Homophones
First, if your/you're going to cook, you need to pay attention to the ingredients.
you're
Correct the following sentence: Within a few weeks I had moved from the outfield to first base and finally to the pitchers mound.
pitcher's
Mom, Dad, and Lauren was/were upstairs.
were
This figurative language makes a comparison using like or as. Example: We ran as fast as a speeding bullet.
simile
Correct the following sentence: I kept the glove on my right hand, and picked up a ball with my left.
delete the comma
They took Oliver out of his pen and put him in (there, their, they're) car.
their
The singers/singer's agreed to dress in black.
singers
Correct the following sentence: Tanya have two sisters and one brother.
has
A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. Example: He is a bear in the morning.
metaphor
Correct the following sentence: Mom’s birthday present didn’t turn out as we had planned but she knew that we loved her.
,but
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? Grinning from ear to ear, we brought are gift to Mom.
our
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? I took the time to look around and appreciate the beauty of the rock wall’s.
walls
The Alpha star is one of the stars that shine/shines the brightest.
shines
A figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents. Example: buzz, slithered, pow, zap, fizz, hiss
onomatopoeia
The following choice that uses commas correctly: A. While the people went upstairs, Oliver was left to sleep downstairs in the basement. B. The people went upstairs, and Oliver was left. To sleep downstairs in the basement. c. The people went upstairs, Oliver was left to sleep downstairs in the basement.
A
Correct the following sentence: Jay Shafer lives in a house that is smaller then some people’s closets.
than
How should the following sentence be changed?
So the next time you hear someone listing the reasons that dogs are better than cats, remember that having a cat for a pet has it's advantages.
Change it's to its.
Correct the following sentence: While Luis watch a movie, his friend studied for an upcoming math test.
watched
A literary expression that is not meant to be taken literally. Example: Hold your horses.
idiom
Select the best choice
A. After we finished planting, we had a tasty picnic at a table we had set up under a tree.
B. We finished planting, then we had a tasty picnic at a table we had set up under a tree.
A
They're/There/Their over they're/there/their playing with they're/there/their erasers.
They're over there playing with their erasers?
One sphere-shaped house in Canada hang’s in the trees, and the only way its owner can get to it is by climbing a long set of winding stairs.
hangs
The scent of the candles was/were strong?
was
This literary device repeats a consonant sound at the beginning of words.
Example: Sunshine sparkles on the salty sea.
A) simile
B) alliteration
C) indentation
A) alliteration
Place the comma(s) in the correct location. "Wow" I said to my friend Jack "we were only in that rainstorm for twenty minutes. Didn't it seem like a lot longer?"
"Wow," Jack,