English 122: Grammar Review Writing Effective and Grammatical Sentences

Using your grammar handbook A Writer's Reference and class notes, look up the definitions of these basic grammar terms referring to sentence structure. Take the time to write sentences that demonstrate each term. Use this list as a study guide for the sentence quiz.

Additional exercises: Use the CD that came with the Writer's Reference or go to the companion web site and complete exercises in the suggested categories. Do 3 exercises from each category for 10 points per exercise. Do 2 additional exercises in any category of your choice for 10 points extra credit. Print your reports to turn in for credit.

Sentence Style: S1-3 Parallelism and Choppy Sentences
Grammatical Sentences G1-G2-3 and G4-G6-3
Basic Grammar: Do 2 from this list

4 Sentence Types

  1. Simple Sentence
  2. Compound Sentence
  3. Complex Sentence
  4. Compound-Complex Sentence

Clauses

  1. Independent Clause
  2. Dependent Clause
    1. subordinating clauses
    2. adjective clause
    3. adverb clause

Phrases

  1. verbals
  2. prepositional
  3. gerund
  4. appositive
  5. participle
  6. infinitive
  7. noun phrase
  8. absolute

Comma Splice

Run on Sentence

Fragment Sentence

Conjunctions

  1. correlative conjunctions
  2. subordinating conjunctions
  3. coordinating conjunctions