DGP Wednesday/Thursday Notes Test Review

What type of sentence makes a statement and ends in a period.

Possessive nouns do not use apostrophes.

Coordinating conjunctions use an Acronym called FANBOYS to help remember them.

Never quote dialogue and words copied from other sources.

A compound sentence has one independent clause.

There are two sentence types, the simple sentence, and the compound sentence.

An independent clause does not start with a relative pronoun or subordinating conjunction.

What type of sentence expresses strong feelings and ends in an exclamation point.

A declarative, interrogative, or imperative sentence can be exclamatory if it expresses strong feelings.

A simple sentence has two independent clauses.

A dependent clause is also called the main clause.

Quote titles of short things: short stories, poems, songs, articles, episodes of TV shows.

One independent clause plus one or more dependent clauses is known as a complex sentence.

Treat singular nouns ending in s just like any other singular noun.

No commas are needed after the day of the week, month date, year.

Underline or italicize names of ships, planes, trains, artwork, and foreign expressions.

The types of clauses are called independent and dependent clauses.

A comma does not go between an independent clause, and adverb dependent clause.

A dependent clause starts with a relative pronoun or a subordinating conjunction.

What type of sentence asks a question and ends in a question mark.

Underline or italicize titles of long things.

Always use apostrophes to make words plural.

The dependent clause can usually stand alone.

Use apostrophes to make words possessive and to make contractions.

What type of sentence gives command and ends in a period.

A semi-colon is placed between two independent clauses.

If the word is plural and ends in s, do not add an apostrophe.

Commas and periods that follow quoted words always go inside closing quotation marks.

You always capitalize proper nouns, proper adjectives, and the first word of each sentence.

An independent clause is also called the secondary clause.

The dependent clause can stand alone.

Place a comma between an adverb dependent clause, and independent clause.

Each clause must have a subject and verb.

Underlining and italicizing are not the same thing.

Every sentence must have at least two independent clauses

Colons and semicolons that follow quoted words always go inside closing quotation marks.