Commonly Confused Grammer
Unusual Order and Compliments
History and Understanding of the English Language
Society's Misconceptions
100
Many words require ______ to avoid ambiguity: words such as ‘co-respondent,’ ‘re-formed,’ ‘re-mark.’ These are called what?
What is Hyphens
100
State the posessive form of "they" (spelled correctly)
What is Their
100
The ______ used the semicolon mark to indicate a question (and still do, those crazy guys). Hint: This group of people is well known for their delicious yogurt
What is The Greeks
100
What is the difference in between the possessive ‘its’ (no apostrophe) with the contractive ‘it’s’ (with apostrophe)?
What is The rule is: the word ‘it’s’ (with apostrophe) stands for ‘it is’ or ‘it has.’ If the word does not stand for ‘it is’ or ‘it has’ then what you require is ‘its.’
200
Both of my (daughter-in-laws or daughters-in-law) work as nurses in the surgical unit of Wayne Hospitial.
What is Daughters-in-law
200
Name the predicate adjective in the following sentence: Philadelpia cheesesteaks taste great.
What is Great
200
The word practice in the English language is used as either a _____, or a ________.
What is verb (doing word), or noun (naming word).
200
A colon is nearly always preceded by __________?
What is A complete sentence
300
Moving an auxillary to the front of the clause forms ________?
What is A question
300
Name the predicate noun in the following sentence: Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania.
What is City
300
Most of the prefixes, suffixes, and roots in the english language come from which two other languages?
What is Greek and Latin
300
What is the difference between saying someone is “out of sorts” and ‘out of sorts’?
What is -“out of sorts” (a direct quote) - ‘out of sorts’ (i.e., not feeling very well) - when the punctuation relates to the quoted words it goes inside the inverted commas; when it relates to the sentence, it goes outside. Unless, of course, you are in America.
400
Name the correct form of the verb "shake" in the following sentence: Finally, she had shook/shaken/shaked all the dust from her clothes
What is Shaken
400
Give the tense of the verb phrase "had spilled" in the following sentence: Before I knew it, I had spilled an entire quart of oil on the garage floor.
What is Past Participle
400
In 1604, the first English dictionary was published. What was the name of the first English dictionary?
What is Table Alphabeticall
400
Which punctuation mark is less formal than a semi-colon and enhances the conversational tone? Hint: The main reason people use it, is that they know they can’t use it wrongly
What is The dash
500
Name the correct form of the verb "lie" in the following sentence: Yesterday, the cows lied/laid/lay down in the pasture when the wind was blowing.
What is Lay
500
Give the correctly punctuated form of the following sentence. I'm telling you Dr. Miller I am an excellent students I deserve an A in this class
What is - I'm telling you, Dr. Miller, I am an excellent student; I deserve an A in this class. -I'm telling you, Dr. Miller, I am an excellent student. I deserve an A in this class. - I'm telling you, Dr. Miller, I am an excellent student, and I deserve an A in this class.
500
Give the proper name of the comma used in a series before the conjunction, as in the example: Garden mulch for cold hearted plants can be made of wood shavings, grass clippings, or cotton seed hulls.
What is The Oxford comma
500
Which sentence has the correct spelling? You’re jeans look nice! or Your jeans look nice!
What is Your jeans look nice!
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