Vocab
Impertinent answers
Disrespectful
Which word would you use?
Please mark the drawers "scissors," "glue," and "pencils," (respectfully/respectively).
Respectively
Fix/Change the sentence:
My Kindergarten teacher told us to walk on the line and She told us to be quiet
My kindergarten teacher told us to walk on the line; she told us to be quiet.
Write possessive nouns and what it possesses:
a book belonging to that person
a business owned by two women
That person's book
Two women's business
Scornful Person
Cynic
Industrious workers
Diligent
What's the difference between their, there, and they're?
Their -- possessive
There -- location
They're -- they are
What punctuation marks can be used to separate items in a list?
Commas & Semicolons
Classify the following sentence (S, CD, CX, or CDCX):
A trained dog's help could make independent living possible for a disabled person.
S
Abhor violence
Hate
Surmount difficulties
Overcome
Difference between you're and your
You're -- You are
Your -- possessive
What punctuation is used to emphasize a phrase or add information to a sentence?
Em dash & parentheses
Label predicate nominative P.N. and show proof.
Dr. Jone has been the head physician at the clinic for several years.
For several years, the head physician (has been- P.N.) Dr. Jone.
Allotment
Quota
Unknown adversary
Enemy
Write a sentence with parallelism
*Answers may vary*
Cross out prepositional phrases, underline subject once and verb (phrase) twice. Label direct objects D.O., circle gerunds.
Jack has started practicing for a part in the play.
*Look at whiteboard*
Personal journal
Intimate
Solvent company
Able to pay debts
Difference between Site, Sight, and Cite.
Sight -- eye
Cite -- reference
Change that would NOT be acceptable:
All of his best friends played, and they were good players.
A. played; they
B. played, they
C. played. They
D. played and
B. played, they
Classify the following sentence (S, CD, CX, or CDCX):
The musicians were excellent, and we enjoyed their performance even though they were a bit loud.
CDCX
Pleasantness
Congeniality