Punctuation - Correct or Incorrect, Name the Error
Potpourri
100
The hot dog was unbelievably delicious.
What is hot dog? compound noun
100
After milling about for some time, the soccer players began their warm up.
What is began (AV)?
100
The new television show seemed boring at first.
What is boring (PA)?
100
The children love to play games write stories and read books in English class.
What is incorrect? comma after "games" * comma after "stories" is optional
100
The author of the play just performed by the Class of 2017
Who is Shakespeare?
200
During the quiz review, six brilliant students brought the teacher a snack.
What is students?
200
The coach had seemed distracted during practice.
What is had seemed (LV)?
200
The main character gave the audience a bad first impression.
What is impression (DO), audience (IO)?
200
The English teacher Ms. Fabriz made students stand on their heads until they learned punctuation rules.
What is incorrect? comma after "teacher" and "Fabriz"
200
The full name of the author who wrote two novels studied by 7th graders last fall
Who is John Steinbeck?
300
Each of the students was thanked appropriately with an A+ on the quiz.
What is each? (students is object of preposition "of")
300
The players practiced anyway, and they had a good time.
What is practiced (AV), had (AV)?
300
The setting of the show had become Salinas, CA.
What is Salinas, CA (PN)?
300
During one particularly long handstand Jimmy Smith got a massive ugly nosebleed.
What is incorrect? comma after "handstand" and "massive"
300
The month and day students will return to SMEDS after Spring Break
What is April 5?
400
The annoyance of studying disappears when you do well on a quiz.
What is annoyance?
400
The coach remained aloof until the end of the day.
What is remained (LV)?
400
Many televisions critics gave the show two thumbs down.
What is thumbs (DO), show (IO)?
400
Finding handstands amusing despite the injuries, the class begged to do gymnastics during grammar class.
What is correct?
400
Name all 8 parts of speech
What are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection?
500
Other, more complex kinds of grammar rules will be tackled next year.
What is kinds? (rules is object of preposition "of")
500
As it turns out, the coach had been texting with his friends not coaching the team.
What is had been texting (AVP), coaching (AV)?
500
Eventually, the show was taken off the air, and it was replaced by a classic comedy.
No complements (both verbs are intransitive)
500
Comma splices give English teachers serious anxiety issues and teachers would give anything in the world for their students to stop making the same mistakes over and over.
What is incorrect? comma after "issues"
500
Five of the six core values of St. Michael's Episcopal Day School
What are compassion, diligence, integrity, responsibility, respect, and balance (name any five)