Phrasal verbs
collocations
adverb manner of degree
vocabulary
using sentence variety
100

Don't _____ empty egg cartons, paper or plastic - they make excellent seed trays.

throw out

100

If one desires to _____ anything, he must pay the price.

succeed in

100

Which adverbs denote that something is occurring at a greater degree?

extremely, especially, really, very

100

It was an _____ easy victory for me.

extremely

100

True or False: You should keep all your sentences the same length.

False 

200

Mom always told me to _____ for those fast talkers.

watch out

200

Environmentalists are alarmed by the dramatic _____ pollution.

increase in

200

Which adverb is used to describe something that is done the right way?

successfully

200

It is said that in _____ China, doctors were paid when their patients were well.

ancient

200

Completed or repeated action; action of long duration; OR interrupted action: I was writing her an email when she called.

interrupted action

300

Any belongings left here by the children can be _____ at the lost-and-found at the end of the summer.

picked up

300

You don't _____ anything, yet you think the whole world revolves around you.

contribute to

300

Which adverb is used to describe something that is done often?

frequently

300

The most _____ feature about the breed is that the young are white.

remarkable

300

Completed or repeated action; action of long duration; OR interrupted action: We have been going to school all year.

action of long duration 

400

Can you _____ the florist on your way home from work?

stop by

400

Other changes took place in that year, all of them _____ France.

in favor of

400

Which adverb is used to describe something that is done at the earliest possible time?

immediately

400

COVID is a highly _____ virus.

contagious 

400

Completed or repeated action; action of long duration; OR interrupted action: When I lived in college, I visited my family every summer.  

completed or repeated action 

500

By that point, other things _____ that I couldn't fix.

fell apart

500

Once they become more educated, they are better able to _____ the modern economy.

participate in

500

Which adverbs denote that something is occurring at a lesser degree?

hardly, somewhat, barely

500

Both the air and the water in their neighborhood were _____; making it dangerous.

contaminated

500

True or False: All sentences should be roughly the same length, in the same form in order to not confuse the reader. 

False.

changing the type, form, length, and having interrupted, completed, etc. all makes your writing more interesting. 

M
e
n
u