Writing Conventions Quizzizz!

COMMA PLACEMENT:

Sure I will watch your dog next weekend.

• Sure I will watch your dog, next weekend.

• Sure, I will watch your dog, next weekend.

• Sure, I will watch your dog next weekend.

• NO CHANGE

Answer explanation

"Sure" is an introductory word, meaning it should be followed by a comma.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

COMMA PLACEMENT:

In the wee hours of that October morning the ghost wandered the house.

• In the wee hours, of that October morning, the ghost wandered the house.

• In the wee hours of that October morning, the ghost wandered the house.

• In the wee hours of that October morning the ghost wandered, the house.

• NO CHANGE

Answer explanation

"In the wee hours of that October morning" is a prepositional phrase telling us WHEN the action happens, and it's longer than 3 words, so it needs a comma!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

COMMA PLACEMENT:

Jack threw the ball, aiming for the distant receiver.

• Jack threw the ball aiming for the distant receiver.

• Jack threw the ball, aiming, for the distant receiver.

• Jack threw the ball, aiming for, the distant receiver.

• NO CHANGE

Answer explanation

"aiming for the distant receiver" is a participial phrase, meaning it should be separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

COMMA PLACEMENT:

Troy Ohio is a nice place but I want to move away.

• Troy, Ohio, is a nice place but I want to move away.

• Troy Ohio is a nice place, but I want to move away.

• Troy, Ohio, is a nice place, but I want to move away.

• NO CHANGE

Answer explanation

States listed after town names should be marked off by commas, and "but" is connecting two independent clauses in this compound sentence, so it needs a comma before it!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

SENTENCE TYPE:

The Death Star exploded into a trillion tiny, fiery pieces.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Answer explanation

There is only one independent clause in this sentence: "The Death Star exploded"

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

SENTENCE TYPE:

Journey is a great band, so I bought tickets to see them.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Answer explanation

"and" is connecting two independent clauses

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

SENTENCE TYPE:

It's annoying when I don't understand the math homework.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Answer explanation

There is one independent clause ("it's annoying") and one dependent clause ("when I don't understand the math homework") in this sentence, making it complex.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

SENTENCE TYPE:

Since it's Monday, I'm not in the mood for grammar.

• Simple

• Compound

• Complex

• Compound-Complex

Answer explanation

This sentence contains one independent clause ("I'm not in the mood for grammar") and one dependent clause ("since it's Monday").

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which is a simple sentence?

• You almost blew us up when you lit that match!

• Lighting that match could have blown us up!

• If you light that match, you moron, you could blow us all up!

• NONE

Answer explanation

There is only a single independent clause in this sentence. The subject is the gerund phrase "lighting that match" and the predicate is "could have blown us up"

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What kind of phrase this?

I left the house at the break of dawn.

• prepositional

• infinitive

• participial

• gerund

Answer explanation

It's telling WHEN and begins with a preposition (at), so it is a prepositional phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A