Comparative or Superlative Matters (Words for Comparing)
Building Better Sentences (Mistakes in Sentences)
So Many Parts (Identifying Parts of Speech)
100
Opposites logically complete this sentence.
Jill's _________ for ice cream made her _________ to weigh in at the doctor's office.
What are love and hate.
100
They're, there and their sound alike but only one is a contraction of a pronoun and a verb.
What is they're?
100
The word "good" is an irregular adjective.
This sentence uses the comparative correctly.
A) Of Domino's and Cassano's, Cassano's is best.
B) Of Domino's and Cassano's, Cassano's is better.
What is sentence B?
100
To be a sentence, there must be a subject and this part of speech ___________.
What is a verb?
100
In this sentence I am the part of speech of the word "willfully".
The defendant willfully struck the victim for no apparent reason.
What is an adverb?
200
These opposite nouns are what happens when sparks ignite and when water freezes.
What are fire and ice.
200
Of these homonyms, banned and band, this one is a verb meaning access is prohibited.
What is banned?
200
Comparing the ultrasausus with the T-Rex, it's likely that the ultrasaurus was the larger or largest one.
What is larger?
200
Of these three kinds of punctuation: the exclamation point, comma or question mark, one is never a correct way to end a sentence.
What is a comma?
200
In this sentence I am the part of speech of the word "is".
Sheila is mean to her friends.
What is a verb?
300
The French invasion of Russia early in the nineteenth century is the setting of Tolstoy's classic novel titled with these opposites, ________ and ________.
What are War and Peace?
300
Of aisle, isle, and i'll: This word correctly completes this sentence.
The cast-aways were marooned on the tropical ______ for many years.
What is isle?
300
When Joe graduates high school, he plans to attend the college that is farthest or farther away from home.
What is farthest?
300
Noun and subject agreement is a must. If you have a plural noun you must use a plural verb.
Here, either lend or lends is correct.
A bouquet of yellow roses lend or lends color and fragrance to the room.
What is lends?
300
In this sentence, I am the part of speech of the word "and".
After Billy lost a bet, he gave up gambling and never looked back.
What is a conjunction?
400
Tom thought George was his _______ but quickly learned he was an ________ when George stole Tom's bike.
What is a friend and an enemy?
400
Homonyms complete this sentence. Include spellings.
The family _________ dinner at _________ o'clock every night.
What is ate and eight?
400
Of the Ford Mustang, Dodge Charger, and Chevy Camaro, who knows which is faster or fastest?
What is fastest?
400
Two of these are not Run On Sentences.
A)They weren't dangerous criminals. They were detectives in disguise.
B)They weren't dangerous criminals they were detectives in disguise.
C)They weren't dangerous criminals; they were detectives in disguise.
What is A and C.
400
Of to, two and too, only one is a preposition.
What is to?
500
Opposite nouns complete this sentence.
___________ shines bright in the daytime and the ___________ glows at night.
What are the sun and moon?
500
The word for a green citrus fruit is spelled L-I-M-E. It's homonym is the name of a disease. Spell it.
What is LYME?
500
Even though the twins were born ten minutes apart, Billy always makes the point that he is the older or oldest.
What is older?
500
Dangling participles drive English teachers crazy. I am the dangling participle in this sentence.
Sitting on the park bench, the sun disappeared behind the clouds.
What is "sitting of the park bench".
500
I'm a __________, You're a ___________, everyone and everything's a__________.