Punctuation
Jason watches television, morning, noon, and night.
This sentence is incorrect, because __________.
There should not be a comma after television. Commas should not be placed before the first element of a series or after the last element.
The form of the verb must agree with _________.
The form of the verb must agree with its subject.
Accept means to ______.
Except means to _______.
Accept means to receive or agree to something. Except means to exclude or leave out.
What spelling rule is applied in the words society, transient, receive, and beige.
i before e unless after c
Each paragraph should be limited to a single topic or main idea.
Semicolons are used to separate ______ _______ when there is no _________.
Semicolons are used to separate independent clauses when there is no conjunction used.
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.
Affect is used as a _________.
Effect is used as a _________.
Affect is used as a verb.
Effect is used as a noun.
What spelling rule is applied in the words hoping and liking.
If a word ends with a silent e drop the e before adding any suffix that ends in a vowel.
The topic sentence should reflect the _______.
The topic sentence should reflect the content.
Colons are used before a list.
Never used the relative pronoun ____ to refer to a person.
Never used the relative pronoun which to refer to a person.
We use the word among when there are _______. We use the word between when there are _________.
We use the word among when there are more than two. We use the word between when there are only two.
What spelling rule is applied in the words management, likeness, and useless.
Writing should not be drawn out, but rather _____.
Writing should not be drawn out, but rather concise.
Apostrophes are used in _______ and ______.
Apostrophes are used in contractions and the possessive form of a noun.
He met with Barbara and myself. This sentence is incorrect, because __________.
It should be "He met with Barbara and me."
Anyways is incorrect. Why?
Anyway means in any way possible and anyways has no meaning.
What spelling rule is applied in the words prettier, hurried, and denied.
When y is the last letter in a word and the y is preceded by a consonant change the y to I before adding the suffix.
When shifting ideas ______ should be used.
When shifting ideas transitions should be used.
When using quotation marks, the punctuation goes __________.
Inside the quotation marks. If the quotation is followed by a clause, end it with a comma inside the quotation. If the quotation is at the end of a sentence put the punctuation inside the quotation marks.
______ and _____ are the plural third person pronouns.
Their and theirs are the plural third person pronouns.
I use their as a possessive, they're as a contraction of they are, and there in all other cases.
When do we capitalize the first letter of the word? I am looking for 5 separate circumstances.
Proper names, holidays, titles of a person, dates, and direct quotes are the 5 circumstances that we would capitalize the first letter of a word.
_______, ________, _________, _________, and ________ are all transitional words.
and, also, besides, moreover, in addition, but, meanwhile, on the other hand, yet, however, on the contrary, in fact, most of all, in any, even, for example, for instance, accordingly, so, therefore, consequently, of course, naturally, in fact, formerly, meanwhile, after, later, at the same time, etc. pg. 153