Parts of Speech
What is the term for a word that takes the place of a noun?
Pronoun
What punctuation is used to show possession?
Apostrophe (')
What is the subject in this sentence: The dog barked loudly.
The dog
What should always be capitalized in a sentence? There should be three answers.
The pronoun "I", Proper Nouns and First letter of the first word
What is the difference between 'affect' and 'effect'?
Affect is a verb (to influence); effect is a noun (a result).
What part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb?
Adverb
What is the punctuation error in the sentence? Fix the error in the sentence. "She bought apples, oranges; and bananas."
Between 'tomorrow' and 'I': 'I have a big test tomorrow; I can’t go out tonight.'
Correct this sentence: Me and my friend went to the mall.
My friend and I went to the mall.
What is wrong in this sentence? "We visited the South of France in the Summer."
The word summer should not be capitalized.
What is an oxymoron?
A phrase with contradictory terms, e.g., 'deafening silence.'
Identify the adjective in this sentence: "The bright sun shone in the sky."
bright
Fix this sentence:
"James who is my best friend is coming to visit."
James, who is my best friend, is coming to visit.
What is the error in this sentence? What rule should be carried out here?
"He likes swimming, hiking, and to fish."
Rule of Parallelism
"He likes swimming, hiking, and fishing."
Which of these is the correct spelling of the word meaning "to cancel or delay"?
A) Rescind
B) Rescend
C) Riscind
Rescind
What is the error in this sentence? "She is taller than I." Fix the sentence.
She is taller than me.
What is a gerund?
A gerund is a verb ending in "-ing" that functions as a noun
What punctuations should be used for a list inside a sentence?
(A colon (:) before the list, and commas between items.)
What is the error in the sentence? "Neither the teacher nor the students was ready for the test." Correct the sentence.
Subject-verb agreement. When neither or either is used with two subjects, the verb should agree with the closest subject."Neither the teacher nor the students were ready for the test."
Which word is spelled correctly? A) acomodate B) accommodate C) acommodate
B) Accommodate
Identify the error in this sentence and fix the sentence.
"Each of the students have their own locker."
B) Accept
What is a compound noun? Give an example.
A compound noun is formed by combining two words together to create a single noun. Ex. Toothpaste, Classroom, Notebook
What punctuation mark combines two independent clauses?
Semicolon (;)
What is the error in the sentence? "Despite of the rain, we decided to go hiking."
Use In spite of/Use despite the
This is a term used to describe meaningless or nonsensical language that often consists of long, complex, or confusing words and phrases that are difficult to understand.
gobbledygook
What is wrong with this sentence: "He didn’t do nothing".
Double negative. Correct: 'He didn’t do anything.