Vocabulary
Mix/Match
Wild Card
Simple,Compound, Complex
Cap/Punct
100
This occurs when items in a series or list have the same grammatical structure.
What is Parallel Structure?
100
This huge program should increase the Participant's/Participants' knowledge
What is "participants' "? More than one participant!
100
This indicates a word has been divided into two line.
What is a Hyphen?
100
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex? Bees have a language for communication, but it is not an oral language.
What is a compound
100
True or False: The following sentence is punctuated and capitalized correctly. "Well," she said, "Let me tell you about my day!"
What is false.
200
This is a word or a phrase that gives more information about the subject, verb, or article in a clause.
What is Modifiers?
200
This Year's/Years' sales will be higher than ever.
What is a Year's ?
200
This emphasizes a break in thought.
What is a Dash?
200
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex? I ate an apple because I felt hungry.
What is a complex sentence.
200
True or False: The following sentence is punctuated and capitalized correctly. "Do you like fishing"? Julie asked.
What is false.
300
This occurs when two main clauses are joined only by a comma.
What is Comma Splice? or What is Comma Fault?
300
The city council is comprised/composed of 12 members.
What is "Composed"?
300
This joins two independent clauses when they are closely related.
What is a Semicolon?
300
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex? These movements tell other bees about food, and they indicate the food's location.
What is a compound sentence.
300
True or False: The following sentence is punctuated and capitalized correctly. "The Climb" is a song by Miley Cyrus.
What is true.
400
This type of sentance results when two or more sentences are joined with neither punctuations nor conjugations.
What is a Fused Sentence?
400
I have known him to be very quiet and Discrete/Discreet.
What is Discreet?
400
These are spaced dots.
What are Ellipses?
400
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex? Bees and ants communicate through body movements.
What is a simple sentence.
400
True or False? This punctuation is correct. The rooms will have coordinated decors in natural colors such as: eggplant, moss and mushroom.
What is false. ...natural colors: eggplant, moss, and mushroom. or ...natural colors such as eggplant, moss and mushroom.
500
This is a group of words that is not a complete sentence, but is punctuated as if it were one.
What is a Sentence Fragment?
500
Customers who complain often alert us about changes. or Often, customers alert us to changes we have to make.
What is sentence 2?
500
Use this to separate a main clause and a list that explains the last element in a clause.
What is a colon?
500
Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex? Bees can sting though they die shortly afterward.
What is a complex sentence.
500
True or False: The following sentence is punctuated and capitalized correctly. The contest will start in June, the date has not been set.
What is False? ...June; the date... ...June, but the date...
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