Travel arrangements worked out (perfect/perfectly) for everyone.
What is perfectly? (adverb modifying "worked out," which is adjective modifying the noun "travel arrangements")
100
I am going to (lie/lay) down for a nap.
What is lie? (present form of recline)
100
The dirt floors (require/requires) continued sweeping.
What is require? (plural noun)
100
The department sponsored a seminar on college survival skills, and it also hosted a barbecue for new students.
The comma is (needed/not needed) because ____________.
What is needed? And because it joins two independent clauses?
200
Adverbs modify these three parts of speech.
What are verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
200
The following poorly written sentence is an example of _______.
The county is not doing nothing about the traffic.
What is a double negative? (not doing anything)
200
Please (lie/lay) the tax forms on the table.
What is lay? (lie is doing the action i.e. the form lie on the table; lay takes a direct object as in lay them somewhere)
200
My law classes (has/have) helped me understand contracts.
What is have? (third person plural "they have")
200
and, but, or, nor, for, so and yet
What are coordinating conjunctions? (requires a comma when linking two or more independent clauses)
300
Identify the adverb in these two sentences:
The detective looked cautiously for fingerprints.
The detective looked cautious.
What is cautiously (modifying looked)?
300
Which of these two low-carb drinks is (best/better)?
What is better? (use comparative for two things; superlative "best" for three or more)
300
The prosecutor (lay/laid) the pistol on the evidence table earlier that day.
What is laid? (past tense of lay is laid)
300
Galileo taught that the earth (revolved/revolves) around the sun.
What is revolves? (he taught in past, but the teaching still stands)
300
When Irwin was ready to iron (comma/no comma) his cat tripped on the cord.
What is comma? (comma follows an introductory clause; separate new clause, or Irwin is ironing the poor cat.
400
The drawings looked (good/well) after the architect made a few changes.
What is good? (state of being takes adj. "good"/the drawings are not looking)
400
Adrienne did not feel (good/well), but she came to work anyway.
What is well? (well is an adjective when it modifies a noun; well describes her health, which is a noun)
400
Letters from the Civil War were (laying/lying) on the dresser.
What is lying? (present participle of lie as in resting on a surface in lying)
400
By the time dinner was served, the guest of honor (left/had left).
What is had left? (past perfect tense; leaving happened prior to dinner served)
400
When a sentence begins with a participial phrase describing the noun immediately following, it (requires/does not require) a comma.
What is requires?
Ex: Thinking his motorcade drive through Dallas was routine, President Kennedy smiled and waved at the crowds.
500
We are glad that Sanya had done (good/well) on the exam.
What is well? (adverb modifies had done)
500
The chance of recovering any property lost in the fire looks (real/really) slim.
What is really? (really intensifies slim which is an adjective modifying chance)
500
The patient had (laid/lain) in an uncomfortable position all night.
What is lain? (past-participle form of lie "to recline" is lain)
500
Dan would like to (join/have joined) the navy, but he did not pass the physical.
What is have joined? (joining would have occurred in past)