Homophones
There/Their/They’re??
I can’t believe how immature ________ acting
Where do the missing commas go?
Navigating through snow sleet wind and darkness is a miserable way to travel.
Navigating through snow, sleet, wind, and darkness is a miserable way to travel.
Identify the appositive in the following sentence:
My brother's car, a sporty red convertible with bucket seats, is the envy of my friends.
a sporty red convertible with bucket seats
Is the following sentence a simple, compound, complex, or compound/complex sentence?
Jenny ran through the town looking for her little brother.
Every one of you [have; has] earned my respect.
Then/Than??
Josh’s brother is much taller __________ he is.
Where does the missing comma go?
When dinosaurs agree on something they'll often high-five one another.
When dinosaurs agree on something, they'll often high-five one another.
Identify the adjective and the conjunction: The undisciplined student refused to work, but tried harder when he was sent to student services.
"undisciplined" and "but"
Is the following sentence a simple, compound, complex, or compound/complex sentence?
Despite the cold, Kara and Jessie enjoyed their hike.
Where should the comma(s) be? My brother who is six feet tall likes to play basketball.
Accept/Except??
The organization will _______ donations throughout January
Correctly insert the missing punctuation
“Don’t underestimate me” she said with a disarmingly friendly smile.
“Don’t underestimate me,” she said with a disarmingly friendly smile.
Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence:
Though he was very rich, he was still unhappy.
Though he was very rich
Is the following sentence a simple, compound, complex, or compound/complex sentence?
We won the game, but my uniform was muddy because it rained the entire time.
Add a semicolon or a colon: The recipe calls for the following items butter, sugar, and flour.
The recipe calls for the following items: butter, sugar, and flour.
(Whose/Who's) seen my black ink pen?
Godzilla is a misunderstood creature; beneath his raging desire to set people on fire and eat them lies a gentle giant who just wants to cuddle.
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
The clues within the first few chapters will lead to the murderer.
within the first few chapters
to the murderer
Is the following sentence a simple, compound, complex, or compound/complex sentence?
After the students finish the test, they may sleep, or they may read a book.
Identify the problem, if any, in this sentence and offer a revision:
For many college graduates, the process of looking for jobs are often long and stressful.
SUBJECT/VERB disagreement: For many college graduates, the process of looking for jobs is often long and stressful.
Use the following correctly in a sentence:
??Affect
Correct all of the punctuation errors in the following sentences:
I squealed when I saw four kitten's in the yard. Their soft, fur was patterned in different colors. Some were black white and gray; Other's were orange and cream colored. The kittens paws were so small and cute. "You are all so adorable" I exclaimed. I couldnt stand to part with them so I adopted them all!
I squealed when I saw four kittens in the yard. Their soft fur was patterned in different colors. Some were black, white, and gray; Others were orange and cream colored. The kittens' paws were so small and cute. "You are all so adorable," I exclaimed. I couldn't stand to part with them, so I adopted them all!
Identify all of the misspelled words in the following sentences and correctly write them on the board:
There was definately something wrong with Casey. She was dissapointed by the grade she received in her math class, but it is strange that she hasn't returned my call yet. She seemed completly fine when I saw her last, but maybe it was only a fasade.
There was DEFINITELY something wrong with Casey. She was DISAPPOINTED by the grade she received in her math class, but it is strange that she hasn't returned my call yet. She seemed COMPLETELY fine when I saw her last, but maybe it was only a FACADE.
Is the following sentence a simple, compound, complex, or compound/complex sentence?
Everyone was busy, so I went to the movie alone.
What is the purpose of using a semi-colon?
help you connect closely related ideas that are already in complete sentences.