1. GRAMMAR DAY TENSES 2. When You’re Stuck in Present Is this right? John told me that the earth was a planet. 3. Why it is wrong? The unchanging fact, that the earth is…

1. CHAPTER 3 Improving Writing Techniques 2. The Writing Process 3. Formal Research Methods for Gathering Information Search manually (books, magazines, journals). Access…

1. Sentence Structure and Punctuation 2. SENTENCE FRAGMENTS Is there a verb? If no, there is a sentence fragment. NOTE: “Jumping,” “jumped,” “to jump” cannot…

1. Group Work Get in your groups... Write a sentence lacking a subject. Write a sentence lacking a verb. Write a dependent clause. Write a prepositional phrase.…

1. Reworking run-on sentences 2. Run-on sentences are independent clauses that haven’t been joined correctly. 3. There are 2 types of run-on sentence:Fused sentences:Air…

1. Run-Onsp. 430-431 2. What are Run-Ons?Two complete thoughts (independent clauses) are run together with no adequate sign given to mark the break between them. 3. Types…

1. ELEMENTS OF SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION Subjects and Predicates Parts of speech have specific tasks to perform when they are put together in a sentence. A noun or pronoun functions…

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Slide 1Comma Splices Fused sentences Run-on Sentences Fixing Fragments Slide 2 Definition of a Clause: part of a sentence with its own subject and predicate Definition of…

Slide 1Complete Sentences Slide 2 Subject of a Sentence – Answers who or what to the main verb of the sentence. The subject is a noun or pronoun. The subject is never found…