Adjectives and Adverbs
Verb forms and tenses
Commas
Semicolons and Colons
Final Jeopardy
100
Revise the sentence so that the appropriate adjective or adverb is used. The Magikarp is known for a very special skill, not doing not-a-thing.
The Magikarp is known for a very special skill, not doing a thing.
100
Revise the sentence so that the appropriate verb tense or form is used. In Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavrandatter, the titular character died from the Black Death.
In Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavrandatter, the titular character dies from the Black Death.
100
Revise the sentence so that commas are used appropriately. The mob boss, an animal lover, kept four, ravenous, tiger sharks to intimidate enemies.
The mob boss, an animal lover, kept four ravenous tiger sharks to intimidate enemies.
100
Revise the sentence by using a colon. My cat has two modes possessed and comatose.
My cat has two modes: possessed and comatose.
200
Revise the sentence so that the appropriate adjective or adverb is used. When deciding whether to use firearms or melee against hordes of brain-hungry zombies, you should know that melee is best.
When deciding whether to use firearms or melee against hordes of brain-hungry zombies, you should know that melee is better.
200
Revise the sentence so that the appropriate verb tense or form is used. In folklore, a lycanthrope shape shift, become mad, and feed on the living.
In folklore, lycanthropes shape shift, become mad, and feed on the living.
200
Revise the sentence so that commas are used appropriately. On Jeopardy, a well-known gameshow, I learned that the desert, with the coldest the temperatures, is Antarctica.
On Jeopardy, a well-known gameshow, I learned that the desert with the coldest temperatures is Antarctica.
200
Correct the inappropriately used semicolon. While essential to the cohesion of a band; the vuvuzela is often overshadowed by the flashier drums.
While essential to the cohesion of a band, vuvuzela is often overshadowed by the flashier drums.
300
Revise the sentence so that the appropriate adjective or adverb is used. Caspar David Friedrich’s Monk by the Sea appears quite somberly to first time viewers; only after close examination can a viewer find any hope.
Caspar David Friedrich’s Monk by the Sea appears quite somber to first time viewers; only after close examination can a viewer find any hope.
300
Revise the sentence so that the appropriate verb tense or form is used. By the time that the Reich’s leaders learned of D-Day, the allies landed on the shores of northern France.
By the time that the Reich’s leaders learned of D-Day, the allies had landed on the shores of northern France.
300
Revise the sentence so that commas are used appropriately. Scrofula a now obscure disease is a fun, albeit odd, word to say.
Scrofula, a now obscure disease, is a fun, albeit odd, word to say.
300
Revise the sentence by using a semicolon. During The Winter War of 1939, the Finns stood up to a Soviet invasion, in fact, the relatively small Finnish military held off millions of invaders.
During The Winter War of 1939, the Finns stood up to a Soviet invasion; in fact, the relatively small Finnish military held off millions of invaders.
300
Revise the sentence. After nine years in development, The Last Guardian will be released on December 6th, it looks like Mr. Mitchell has plans for his break.
After nine years in development, The Last Guardian will be released on December 6th; it looks like Mr. Mitchell has plans for his break.
400
Revise the sentence so that the appropriate adjective or adverb is used. The Yugo, an Eastern European car from the 1980s, never looked well, despite having been designed by top soviet car stylists.
The Yugo, an Eastern European car from the 1980s, never looked good, despite having been designed by top soviet car stylists.
400
Revise the sentence so that the appropriate verb tense or form is used. After consuming the whole Thanksgiving turkey, the family alpaca, Horace, laid down and groaned.
After consuming the whole Thanksgiving turkey, the family alpaca, Horace, lay down and groaned.
400
Revise the sentence so that commas are used appropriately. Dostoevsky’s novel, The Possessed, also translated as Demons, has been called an almost prophetic prediction of the rise of Bolshevism.
Dostoevsky’s novel The Possessed, also translated as Demons, has been called an almost prophetic prediction of the rise of Bolshevism.
400
Revise the sentence by using a colon. People getting caught in pyramid schemes is a common topic in sitcoms and it has been covered in every show from The Office to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
People getting caught in pyramid schemes is a common topic in sitcoms: it has been covered in every show from The Office to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
500
Revise the sentence so that the appropriate adjective or adverb is used. The judges concluded that Fandango was the ingeniousest aardvark at the science expo.
The judges concluded that Fandango was the most ingenious aardvark at the science expo.
500
Revise the sentence so that the appropriate verb tense or form is used. If in the future you wish on a star, that star had already died.
If in the future you wish on a star, that star will have already died.
500
Revise the sentence so that commas are used appropriately. Caravaggio, one of history’s greatest painters, was a master of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses dramatic, color, variances between light and dark.
Caravaggio, one of history’s greatest painters, was a master of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses dramatic color variances between light and dark.
500
Revise the sentence by using a semicolon. In my opinion, the most underrated characters of Norse myth are Baldur, who Loki killed, Sleipnir, Odin’s eight-legged horse, and Surtr, who will engulf the world in flames.
In my opinion, the most underrated characters of Norse myth are Baldur, who Loki killed; Sleipnir, Odin’s eight-legged horse; and Surtr, who will engulf the world in flames.
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