GRAVEYARD GRAMMAR
Place the missing apostrophe in the following sentence:
The zombies arm was reaching for Ms. Alexis through the classroom window.
The zombie’s arm was reaching for Ms. Alexis through the classroom window.
Where do the commas go in this spooky sentence:
The goblins ghouls and German students all gathered around Frau Schock to chant wir wackeln.
The goblins, ghouls, and German students all gathered around Frau Schock to chant wir wackeln.
What is the present continuous verb Ms. Alexis uses when she is shocked or amused by something?
She says “I’m SCREAMING,” where the conjugation of “to be” + screaming is the present continuous verb.
What is the alliteration in the following sentence:
The gigantic, gnarling, green goblin gobbled up the kids’ homework.
The gigantic, gnarling, green goblin gobbled up the kids’ homework.
The repetition of the ‘g’ sound at the beginning of these five words.
Provide the denotation:
Shuddered
to shake, tremble, or quiver suddenly and briefly
The ghost of Mr. Anthony himself will haunt your math textbook if you don‘t do well on his exam.
How do you know?
The ghost of Mr. Anthony himself will haunt your math textbook if you don‘t do well on his exam.
This sentence makes sense without ‘himself’ and the pronoun is used to emphasize the proper noun ‘Mr.Anthony.’
Where do the commas belong in this phrase:
The zombie at a ridiculously slow pace chased Ms. Emma down the hall in the MYP building.
How do you know?The zombie, at a ridiculously slow pace, chased Ms. Emma down the hall in the MYP building.
This is an interjection, thus the commas must go before and after the interjected phrase.
What phrase is composed of two verbs and a conjunction and is commonly used by children to receive candy on Halloween?
Trick or Treat
What onomatopoeia do we typically associate with ghosts and ghouls?
BOO!!!
Provide a synonym for:
Eerie
scary, strange, creepy
Find the reflexive pronoun in the following sentence:
Ms. Sereniti looked at the moon, howled, broke through the classroom window, and she ran off into the street.
How do you know?
Ms. Sereniti looked at the moon, howled, broke through the classroom window, and she ran off into the street.
The sentence does not make sense without ‘she’ and it is used to refer to Ms. Sereniti.
Get rid of the incorrect commas in this sentence:
Ms. Sereniti sobbed, and screamed as the ,giant, fish-shaped monster blew pink, bubbles in her face.
Ms. Sereniti sobbed and screamed as the giant, fish-shaped monster blew pink bubbles in her face.
All commas except the one after “giant” are incorrect and should be deleted.
What symbol of Halloween is carved, has a face, is placed on one’s doorstep, and was originally used to ward off evil spirits?
Jack-O-lantern
What type of figurative language is being used in the following phrase:
The students screeched like banshees when they received their biggest horror of all— an exam!
A simile, because the comparative word “like” is used.
What is an antonym of:
Uncanny
Uncanny means something is unsettlingly abnormal or strange.
Antonyms: normal
What are the concrete nouns in the following sentence:
The gravestones were wet with dew as the wind blew through Ms.Gretchen‘s hair.
The gravestones were wet with dew as the wind blew through Ms.Gretchen‘s hair.
A concrete noun is any noun that you can use one or more of the five senses to interact with it.
Where do we put commas in this dialogue:
“Boil boil toil and trouble” the three witches chimed as they stirred their cauldron.
“Boil, boil, toil and trouble,” the three witches chimed as they stirred their cauldron.
The commas come after each ‘boil’ and after all the words in the dialogue, but before the final quotation mark.
What novel, written by Mary Shelley, explores the consequences of playing God and follows a scientist who brings a creature to life only to abandon it?
Frankenstein
Identify the imagery used:
Her spindly fingers were like spider’s legs as she weaved her hair into a long braid down her back. It snaked over her shoulder and brushed the ground.
Her spindly fingers were like spider’s legs as she weaved her hair into a long braid down her back. It snaked over her shoulder and brushed the ground.
What is the connotation of:
Macabre
Macabre means something is eerie or unsettling because it deals with death.
It has a very disturbing, grim, or scary connotation.
What is the antecedent and the pronoun in the following sentence:
Ms. Alexis‘s eyes widened with horror as she screamed and the zombie class cornered her desk.
The antecedent is ’Ms. Alexis.’ It is the noun to which the pronoun ’she’ is referring to.
Place the commas in this phrase:
According to Ms. Tang Yi the outbreak began in the primary Chinese class when the students started chewing on each other’s shoes biting their hands and making clicking sounds.
According to Ms. Tang Yi, the outbreak began in the primary Chinese class when the students started chewing on each other’s shoes, biting their hands, and making clicking sounds.
The comma should be placed after the introductory phrase, as well as between the actions in the list.
What is the name of the book-turned-movie about a human, werewolf, and vampire that takes place in a town with the same name as an eating utensil?
Twilight
*Forks is the name of the town.
What does the idiom below mean:
He has skeletons in his closet.
To have a secret that you don‘t want anyone to know about.
Define:
Sinister
Seeming evil, harmful, or up to no good.