What do you call the process of checking your work for mistakes?
What is PROOFREADING?
100
a person, place, thing, or idea
What is A NOUN.
100
What is/are the NOUN(S) in this sentence?
He talks about spaceships quite often.
What are SPACESHIPS?
100
Name and fix the error in this sentence.
The critics give that movie too thumbs up.
too >> TWO (homophone)
100
COMPLETE sentence or sentence FRAGMENT?
There are now 8 planets in our solar system.
COMPLETE
200
TRUE or FALSE: a "revision" of your work comes BEFORE a "draft" of your work.
What is FALSE?
200
an action word, or a word that describes a state of being
What is a VERB?
200
How many ADJECTIVES are in this sentence?
Uncle Charlie is a funny nickname for a type of pitch, in baseball.
Two (funny, a)
200
Name and fix the error in this sentence:
The boy asked, "From where did this frog come from."
. >> ?
200
COMPLETE sentence or sentence FRAGMENT?
John, Paul, George, and Ringo--the four members of the '60s rock group the Beatles.
FRAGMENT (no predicate for the subjects John, Paul, George, and Ringo)
300
The final stage of the Writing Process is to _______ your work.
What is a PUBLISH work.
300
a word that describes a noun
What is an ADJECTIVE?
300
What part of speech is the word TEN in this passage?
"There are many states in this country. Can you name ten?"
a NOUN
300
Name and fix the error in this sentence:
The teachers give us a lot of homework, but it took no time at all to finish.
give >> gave ("parallel tense")
300
Kevin, the boy who lives next door.
FRAGMENT (no predicate for the subject Kevin)
400
What stage comes before your first draft?
What is the PRE-WRITING stage?
400
a word that replaces a noun
What is a PRONOUN?
400
What part of speech is the word IN?
a PREPOSITION
400
Name and fix the 2 errors in this sentence:
The penguins is the name of a hockey team from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
(capitalize PROPER NOUN) Penguins
(commas separate city, state in addresses) Pittsburgh, PA
400
COMPLETE sentence or sentence FRAGMENT?
Professional athletes that are retired, because they can't compete at higher levels with younger ones, should save their money.
COMPLETE (subject + predicate = PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES THAT ARE RETIRED because they can't compete at higher levels with younger ones SHOULD SAVE THEIR MONEY.)
500
Name 3 DIFFERENT ways to "prewrite" your work.
(Mr. Z's approval)
500
a word that shows the relationship between one noun and another word or phrase in a sentence
What is a PREPOSITION?
500
What part of speech is the word QUICKLY in this sentence?
She quickly shut her diary before the boy could see.
an ADVERB
500
Name and fix the error in the sentence:
John Smith who was an Englishman was a famous settler of the Virginia colony.
insert two commas to create an APPOSITIVE (...Smith, who...Englishman, was...)
500
COMPLETE sentence or sentence FRAGMENT?
Sing loudly.
COMPLETE (subject + predicate = [You] Sing loudly.)