam hen; but, due to a long youthful illness, her shoulders are pitifully hunched.
There was no point in worrying Mrs. Dursley; she always got so upset at any mention of her sister.
What is a clause?
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb
A group of words that contains a verb
A group of words that contains a subject
A jolly fat man in a red suit
What is an independent clause?
A group of words that shows positional relationships (think: a squirrel's position related to a tree)
A group of words with a subject and verb, but not a complete idea (cannot stand by itself)
When Santa gets a weekend with the broskys
A group of words with a subject, verb, and complete idea (could stand on its own as a complete sentence)
What is a dependent clause?
A group of words with a subject, verb, and complete idea (could stand on its own as a complete sentence)
A group of words that shows positional relationships (think: a squirrel's position related to a tree)
A group of words with a subject and verb, but not a complete idea (cannot stand by itself)
When Mrs. Claus is holding the checkbook
Which options contain independent clauses?
If you are going
When running
I will go
Which options contain dependent clauses?
If you are going, I will go too.
I can't wait to eat pumpkin pie after eating a big turkey dinner!
Thanksgiving will be lit this year!
While I ate the last taco, my brother stood in line to buy some more.
Complex
Simple
Compound
Compound-Complex
They were out of tacos, and my brother was still hungry.
Complex
Compound-Complex
Compound
Simple
We hurried to another restaurant to buy food.
Simple
Complex
Compound-Complex
Compound
After we got more food for my brother, he was happy, and I knew we would need to plan ahead for our next meal.