Semester 1 Review

Is the following a fragment or an independent clause?

running through the park

• Fragment

• Independent Clause

• Neither

Which answer choice is a fragment?

• the rain stopped

• the birds were chirping

• the heavy storm

• a rainbow appeared

Answer explanation

The correct answer is missing a predicate!

What does an independent clause have to have?

• Subject

• End punctuation

• Predicate

• Complete Thought

• Capital Letter

Answer explanation

An independent clause has to have a subject, predicate, and a complete thought. Then you make a choice on what sentence structure to use.

What is the subject in the following sentence?

The sun sets early in the winter.

• sun

• sets

• early

• winter

Answer explanation

The subject is who or what the sentence is about.

Recognize the compound subject in the following sentence:

John and his sister went to the store.

• John/sister

• John/store

• sister/store

• his sister

Recognize the compound subject in the following sentence:

The dog and the cat played in the yard.

• the dog and the cat

• the dog

• and the cat

• played in the yard

What is the compound predicate in the following:

I ate dinner and watched a movie.

• I/dinner

• I/movie

• ate/watched

• ate/dinner

What is the compound predicate in the following:

Tom and Jerry read a book and listened to music.

• Tom/Jerry

• book/music

• read/listened

• Jerry/book

Create a compound sentence using the following independent clauses:

she likes to dance

he prefers to sing

• She likes to dance, so he prefers to sing.

• She likes to dance, but he prefers to sing.

• She likes to dance, for he prefers to sing.

• She likes to dance, because he prefers to sing.

Create a compound sentence using the following independent clauses:

the sun was shining

the birds were chirping

• The sun was shining; and the birds were chirping.

• The sun was shining and the birds were chirping.

• The sun was shining; the birds were chirping.

• The sun was shining the birds were chirping.

Answer explanation

When we use semicolons in compound sentences, there is not a coordinating conjunction.