What part of speech names a person, place, or thing?
Noun
What punctuation marks the end of a sentence?
Period
What do you call a sentence with one independent clause?
Simple sentence
What is the mistake of mixing up “their,” “there,” and “they’re”?
Homonym Error
What letter do we capitalize in proper nouns?
First letter
What part of speech describes an action or state of being?
Verb
What punctuation is used to show possession?
Apostrophe
What type of sentence asks a question?
Interrogative sentence
What is the error when two sentences are joined without punctuation?
Run-on sentence
Which word is often misspelled as “definately”?
What part of speech modifies a noun?
Adjective
What punctuation separates items in a list?
Comma
What sentence has at least one dependent clause and one independent clause?
Compound sentence
Which pair of words often causes confusion when choosing between “your” and “you’re” in writing?
Common confusion between “your” and “you’re”
Which word is spelled incorrectly in this sentence: “Recieve your package”?
receive
What part of speech connects words, phrases, or clauses?
Conjunction
What punctuation follows an introductory phrase?
Comma
What is the sentence type with two independent clauses joined by a conjunction?
Complex sentence
What is the error of missing commas in a series?
Comma splice
When do we capitalize days of the week?
Always
What part of speech replaces a noun?
Pronoun
What punctuation introduces a list or explanation?
Colon
What is the error in “He don’t like it”?
Subject-verb agreement error
What common mistake happens when someone uses “its” instead of “it’s,” or vice versa?
Misuse of “its” versus “it’s”
When do we capitalize the pronoun “I”?
Always