Insert commas as needed:
The four cures to the common run-on are coordinating conjunctions subordinating conjunctions creating separate sentences and the Super Semi-Colon.
The four cures to the common run-on are coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, creating separate sentences, and the Super Semi-Colon.
100
What is a gerund? What is a participle?
A gerund is a verb which acts as a noun and ends in -ing, and a participle is a verb which acts as an adjective.
100
Spell the two homophones of 'there' and tell me what they mean.
Their - shows possession
They're - 'they are'
200
Stand and make a clear obeisance to the person on your right.
Possibilities: bow, salute, curtsey, etc.
200
What makes something a dependent clause (In other words, what does it have? What makes it different from an independent clause?)
A dependent clause has a subject and a verb, but not a complete thought.
200
What does the "B" stand for in BADPICNIC?
Between two adjectives in front of a noun.
200
Identify the verbal(s) in the following sentence and say what kind they are.
In Shakespeare's "Scottish play", the witches say, "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
Extra Credit: Which is the official name of Shakespeare's "Scottish play?"
pricking - gerund
Macbeth
200
Insert 'effect' or 'affect' into the following sentence:
"The guests' attempts to grasp the Red Death had no effect/affect, because he was intangible."
Effect, with an 'E'.
300
"No one attacks me with impunity." Whose motto is this, and what does 'impunity' mean?
This is the motto of the house of Montresor, and impunity means "without consequences."
300
Identify any dependent clauses in the following sentence and say what kind they are:
After lunch, I went to the store which sold candy.
Which sold candy - adjective clause
300
Insert commas as needed:
Although Hal hit him with a club Buck the leader of the sled team decided not to rise.
Although Hal hit him with a club, Buck, the leader of the sled team, decided not to rise.
300
Identify the verbals in the following sentences and say what kinds they are. "Grant, tying Parker to a flying walrus is problematic" (Frechette).
tying - gerund
flying - participle
300
Identify the pronouns in the following sentences and say what kinds they are:
I don't know if that is the truth, but it sounds possible.
I - personal
that - demonstrative
it - personal
400
What is an equivocal statement?
A statement which can be taken several different ways.
400
Come up with a sentence which has a non-essential adjective clause.
Ex: Gandalf, who could blow smoke-rings, was a wizard.
400
Insert commas and apostrophes as needed:
The great blue whale rose out of the sea and splashed its tail above the waves.
Fine as is.
400
Poe writes, "No living human being / Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door."
Identify the gerunds and participles.
living - participle
being - gerund
seeing - gerund
400
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence and say what kinds they are:
My sister doesn't know anything, but if she did, the candy which I gave her would make her tell me.
My - possessive
anything - indefinite
she - personal
I - personal
her - personal
her - personal
me - personal
500
What is an allusion which Poe makes to Greek mythology in "The Raven"?
"On the pallid bust of Pallas…"
500
Identify any dependent clauses in the following sentences and say what kind(s) they are:
Once Buck met the wolf in the woods, he knew that the call he heard was real and that he would eventually follow it.
'Once Buck met the wolf in the woods' - adverb
'that the call he heard was real' - noun
'he heard' - adjective
'that he would eventually follow it' - noun
500
Insert commas as needed into the following sentence:
"Falstaff you only love three things: sleep drink and food" the future king said lazily.
"Falstaff, you only love three things: sleep, drink, and food," the future king said lazily.
500
Make up a sentence which has two participles (different endings) and a gerund.
Correct.
500
Give a word which is assonant with the word 'blue.'