ACT (english) everything)

2 complete ideas use

-period

-semicolon

-exlamation mark

-question mark

- comma plus FANBOYS

If either one is an incomplete idea

-fanboys NO COMMA

-commas alsone

-no punctiation

complete

as long as the portion before the colon is ____, the portion before or after can be incomplete

semicolon and colon

are neither stop nor go

semicolon and colon

can be used after complete idea or before a list, explamation, or definintion

comma

if you need to pause after reading something add ____

correctly

If you cross out what is in between commas and it makes sense then the commas are being used ________

and

always have comma before

do not mix (if you seee inside answer choice do not pick it)

semicolons and commas

do not mix (if you seee inside answer choice do not pick it)

commas and dashes

tenses

make sure the ____ match DO NOT MIX -ED AND -ING

it's

means it is or it has

its

means possesive form of it

repeat

do not _______. ex. their home of their parents

plural

A _____ subject has a plural verb

-and

-thus

-therefore

-since

to transition from simliar things use_________ transistion verbs

-however

-yet

-although

-still

to transition from different things use_________ transistion verbs

he or she

replace who with______

him or her

replace whom with____

comma

need a ____ before -ING words

comma hug

you need a _____ for interupters (some are: however, generally speaking, sadly, happily, and unfortunately)

colons

used fir lists and emphansis

true

true or false chooose the simplist answe

match

_______ the tone such as informal and formal

then

(time). ex. I did this _____ i did that

than

(comparison) I am better_ ______

wrong

wrong information or punctiation in answer choices are _____

introductory phrase,

_____ then comma then the rest of the sentecne

names

do not place comma hug around _____

being

________ in a answer choice is always wrong

always have a _______ before

yes

is this right -they play -he plays

-they run -he runs

singular

when the subject is ________ add a -s to the verb

plural

when the verb is ________ DO NOT add a -s to the verb

true

TRUE OR FALSE the answer choice with the least punctation is most of the time correct

comma

add _____ after introductory phrase ex. After eating breakfast, I went to school

non essential

add _ comma hug aroung ____ information ex. the television, invented in 1977, is very common.

comma

befor quotattion marks add _____

ex. he asked, "do you like"

comma

for a tag question add ___ ex. you are moving, right?

apostophes

possesion or contraction

ex. the lion's roar was loud

ex. it's- it is it has, there's- there is, they're- they are, who's-who is

comma

after a introductory phrase put a

dependent

Because, although, since, when, if, while, unless, after, even though are words that indicate a ____ clasue

transition

use comma after _______ word at the beggining of the sentence

transition

use comma or semicolon depending on clauses if the _____ word is in the middle of the sentences

YES

YES or NO if the person's name is important dont put a comma hug

period

READ TO THE ________

semicolon

do no use _______ before FANBOYS

non essential information

gives you a by the way

dash hug ______ information

do not

- and , _________ mix

interchangable

- - and , , are

ind

before a colon has to be a _______

ind or dep

after a colon has to be _____

namely

replace a colon with the word " " to tell it is being used right

clarifies or explains

after a colon it is _____ or _______ the stuff that happened before the colon

singlular

each, either , and neither are _______

affect

iffuence change or action

effect

the END result

affect

action (lack of sleep can affect your focus)

effect

END result (the effect of the storm was flooding)