Capitalization & Punctuation
Contractions
Homophones
Verb Tense
Word Choice
100
What are the 3 things we check for for capitalization?
- beginning of a sentence - the word "I" - proper nouns
100
What is the contraction for "you are"? How do you spell it?
you're
100
Choose the correct word. I really wanted to pick out new clothes at the mall, but there was _____________ (to, too, two) much snow on the ground.
TOO
100
What are two different tenses that we can write in?
past tense and present tense
100
What's a better way to say "mad"? (a) furious (b) disappointed (c) terrified (d) frantic
(a) furious
200
Which of the following needs to be capitalized? (a) days of the week (b) weather reports (c) types of animals (d) types of desserts
(a) days of the week
200
What two words does "they're" stand for?
they are
200
Fill in the blank. I can't believe that the yacht is ___________ (there's/they'res/theirs).
theirs
200
What is "write" in the past tense?
wrote
200
What's another way to say "good"? (a) boring (b) large (c) excellent (d) sorry
(c) excellent
300
When are exclamation marks used?
When you are excited, happy, demanding, frustrated, or angry.
300
Where does the apostrophe go in a contraction?
Where the letters from the original words are dropped.
300
What is the present tense of the word "stood"?
stand
300
What's the difference between the following two phrases? 1) a polar bear 2) a large, black and white, panda bear
The second one includes more descriptions, which makes it more exciting.
400
How many mistakes are in the following sentence? the blue ball bounced away quickly
two
400
What is the contraction for "we have"? Spell it.
we've
400
Fill in the blank. I wish I __________ (knew/new) where everyone was going right now.
knew
400
Fill in the blank. Last month, I __________ (go) to the new grocery store at least ten times.
went
400
What is a better way of saying "nice"? (a) cool (b) friendly (c) fun (d) social
(b) friendly
500
How many mistakes are in the following sentence? The month of may is my favorite because we celebrate mother's day, and that's my favorite holiday
four
500
What two words makes the contraction "shouldn't"?
should not
500
How many homophone errors are in the following sentence? Four days, the aunts circled the mound, looking for where they're entrance was.
three
500
Fill in the blank. Five years ago we ____________ (wear) shorts every day.
wore
500
List as many words as you can that mean the same thing as "happy".
excited, estatic, joyful, glad, thrilled, etc.
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