English Grammar 101
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Foreword: To the Student and Parent/Teacher
Introduction: To Those Grammarians Among Us
Instructions: How to Complete the Lessons
Module 1: Word and Phrase Patterns
Module 2: Clause Patterns
Lesson 2-1: The Complete Predicate
Lesson 2-2: The Complete Predicate (Continued)
Lesson 2-3: The Simple Predicate
Lesson 2-4: The Complete Subject
Lesson 2-5: The Simple Subject
Lesson 2-6: The Predicate versus the Subject
Lesson 2-7: Changes in Sentence Patterns
Lesson 2-8: Changes in Sentence Patterns (Continued)
Lesson 2-9: Appositives Within the Sentence
Lesson 2-10: Appositives and Simple Subjects
Quiz 2-11: Cumulative Review
Lesson 2-12: The Clause
Lesson 2-13: Independent versus Dependent Clauses
Lesson 2-14: Independent versus Dependent Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-15: The Simple Sentence versus The Sentence Fragment
Lesson 2-16: The Simple Sentence versus The Sentence Fragment (Continued)
Lesson 2-17: The Complex Sentence
Lesson 2-18: The Dependent Clause
Lesson 2-19: The Dependent Clause (Continued)
Quiz 2-20: Cumulative Review
Lesson 2-21: The Adjective Clause
Lesson 2-22: The Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-23: Commas and the Adjective Clause
Lesson 2-24: Commas and the Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-25: Commas and the Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-26: The Adverbial Clause
Lesson 2-27: The Adverbial Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-28: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses
Lesson 2-29: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-30: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-31: The Noun Clause
Lesson 2-32: The Noun Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-33: The Noun Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-34: Noun Clauses versus Adjective and Adverbial Clauses
Lesson 2-35: Noun Clauses versus Adjective and Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-36: The Compound Sentence
Lesson 2-37: Compound Sentences versus Run-on Sentences
Lesson 2-38: The Compound-Complex Sentence
Lesson 2-39: Identifying Sentences by Structure
Lesson 2-40: Identifying Sentences by Structure (Continued)
Quiz 2-41: Cumulative Review
Exercise 2-42: Module 2 Self-Test
Module 3: Verb Tense and Verbal Patterns
Module 4: Verb Forms and Sentence Patterns
Module 5: Punctuation and Capitalization
Module 6: Supplement - Troublesome Words
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English Grammar
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he Simple Sentence versus The Sentence Fragment (Continued)
Lesson 2-16
Comments:
Prompt:
A simple sentence is an independent clause that stands alone. A sentence fragment is a group of words, a phrase, or a dependent clause that cannot stand alone as a complete thought.
Directions:
Below are groups of words, phrases, and clauses. Below each group, click to select whether the group is a simple sentence or a sentence fragment.
1.
As we study grammar.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
2.
Walking to school each morning.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
3.
I shall be an expert in grammar.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
4.
Since I know how to find the simple predicate.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
5.
As soon as I write a simple sentence.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
6.
A simple subject and a simple predicate in a sentence.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
7.
I can identify a dependent clause.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
8.
A prepositional phrase is not a sentence.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
9.
When an independent clause stands alone.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
10.
Dependent clauses cannot stand alone as a sentence.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
11.
Clauses with subjects and verbs.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
12.
A simple sentence makes a complete thought.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
13.
A sentence fragment is just a part of a sentence.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)
14.
While we try to learn the structure of the sentence.
(
simple sentence
) (
sentence fragment
)