Grammar Review

What does FANBOYS stand for?

• For/and/not/but/ordinary/yet/some

• Fun/anxiety/notes/bats/orcas/soup

• For/and/nor/but/or/yet/so

• Food/Nachos/Burritos/Oysters/Yikes/Stamps

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

When combining two complete sentences with FANBOYS, you need to ______ a comma.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following use FANBOYS correctly?

• I went to the store to buy milk and cookies.

• While at the store, I ran into my mom, and I saw an old friend from school.

• Mrs. Gist likes sushi, but Ms. Mattingly likes cheese.

• Midlothian Middle School has a gym but no pool.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

Which of the following titles is punctuated incorrectly?

• Green Eggs and Ham

• "Aint I a Woman"

• "The Polar Express"

• "America & I"

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Which of the following titles gets italicized?

• Book Titles

• Magazine Titles

• Newspaper Titles

• Epic Poems

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

When punctuating titles, you use ________ _________ for shorter texts.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Why do we use apostrophes (what do they show)?

• Giving credit to original work

• Combining ideas

• Possession

• Pauses

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which of the following examples use apostrophes correctly?

• I won't go to the store because I don't have any money for groceries.

• The Millerses' cat won't stop climbing our tree!

• The mice's cheese is everywhere.

• Mr. Mathews's class was so much fun today!

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Does a compound or complex sentence use FANBOYS?

• Compound

• Complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

When do you use a comma when combining dependent and independent clauses?

• Never

• When the dependent clause comes first

• When the independent clause comes first

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A