World of Plurals
Leaf
What are leaves?
He opened the purple umbrella while riding the train.
What is a noun?
The repetition of consonant sounds.
The students put (there / they're / their) books on the desk.
What is their?
This punctuation mark ends a declarative sentence.
What is a period?
Fungus
What are fungi?
The elderly gentleman tailored the suit for me.
What is a verb?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
The new house is (farther / further) from the city than the old one.
What is farther?
You use this mark to show excitement or strong emotion.
What is an exclamation point?
Datum
What are data?
My friend finished my homework for me.
What is a preposition?
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
The stormy weather (affected / effected) the golf tournament last weekend.
What is affected?
This punctuation separates items in a list or joins two independent clauses with a conjunction.
What is a comma?
Alumnus
What are Alumni?
I bought a birthday present for her.
What is an object pronoun?
Don't let your eyes fool you, this is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art.
What is an allusion?
She tried to (imply / infer) that the meeting was canceled without saying it directly.
What is imply?
These marks are used to show someone is speaking or to quote text.
What are quotation marks?
Phenomenon
What are phenomena?
The boy ran fast as the dog chased him down the street.
What is an adverb?
This is particularly thick when a contradiction between what is said and what is meant, or between expectation and reality is perceived.
What is irony?
I need to (lay / lie) down after that long hike.
What is lie?
This punctuation mark can connect two related independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?