Making the Parts Agree
Which is the correct verb?
Table tennis and badminton (is, are) my favorite sports.
Table tennis and badminton are my favorite sports.
In this sentence, is "swimmers" plural or possessive?
The swimmers swam in their hometown pool for the championship competition.
Plural
Is this a run-on, fragment, or complete sentence?
Going to the soccer game.
Fragment
Is this sentence written in active or passive voice:
She dribbled the basketball.
Active Voice
True or False: The pronoun "I" is always capitalized in academic writing.
True!
Choose the correct verb:
The university men's basketball team (is/are) ranked first in the nation.
The university men's basketball team is ranked first in the nation.
In this sentence, which word is plural and which word is possessive? (There is at least one of each.)
Jim Redmond, who created one of the most memorable moments in Olympic history during a 400-meter men’s race at the 1992 Games when he leaped onto the track to help his injured son, Derek, make his way across the finish line, died on Oct. 2 in Northampton, Britain.
Plural: moments
Possessive: his, men's
Is this a run-on, fragment, or complete sentence?
I play basketball and I run track.
Complete Sentence
Is this sentence written in active or passive voice:
We were going to the baseball game when is started to rain.
Active Voice
Choose the correct response:
We ate and (then/than) we went to the movies.
Video games are more expensive (then/than) movies.
We ate and then we went to the movies.
Video games are more expensive than movies.
Choose the correct verb:
(Is/Are) either LeBron James or Yao Ming the best NBA player of all time?
Is either LeBron James or Yao Ming the best NBA player of all time?
Make this noun plural. Then make this plural noun possessive.
Five-Player Team
Plural: Five-Player Teams
Plural Possessive: Five-Player Teams'
Is this a run-on, fragment, or complete sentence?
We ran.
Complete Sentence
How do you rewrite this sentence to put it in active voice:
The baseballs were hit by them.
They hit the baseballs.
Is this cited correctly in MLA?
In a scholarly article by sport media scholar Antunovic, published by Feminist Media Studies in 2019, she argues that the #MoreThanMean campaign went viral because it is not linked to feminism (p. 559).
Choose the correct verb:
Neither the Cowboys nor the Eagles (wins/win) the Superbowl this year.
Neither the Cowboys nor the Eagles wins the Superbowl this year.
Make this phrase possessive. Then make this phrase plural.
the teammate of Megan Rapinoe and Alana Cook
Possessive: Megan Rapinoe and Alana Cook's teammate
Plural Possessive: Megan Rapinoe and Alana Cook's teammates
How do you make this a complete sentence(s)?
When the players went to practice, their coaches told them to run five miles the players decided to go home.
When the players went to practice, their coaches told them to run five miles. The players decided to go home.
When the players went to practice, their coaches told them to run five miles, so the players decided to go home.
When the players went to practice, their coaches told them to run five miles; the players decided to go home.
The tennis balls are stepped on by me and I fell.
I stepped on the tennis balls and fell.
Name all of the persuasive appeals and give an example of each one.
Logos/Logical
Pathos/Emotional
Ethos/Ethical
Rewrite this sentence to make it parallel:
Katie Ledecky is the best freestyle swimmer of all time because she won 7 Olympic gold medals, earns 19 world championship gold medals, and she will have 25 of the top 800 freestyle times in the world.
Katie Ledecky is the best freestyle swimmer of all time because she won 7 Olympic gold medals, earned 19 world championship gold medals, and had 25 of the top 800 freestyle times in the world.
Identify the plural nouns and possessive nouns:
Professional tennis sets the standard for popularity and viability in women’s sports — and it’s not even close. Thanks to the struggle for fairness led by legends like Althea Gibson, the Williams sisters, and Billie Jean King, the women’s pro game plays consistently before packed, avid audiences.
Plural nouns: sports, legends, sisters, audiences
Possessive nouns: women's
Is this a run-on, fragment, or complete sentence?
This is what the stupid money was all about: the opening game of the National League Championship Series, with half a billion dollars’ worth of Philadelphia Phillies superstars lifting the team to victory, and Zack Wheeler held the San Diego Padres to one hit, Bryce Harper homered to left and Kyle Schwarber homered to outer space, so the Phillies won on Tuesday, 2-0, and will head home after Wednesday’s matinee with no worse than a split — and a chance to clinch the pennant at home, but that is zipping far ahead, of course, but isn’t that what sports fans do?
Complete Sentence!
It's not a good sentence, and you probably shouldn't write sentences this long, but this is mechanically correct because each part of the sentence is connected appropriately.
Rewrite this sentence to make it active:
At the game, the field hockey player was asked by his fans to sign their t-shirts.
At the game, the fans asked the field hockey player to sign their t-shirts.
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