PASSIVE VS ACTIVE
Change to passive voice:
Khaled painted the house.
The house was painted by Khaled
What is the etymology, or word origin, of horizon? What does it mean?
Horos. It means "boundary marker".
What form of poetry is this:
"The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!"
Lyric poem
What type of sentence structure is this?
There were too many cars on the road.
Simple Sentence
change to active voice:
Bamboo is eaten by pandas.
Pandas eat bamboo.
What do you call a person who is severely mentally ill?
Psychopath
What type of characterization is this?
"His eyes bulged out and his hair stuck up on end when he heard the blood-curdling scream. His heart pounded in his chest and he was shaking like a leaf."
Indirect characterization
What type of clause is the underlined?
I would have asked for his autograph if I knew he was Lionel Messi.
Dependent Clause
Change to active voice:
We were surprised by the terrible news of Mr. Bean's death.
The terrible news of Mr. Bean's death surprised us.
Give me a word which means "having the qualities of (or full of) joy and happiness.
Blissful or cheerful
John and Dalia sat talking while Bruce did push-ups on the rug. Their mother walked in and announced that dinner was ready. "I'm not hungry," said Dalia. "I am!" shouted Bruce. "I am so hungry, I could eat a horse." Everyone laughed except Dalia. John thought his brother was such a clown. He looked at his sister. She didn't seem cheerful.
Limited third-person
Name the verb mood:
I wish you would shut your mouth you ugly monkey!
Subjunctive
Change to passive voice:
Bubba is playing the violent video game.
The violent video game is being played by Bubba.
Give me a word that means "to change something slightly in order to make it right".
He ______ his hat in the mirror.
Adjust
What is wrong with the evidence?
People should avoid taking airplanes because they are dangerous. In a study done at Stanford University, researchers found that turbulence on airplanes causes many people a lot of anxiety.
It is irrelevant.
What type of dependent clause is this?
He doesn't know what he wants.
Noun clause
Change to passive voice:
I will persuade Ali's parents to buy him an iPhone Super Duper 900x.
Ali's parents will be persuaded to buy him an iPhone Super Duper 900x.
A word that means "out of the ordinary" or "much greater than usual".
Exceptional
Why is this argument a logical fallacy?
“Vaccines are so unnatural; it’s disgusting that people are willing to put something like that in their body.”
Over-reliance on emotion
What type of sentence structure is the following:
Although they taste delicious, sugary drinks are unhealthy, so some people want to ban larger-size drinks.
Compound-complex sentence