These are the 7 most common the coordinating conjunctions.
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
100
This type of phrase begins with a verb that acts as an adjective.
What is a participial phrase.
100
This is what we call the grammar error in the following sentence: "I like eggs, I could eat them all day." Plus, give two ways to correct the sentence
What is a comma splice? To fix -- change to semicolon, add a coordinating conjunction, make into 2 simple sentences.
100
This is a translation of the following phrase without the use of an apostrophe: Jake's potatoes.
What are "the potatoes of Jake?"
200
***DAILY DOUBLE*** Your choice -- go for double points and lose 200 points if wrong.
This is the 1st person singular emphatic tense conjugation of the sentence, "I read."
What is "I do read!" -- a.k.a. the Rachel Freeman tense.
200
This type of conjunction is a pair of words.
What is a correlative conjunction -- either/or, neither/nor, both/and
200
Gerunds always end with this suffix.
What is "-ing?"
200
This is when a comma is needed in a complex sentence.
What is when the dependent clause precedes the independent clause?
Example: I like cheese because it is delicious. (no comma)
Because it is delicious, I like cheese. (comma)
200
This is the difference between "who" and "whom." (The answer is not "the letter m.")
What is who is the subject of a sentence or clause, and whom is the object of a sentence or clause.
300
Third person singular future progressive form of "to jump"
What is "he/she/it will be jumping?"
300
These conjunctions are found in complex sentences PLUS come up with two examples.
What is a subordinating conjunction? Examples: Because, although, when, etc.
300
This happens when a participial phrase is closest to the wrong noun.
What is a misplaced/dangling modifier?
300
This word needs to be removed from the following sentence in order for a comma to be unnecessary:
Ben played in the game and he hit a home-run.
What is "he?"
300
***DAILY DOUBLE*** Your choice to keep it at 300 or go for 600 but lose 300 if wrong.
This is the only instance when a period goes outside of the quotation marks.
What is parenthetical citation. For example, according to Piggy, "we need rules."
vs. According to Piggy, "we need rules" (Golding 77).
400
Parse this verb: you (singular) had eaten
What is second person singular past perfect (also called pluperfect)?
400
Both the students and Kayla (enjoys, enjoy) grammar.
What is "enjoy?"
400
If you were quoting a sentence that had an extremely long appositive that was unnecessary to the point you were trying to make, you could cut out the appositive in your paper by adding ". . ." This is the term for those three dots.
What is an ellipsis?
400
This is how commas in a series can cost you millions of dollars if money is left to you in someone's will.
What is the last comma in the series groups the final two items together?
400
This is what to do to the title of a book-length item (novel, play, epic poem) when it is hand-written.
What is underline?
500
1st person plural future perfect progressive of "to win"
What is "we will have been winning?"
500
This, using the names of clauses, conjunctions, and all punctuation marks, is the correct order for Mr. Bradford's favorite type of compound sentence.
What is independent clause, semicolon, conjunctive adverb, comma, independent clause, period?
500
These are the five indefinite pronouns where the prepositional phrase in the interfering clause DOES determine whether the verb is singular or plural
What are: all, any, some, most, none?
500
This is the comma punctuation when a participial phrase is placed 1) at the beginning 2) in the middle, AND 3) at the end of a sentence
What is 1) comma after the clause, 2) commas on either side of the clause 3) no comma
500
An indirect object answers one of which four questions? (Be very careful with your answer. . .)
What is "To What?"; "For What?"; "To Whom?"; "For Whom?"