LSC1103 Review - Writing Clear Sentences

A sentence is a group of words with a _____ and a _____.

• subject/verb

• noun/adjective

• topic/meaning

• punctuation/word

A SUBJECT is _____.

• the action in the sentence

• what the sentence is about

• the punctuation of a sentence

• excessive detail

A VERB is _____.

• the subject

• punctuation

• action or state of the subject

• a complete idea

What is PUNCTUATION?

• A group of words

• The subject of a sentence

• A complete sentence

• Instructions to the reader

A COMPOUND sentence uses for/and/nor/but/or/yet/so to link ideas.

• False

• True

A COMPLEX sentence has two parts and one is stronger than the other.

• True

• False

Which is a SIMPLE sentence?

• The students were late to class because of heavy fog.

• He won't eat vegetables, but he loves fruit.

• I visited my sister in Dubai last week.

Which is a COMPOUND sentence?

• The students were late to class because of heavy fog.

• He won't eat vegetables, but he loves fruit.

• I visited my sister in Dubai last week.

Which is a COMPLEX sentence?

• The students were late to class because of heavy fog.

• He won't eat vegetables, but he loves fruit.

• I visited my sister in Dubai last week.

PUNCTUATION

A ___ ends a sentence.

• comma

• period

• capital letter

• apostrophe