Download Grammar Checklist

Grammar Checklist
Present Tense Verbs
• Swap papers and skim read for present tense
verbs
• Circle any verbs that are not in present tense
and/or do not sound correct
• You do not have to correct these for the writer
Present Tense Verbs
• Swap papers again and skim read for present
tense verbs
• Circle any verbs that are not in present tense
and/or do not sound correct
• You do not have to correct these for the writer
Run-on Sentences
• Swap papers and check for run-on sentences
– The sun is high, put on some sun block.
• Circle where the run-on sentence occurs and
where new punctuation is needed
• Look especially at how quotations are blended
because this is where most run-ons will occur
Fragments
• Swap papers and check for fragments
– When Macbeth kills Duncan.
• Circle where the fragment occurs
• Remember that MOST fragments will occur
where there is a SUBORDINATE CLAUSE– they
will sound incomplete
Compound Sentences
• Swap papers and check for proper punctuation
with compound sentences
– Macbeth kills the king and he has Banquo killed.
• The comma must become before a coordinating
conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) ONLY
when it’s followed by a subject/ verb
• Circle where the error occurs, and where a
comma should be added
Introductory Clauses and Phrases
• Swap papers and check for errors in commas after introductory
clauses and phrases
– At school in the lunchroom I found a lost bag.
• If a sentence begins with a prepositional phrase, it must be
followed by a COMMA
– If I go to the concert I want to sit in the front row.
• If a sentence begins with a subordinate clause, it must be followed
by a COMMA
• Circle where these are needed.
Conjunctive Adverbs
• Swap papers and check for correct punctuation for
conjunctive adverbs
– Macbeth wants to become king, however he has to kill
Duncan first.
• A conjunctive adverb must begin with a semi-colon and
be followed by a comma
– Macbeth wants to become king; however, he has to kill
Duncan first.
• Circle any places where the writer has made this error