Grammar...

Chompchomp.com is my favorite grammar website. Bookmark it for future reference.


You can get extra credit for visiting these sites.
Follow directions, then scroll down to find out how to earn the EC.


1. Review comma splices and fused sentences. Fused sentences = run-ons.   Go to this site:
http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm and do Exercise 1 online. 


2. If you were unclear today about main (independent) and subordinate (dependent) clauses, go to this page and review them.


http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/mainclause.htm


http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subordinateclause.htm

Stop when you get to the part about relative clauses!














3.To test yourself on clauses, try this basic online exercise:


http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/56.asp



4. More clause practice:


http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/indep_clause_quiz.htm

For extra credit, email me with the name of the author of this poem: Fire and Ice.