Colon-y
Comma Sutra
Pro"noun"
Structural Integrity
Confusion
100
I can join two independent clauses.
What is a semi-colon?
100
I am needed along with the comma to join two independent clauses without creating a comma splice.
What is a conjunction?
100
I am what the word is called that is replaced by a pronoun.
What is an antecedent?
100
Items in a list/series need to be stated in the same way. This is called _____________.
What is parallelism/parallel structure.
100
The following sentence is either correct or incorrect: Please bring this book back to the library.
What is incorrect? "Bring" should be "take."
200
I'm punctuation that may precede an introduced list.
What is a colon?
200
A comma is needed in this spot (between which two words?) in the following sentence: What the crew does does affect our voyage.
What are does and does?
200
This word(s) needs to go in the blank in the following sentence: If anybody still needs to sign up for the lock-in, ______ had better do it by the end of the day.
What is he/she?
200
The following is an example of a ________________: After I got to the dance at 10 p.m.
What is dependent clause or sentence fragment?
200
Provide the correct word choice: I purchased a gift of (stationary, stationery) for my aunt.
What is stationery?
300
I come between a colon and what follows it.
What is 2 spaces.
300
A comma/commas is/are needed where in this sentence? But Alex where is your assignment?
What is before and after Alex?
300
A comma/commas is/are needed where in this sentence? But Alex where is your assignment?
What is before and after Alex?
300
This is the issue/problem with the following sentence: Minneapolis is a city on the Mississippi River, but unlike Sauk Rapids, was not as safe.
What is tense shift?
300
Provide the correct word choice: Would the person for (that, who, which, whom) you intended this prank know that something was afoot?
What is whom?
400
I can never immediately precede a colon.
What is a verb?
400
Provide the location of a comma/commas in the following: The address on the envelope is Howard Williams Box 924 Sacramento CA 90314.
What is after Williams, after 924, and after Sacramento?
400
A pronoun needs to agree with this part of speech in a sentence in terms of number.
What is verb or antecedent?
400
This is the issue with the following sentence: Either the outfielders or the manager are confused about the signal for putting on a shift.
What is subject-verb agreement? The "are" should be "is."
400
Identify the correct word choice: I tried and tried to solve the riddle, but my efforts were all in (vain, vane, vein).
What is vain?
500
A semi-colon is used in place of a comma to separate items in this.
What is a complex series?
500
When reading a passage with a comma in it, the comma suggests this.
What is a pause?
500
An indefinite pronoun is always treated as this.
What is a singular?
500
This is the issue with the following sentence: The bell rang for the beginning of first hour but the student didn't hear it.
What is a run-on sentence? Need a comma after "but."
500
Identify the correct word choice: We will cross the street (all together, altogether) when the light changes.
What is all together?
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