On her way home from school, Serina stopped by Starbucks to get a double chocolate frappachino.
What is active voice?
100
This verbal or reciprocal pronoun is used to show the same action occurring between two subjects.
What is each other?
100
When quoting a sentence, you must do this to the initial letter of the quote even though it falls in the center of the sentence.
What is capitalize?
100
If I were a rich man... biddy, biddy, biddy, biddy, biddy, biddy, biddy, bum. If I were a biddy biddy rich, If I were a a wealthy man!
- Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof
This movie quote is an example of this grammar concept.
What is Subjunctive Mood?
100
Identify the type of sentence:
Even though Felicia works at UTD she helps us frequently her at the STEM school.
What is a complex sentence?
200
Dear Mr. Smith,
I do not have any of Walter's assignments for the week turned in yet. These must be turned in by Friday.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Stewart
What is passive voice?
200
This verbal or reciprocal pronoun is used to show the same action occurring among three or more subjects.
What is one another?
200
Although not required, this punctuation mark aids the reader in determining the tone of the writing (especially if the tone is sarcastic, mocking, or ironic).
What are quotation marks?
200
When using the subjunctive mood, change the word "is" to this word.
What is "be"?
200
Combine the following sentences into a compound sentence:
Mary's favorite meat is bacon.
Mary's favorite vegetable is broccoli.
What is "Mary's favorite meat is bacon and her favorite vegetable is broccoli."
300
Change the voice in the following sentence:
As Luther walked out of the house, the English project was left lying on the table.
What is "As Luther walked out of the house, he left the English project lying on the table?"
300
This verb- ending in -ing - acts like a noun in the sentence.
What is a gerund?
300
Identify the function of the phrase in between the dashes:
Formative assessments- a way of gathering information while teaching in order to adjust the lesson (i.e. informal feedback)- occur frequently throughout the lesson and often times undetected by the students participating.
What is a definition?
300
Subjunctive mood is used to express this condition.
What is doubt, wish, hypothetical, proposal, theoretical, suggestion, or command?
300
Compound complex sentences have at least one dependent one of these and two independent ones of these.
What are clauses?
400
Regardless of what voice you use, you should NEVER do this when writing a sentence.
What is switching between active and passive voice?
400
Identify the verbal (and its type) or reciprocal pronoun in the literary reference:
"To be, or not to be, that is the question."
What is an infinitive "to be"?
400
Identify the following words that need capitalization:
jim cried, "please help me, "mr. phillips! i just got a call from the irs and they say i owe $14,000 in back taxes!"
What is Please, Mr., Phillips, Jim, I, IRS, and I?
400
_______ is the form a verb takes to show how it should be regarded.
What is mood?
400
This clause restricts the meaning of the sentence and should never be set off by commas.
What is a restrictive relative clause?
500
This voice, although usually avoided, can be used to soften unpleasant information and reduce confrontation.
What is passive voice?
500
Identify both of the verbals used in the sentence and the type of verbals they are:
"We must repair the chairs broken by the unruly students."
What is a base infinitive "must repair" and a past participial phrase "broken by the unruly students" ?
500
While both punctuation marks are used to set off non-essential information, one of these adds greater emphasis or "drama" to the sentence than the other. Name both marks.
What is the difference between using commas and dashes?
500
Fill in the blank:
I propose that Kevin ________ to play the guitar.
* Hint, conjugate the verb "to allow" as part of the answer.
What is "be allowed"?
500
Identify the non-restrictive relative clause in the sentence:
Walter, a usually healthy student, got sick and missed six weeks of school.