Homophones
If (your/you're) going to cook, you need to pay attention to the ingredients.
you're
Correct the following sentence: I stood on the pitchers mound and waited for the game to begin.
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
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
A. Alexia went to the soccer game, scored a goal, and won a car.
B. Alexia went to the soccer game scored a goal and won a car.
A
The weather is (to/too/two) rainy to play outdoors today.
too
The singers/singer's agreed to dress in black.
singers
TRIPLE JEOPARDY! 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
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Correct the following sentence: Mom’s birthday present didn’t turn out as we had planned but she knew that we loved her.
,but
TRIPLE JEOPARDY! What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? Grinning from ear to ear, we brought are gift to Mom.
our
QUADRUPLE JEOPARDY! Find 2 mistakes in the following sentence: Sallys dog likes to fetch stick's.
Change Sallys to Sally's
Change stick's to sticks
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
Correct the following sentence: I kept the glove on my right hand, and picked up a ball with my left.
Delete the comma.
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?
Did the groundhog see it's shadow?
Change it's to its.
Correct the following sentence: While Luis watch a movie, his friend studied for an upcoming math test.
watched
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! An expression in which nonhuman things have human traits. Example: The wind whispered in the trees.
personification
Select the best choice
A. We ate lunch indoors because it was raining.
B. We ate lunch indoors, because it was raining.
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?
What change, if any, needs to be made in the following sentence: The students in Ms. Baker's class stack their chair's every day before going home.
change chair's to chairs
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 a comma in the correct location.
Braylee asked "What time do we go home today?"
Braylee asked, "What time do we go home today?"