Vocab Part 1
Used to form the possessive of singular nouns and plural nouns. Is also used for contractions
A. Comma
B. Apostrophe
C. Semicolon
B. Apostrophe
Used to separate independent clauses and used between all items in a series
A. Pronoun
B. Semicolon
C. Comma
C. Comma
Sentence that has a subject, verb, and coherent thought
A. Simple Sentence
B. Complete Sentence
C. Run-On Sentence
Complete Sentence
One of the boys had tears in ______ eyes
His
The crying baby ____ them
irritates
Used to introduce lists or to introduce material that explains or restates. Is used between the hour and the minute of the time.
Colon
A mode of expression where the understood meaning is different from the literal interpretation of the words
A. Homophones
B. Idioms
C. Run-On Sentence
B. Idioms
the part of speech that takes place of a noun
A. Pronoun
B. Adjective
C. Adverb
A. Pronoun
Somebody left _____ books on the counter
Their
The noisy students ______ to leave after two warnings
have
A Style of research writing used in Arts and Humanities studies, which encompasses citations, format, and work cited pages
MLA Format
Refers to the time when an action or verb takes place;past, present, or future
Verb Tense
Words that share the same sound or pronunciation, but have different meaning
Homophones
The car had blown _____ engine so it was being towed
its
The players or their coach ____ holding a press conference
are
Used to separate main clauses that are not joined by the coordinating conjunctions (i.e and, or, nor). Is used to separate main clauses that are joined by adverbs (i.e however, therefore)
A. Colon
B. Comma
C. Semicolon
Semicolon
Two or more sentences written as if they were a single sentence
A. Complete Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Run On Sentence
Run-On Sentence
Following the use of evidence from a source, this element of MLA provides the author and page number
A. In Text Citations
B. Parenthetical Citation
C. Superlatives
B. Parenthetical Citations
When I asked Mr. Jones why I failed the test, _____ said that I had not study properly.
he
the dogs chewed up ____ bed while we were at work
their
Sentence that contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clause
A. Simple Sentence
B. Complex Sentence
C. Compound Sentence
A. Simple Sentence
Sentence that contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
A. Compound-Complex Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Sentence Fragment
A. Compound-Complex Sentence
this adjective expresses the degree of quality, e.g "bigger" or "fastest"
A. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
B. Subject-Verb Agreement
C. Superlatives
Superlatives
This is the stereo that _____ been purchased most often in the store
has
December is the ____ month of the year in the country
Coldest