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    Here are 3 functions of commas with examples: 1. To separate items in a list: We needed flour, sugar, eggs, and butter to bake the cake. 2. To set off non-restrictive or parenthetical elements: The baker, who owned the shop for over 30 years, recently announced her retirement. 3. To separate independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet): I finished the cake early but it still needed to cool before icing it.

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    Here are 3 functions of commas with examples: 1. To separate items in a list: We needed flour, sugar, eggs, and butter to bake the cake. 2. To set off non-restrictive or parenthetical elements: The baker, who owned the shop for over 30 years, recently announced her retirement. 3. To separate independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet): I finished the cake early but it still needed to cool before icing it.

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    GRAMMAR SKILLS QUESTIONNAIRE

    Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _____________


    Course : ___________ Check one only: Beginning of course ___ Middle ___ End of course ___

    Directions: Circle the one letter (SA, A, DK, SD, D) that most closely fits your answer to each
    statement.
    SA (Strongly Agree): You are absolutely sure about the accuracy/truth of the statement.
    A (Agree): You are fairly confident about the accuracy/truth of the statement/
    DK (Dont Know): You dont have an opinion about the statement partly because you dont
    know the terms used.
    D (Disagree): You believe the statement is inaccurate/wrong.
    SD (Strongly Disagree): You know for sure that the statement is wrong/inaccurate..

    1. A sentence is a complete thought. SA A DK SD D


    2. The definition A noun is a person, place, thing or idea
    is accurate SA A DK SD D
    3. The definition A noun is a person, place, thing or idea
    is useful even if it isnt 100% accurate SA A DK SD D
    4. The definition An adjective is a describing word
    is accurate SA A DK SD D
    5. A pronoun replaces a noun. SA A DK SD D
    6. The definition A verb is an action word or a state
    of being word is accurate SA A DK SD D
    7. Verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs cannot be
    accurately defined on the basis of their meaning SA A DK SD D
    8. A clause is a minimal sentence. SA A DK SD D
    9. The definition An adjective is a describing word
    is useful even if it isnt 100% accurate SA A DK SD D
    10. A subject indicates the doer of an action. SA A DK SD D
    11. A phrase is the same as a clause. SA A DK SD D
    12. A common noun is a word that can be preceded by
    the words the or a/an. SA A DK SD D
    13. A verb can take the ing ending. SA A DK SD D
    14. An adjective can have degrees indicated either with
    the er ending or with more. SA A DK SD D
    15. A sentence consists of a subject and a predicate. SA A DK SD D
    16. The articles the and a/an are adjectives. SA A DK SD D
    17. Relative clauses typically begin with the words
    who/which/that. SA A DK SD D
    18. Subordinate clauses are one type of dependent clauses. SA A DK SD D
    19. Written sentences cannot begin with the words
    but , and, or because. SA A DK SD D
    20. Complements are required elements in a construction. SA A DK SD D
    21. Coordinating conjunctions can be used to join clauses. SA A DK SD D
    22. Determiners (i.e. words like his, Marys, this)
    precede nouns. SA A DK SD D
    23. Prepositional phrases can modify nouns. SA A DK SD D
    24. A finite verb shows tense. SA A DK SD D
    25. Semicolons can be used to join independent clauses. SA A DK SD D
    26. A dash can be used for emphasis. SA A DK SD D
    27. Modal verbs indicate obligation, possibility, probability. SA A DK SD D
    28. The following sentence is a run-on:
    Clara created a song similar to Ska8er boi,
    she simply replaced he with she throughout. SA A DK SD D
    29. Grammar helps us avoid errors. SA A DK SD D
    30. Knowing grammar helps us choose the best way
    to express meaning in writing. SA A DK SD D
    31. To understand how to punctuate, we must understand
    the structure of sentences. SA A DK SD D
    32. The structure of sentences often depends on the genre
    of writing (fiction, recipes, editorials, news reports). SA A DK SD D
    33. When colons are used in a sentence, they can indicate
    that the second part of the sentence explains the first one. SA A DK SD D
    34. A phrase is a group pf words that can be replaced
    by a single word. SA A DK SD D
    35. Prepositional phrases can modify verbs. SA A DK SD D
    36. The following sentence, If you have a question,
    you can ask Judy or myself is correct. SA A DK SD D
    37. Commas are placed where we take a breath pause. SA A DK SD D
    38. A sentence consists of at least one clause. SA A DK SD D
    39. Participles are forms of verbs. SA A DK SD D
    40. Speakers who say I had went there, sound uneducated SA A DK SD D
    41. Independent clauses are clauses that dont depend
    on any other construction in the sentence. SA A DK SD D

    Please underline examples of the following constructions in the text below: subject
    (S), verb (V), participle (PCP), determiner (DET), adverbial modifier (ADVMod),
    noun phrase (NP), dependent clause (DC), noun/nominal clause (NC), prenoun
    modifier (preNM):
    There is a 41-year-old woman, an administrative assistant from California known in the

    medical literature only as AJ, who remembers almost every day of her life since age 11.

    There is an 85-year old man, a retired lab technician called EP, who remembers only

    his most recent thought. She might have the best memory in the world. He could very

    well have the worst. My memory flows like a movienonstop and uncontrollable,

    says AJ. She remembers that on Sunday, August 3, 1986, a young man called her on the

    phone. She remembers what happened on Murphy Brown on March 12, 1998.
    Punctuate the following textexplain your choices (periods are indicated):
    A turtle with a bone crushing bite and a strike as fast as a cobras seems as if it would be
    king of the river.
    But it had been years since anyone spotted a breeding population of the endangered
    Cantors giant softshell turtle which was no match for hunters or people excavating its
    eggs from sandy riverbanks.
    Yet when conservationists pulled up a trap from northern Cambodias Mekong River
    there it was a 24- pounder with a distinctive low profile and a shell of rubbery skin
    stretched over fused ribs.
    The turtle which mainly spends its time dug into river bottoms once lived across much of
    Asia.
    Until the late 1990s the presence of the brutal Khmer Rouge kept many people away
    from the 31-mile stretch of river where the turtle turned up.
    Now land hungry migrants are pourin in a planned dam could also threaten turtle habitat.
    If some of the area isnt declared of limits warns Marck Bezuijen of the World Wildlife
    Fund the flat reptile may vanish as quickly as it resurfaced.

    PUNCTUATION/EDITING
    NRSY Can you identify run-ons? Please give an example.

    NRSY Can you identify fragments? Please give an example.

    NRSY Can you punctuate using dashes? Please give an example.

    NRSY Can you punctuate using colons? Please give an example.

    NRSY Can you punctuate using semicolons? Please give an example.

    NRSY Can you list 3 functions of commas? Please give appropriate examples.

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