Adverbs
Prepositions
Punctuation & Capitalization
Easily Confused Words
IEW
100

Many adverbs are formed by adding what to adjectives?

What is -ly?

100

This is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.

What is a prepositional phrase?

100
This is what you do to the first word, last word and any important words in a title.

What is capitalize?

100

Did you (accept/except) the invitation to the party?

What is accept?

100

Name the 5 basic IEW dress-ups.

What are -ly adverb, who/which clause, strong verb, quality adjective, and www.asia.b clause?

200

What are the three degrees of comparison adverbs?

What are positive, comparative and superlative?

200

The noun or pronoun that follows a preposition is called what?

What is object of the preposition?

200

This is what you do to the titles of books, plays, magazines, newspapers, tv shows, films (movies), paintings and sculptures.

What is underline?

200

I have (fewer/less) money than you do.

What is less?

200

Sentence openers are words or phrases that are where in a sentence?

What is at the beginning?

300

Never use the word "good" after an action verb. Instead use this.

What is well?

300

Where in a sentence does a prepositional phrase occur?

What is anywhere?

300

This is a word that has the same or similar meaning as another word.


What is a synonym?

300

The ice will (affect/effect) the road conditions.

What is affect?

300

These words are not allowed to be used in your papers.

What are banned words?

400

Never use the word "bad" after an action verb. Instead use this.

What is badly?

400

Removing a prepositional phrase from a sentence makes it easier to find what?

What are the subject and verb?

400

These are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and may have different pronunciations.

What are homographs?

400
The store is (farther/further) than the park.

What is farther?

400

This is a list of sources of information presented in a research paper.

What is a bibliography?

500

This is the incorrect use of two or more negative words in a sentence.

What is a double negative?

500

Prepositions can be used in both phrases and clauses. What do clauses have that phrases do not?

What are subject and verb?

500
These are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

What are homonyms?

500

Never trust (you're/your) tongue when (you're/your) heart is bitter.

Hush until you heal.

What are your and your?

500

This format is what IEW papers are required to be written in.

What is MLA?

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