Say what?
(add needed commas)
(add needed commas)
Those are deadly
That's Just Wrong!
Potporri
Diagraming Delights
100
Read this sentence with all proper punctuation:
i often play tennis a lively game
(Capital) I often play tennis (comma) a lively game (period)
100
While it's great if you can do these in gymnastics, doing one with grammar will make the judges give you an F.
What are the splits? Comma splits.
100
Electricians may do this to 2 wires to safely join them together, but in grammar it's a no-no.
What is a comma splice?
100
Every word in the English language could be put into one of these 8 categories.
Name them.
What are the parts of speech?
What are noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, interjection, conjunction
100
What part of speech is #1?
Conjunction
200
This deadly split is shown here:
I have wonderful, fun, and peculiar, friends.
What is a comma split separating a modifier from its noun?
200
This deadly comma split separates an indirect object from this.
What is a direct object?
200
"Give the ball to whoever you want," has this error.
What is having the wrong pronoun?
(whoever is subjective, this sentence need an OBJECTIVE pronoun following the preposition 'to')
...to whomever...
200
These kinds of clauses begin with words like "because, if, since, when." They should work on a submarine.
What are subordinate clauses?
200
What part of speech is #2?
Adverb
300
Use your 4x6 card to identify the number of this comma use:
Wow, was that test ever hard!
What is comma rule 5a?
300
While you can never have one comma separating the subject and verb, you could have this.
What is having 2 commas?
300
This error is pretty blatant.
What is having a predicate nominative after an action verb? (Needs a direct object)
300
These 5 relative pronouns are used to attach a dependent clause to the main clause.
What are who, whom, whose, which, that?
300
What part of speech is #3?
PN
or
P-Adj
400
Speak this sentence with all proper punctuation.
what in your opinion was the cause of the accident and why didn't anyone who passed by stop to help
Capital What comma in your opinion comma was the cause of the accident comma and why didn't anyone who passed by stop to help question mark.
400
This deadly comma split is committed below:
The disgusting, old, dog slept in his doghouse.
What is separating the modifier and its noun?
400
You can fix a comma splice using this one punctuation mark.
What is join the 2 sentences with a semicolon?
400
This kind of verb is followed by a predicate adjective
What is a linking verb?
Will also accept:
What is an intransitive verb?
400
What part of speech is #4?
Adjective
500
The italicized portion of the sentence below is this:
The students who are in my class are the best kids at co-op.
What is an essential adjective clause?
500
There are this many deadly comma splits.
What is 6?
500
Getting exercise is great, but committing a comma splice is no way to get it. A comma splice leads to this.
What is a run-on sentence?
500
This kind of verb takes a direct object.
What is a transitive verb?
Will also accept:
What is an action verb?
500
What part of speech is #5?
Linking verb