Clauses
Phrases
Agreement
Vocabulary
(Prefixes & Roots)
Vocabulary 2
(Usage)
100
What is the main difference between a clause and a phrase?
What is "A clause has a subject verb pair and a phrase does not"?
100
Name five types of phrases.
What is prepositional, verbal (participial, gerund, infinitive), and appositive?
100
Identify the correct verb in the sentence below: The curtain behind the actors (is, are) new.
What is "is"?
100
Prefix for across/through 1) omni 2) trans 3) milli 4) retro
What is "trans"?
100
The news spoke of the ______________, wherein thousands of gypsies were murdered.
What is "genocide"?
200
Is the following clause subordinate or independent? Run fast!!
What is independent?
200
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence: The names of the contest winners will be announced in the large room after the show.
What is "of the contest winners" "in the large room" & "after the show"?
200
Identify the correct verb in the following sentence: Neither of the books (is, are) difficult.
What is "is"?
200
Means "kill"
What is "cide"?
200
The ruler believed he was __________ until he was stripped of his power. 1) omnifarious 2) omnipotent 3) omniscient 4) omnificent
What is omnipotent?
300
Identify the adjective clause in the following sentence: The pond, which is a landing place for migrating birds, lies in a protected area.
What is "which is a landing place for migrating birds"?
300
Identify the verbal phrase in the sentence below: Acting quickly, the hiker snapped a picture of the lion.
What is a participial phrase?
300
Which sentence is written in active voice? 1) She slammed on the breaks to avoid the deer. 2) The boy was hit by the girl with the polka-dot dress. 3) Unfortunately, their computer was hacked last month. 4) Your car has been stolen.
What is 1) She slammed on the breaks to avoid the deer.
300
Means "backward"? 1) post 2) non 3) retro 4) re
What is "retro"?
300
She will _____________ her mother's wrath if she chooses to sneak out. 1) discredit 2) mandate 3) incur 4) fragment
What is "incur"?
400
Identify the part of the sentence this noun clause is in: The loser is whoever has the final piece to the puzzle.
What is predicate nominative?
400
Identify the type of verbal phrase in the sentence below: The sloppy writing of the note made it difficult to read.
What is a gerund phrase?
400
Identify the correct verb in the sentence below and EXPLAIN: Many a doll (was/were) made of cottonwood root.
What is "was"? Rule: every or many a before a subject calls for a singular verb.
400
If scribe means "write", then inscribe means?
What is "to write into a material"?
400
What is the meaning of discursive? 1) marked by analytical reasoning 2) digressing from subject to subject (rambling) 3) proceeding coherently from topic to topic 4) all of the above.
What is "all of the above"?
500
Identify the type of subordinate clause in the following sentence: After the judge announced her decision, the attorneys held a press conference.
What is an adverb clause?
500
Identify the type of verbal in the following sentence: Will you help me book the airplane tickets this afternoon?
What is an infinitive phrase?
500
Which sentence demonstrates correct agreement? 1)Have the lettuce, in addition to the tomatoes, been washed? 2) Leona, as well as her parents, are visiting. 3) The committee start at 10:00. 4) The team were arguing with each other.
What is 4) The team were arguing with each other.
500
What is the meaning of "cur"?
What is "run"?
500
The court decided to ____________ the convict to a psychiatric hospital. 1) expedite 2) genuflect 3) incur 4) remand
What is remand?
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