Homonyms
A homophone number.
What is two? (t-w-o)
The audience (roars, roar) as Michael Jordan steps onto the court.
What is roars?
Delivered newspapers in the rain.
What is fragment?
Which one of the following sentences correctly uses modifiers. a)Did Eve really give her grandfather, for his birthday, an Avril Lavigne concert ticket? b)Did Eve really give her grandfather an Avril Lavigne concert ticket for his birthday?
What is b) did Eve really give her grandfather an Avril Lavigne concert ticket for his birthday?
Ashley likes to ski, to swim and ________.
to jump
Possessive word for genderless nouns.
What is its?
Binoculars (help, helps) fans see this brilliant athlete close up as he passes and shoots.
What is help?
Although the rain beat down.
What is fragment?
This is an example of a misplaced modifier. Rearrange the sentence to correct it: Standing in the damp forest, the rain dripped onto the crowd.
An example of a correct sentence would be: The rain dripped onto the crowd standing in the forest.
Thinking logically is as important as ________ accurately.
calculating
Preposition that means 'in a direction towards.'
What is to?
Barbara and Jordan's years in the U.S. Congress (has, have) given her a unique perspective on American politics.
What is years; have?
Even though it was late and very dark.
What is fragment?
This is an example of a misplaced modifier. Rearrange the sentence to correct it: Swinging wildly through the trees, the children were delighted by the monkeys.
An example of a correct sentence would be: The children were delighted by the monkeys swinging wildly through the trees.
The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, not eat too much, and _________ before the game.
warm up
Possessive pronoun that means belonging to them.
What is their?
The research by these two physicists (was, were) able to disprove a universally accepted law of nature.
What is research; was?
Tried delivering newspapers in the rain.
What is fragment?
Is this sentence correct? If not, correct it. Having seen Blackpool Tower, she thinks the Eiffel Tower is more impressive.
This sentence is correct! No changes need to be made.
For her birthday, Marsha received a cake, some clothes, and ______.
money
Two words that sound the same but are spelled differently.
What is a homophone?
Most of the audience members (was, were) pleased by the performance.
What is were?
What is missing from this sentence: John and his best friends from camp read many books. a) subject b) verb c) nothing
What is "c?"
This is an example of a misplaced modifier. Rearrange the sentence to correct it: To become a respected politician, campaign funds must be carefully administered.
An example of a correct sentence: To become a respected politician, one must administer campaign funds carefully.
Though she was not on time, to make up for it she had to show that she was worthy of the job and ____________.
work extra hard.