What is a "Co-ordinating Conjunction"?
How do I know if I have 2 sentences in a sentence?
A sentence must have:
- A Noun
- A Verb
- A completed thought / finished idea
Another Example...
A sentence with more than one noun/verb or thought that is not grammatically correct may look like this:
A sentence that has more than one noun/verb/thought is considered a "Run on Sentence." This is quite on-the-nose, it just means your sentence has run on and on and didn't stop when it should have.
What methods could you try to fix the above sentence? There is more than one option.
What methods could you try to fix the above sentence? There is more than one option.
Being Able to Identify
- What is the subject? noun
- What is happening to the subject (or) What is the subject doing? verb
- What does the subject do with the verb? finished thought
Read the following sentences. Identify the noun, the verb, and the finished thought
- Samuel ran to the beach.
- Mark and Jessica decided to eat lunch at Arbys.
- The lamp was not properly lit.
- The athlete had broken a 4th world record.
- When sitting on the ground, I saw a ladybug fly past me.
FANBOYS
After you identify the parts of the sentence, check to see if it needs a FANBOYS
Not all of them will need one.
Not all of them will need one.
- Mark and Jack ran to the store Mark bought a large slurpee.
- Yesterday, I found a $20 bill on the ground I bought a new book with it.
- I rode my bike to my friends house they invited me inside and we had some BBQ.
- The rock glimmered because of all the minerals inside of it reflecting light.
- The chair was lightweight and easy to fold Michael decided to sit on it.
- The summer weather pushed temperatures upward to 25 degrees Celsius.