Subject/verb agreement
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The poor is/are suffering
The poor are suffering.
100
It was not the least bit easy, What transitional word or phrase could be added to the beginning of this sentence? A. finally B. in fact C. therefore D. afterward
B. in fact
100
I went out and caught that boy and shook him until his freckles rattled.
What is hyperbole
100
A lagoon is a a. canal b. river c swamp d. ocean
What is C - swamp
100
a. acqueisce b. acquiesce c. acqueesce d. acquiesse
b. acquiesce
200
There (were/was) fifteen candles in that bag, now there (are/is) only one left.
There were fifteen candles in that bag, now there is only one left.
200
So the evening, him and me sat down to write. What revision should be made in this sentence? A. So, that evening, him and I sat down to write B. So, that evening, he and I sat down to write. C. So, that evening, he and me sat down to write. D. No revision is needed
B. So, he and I sat down to write.
200
The news that we were moving to Alaska came out of the blue.
idiom
200
A monsoon is a. an animal b. a wind storm c. a battery d. river
B - windstorm
200
a. inapropriately b. innapropriately c. iinappropriately d. inappropiately
c. inappropriately
300
Neither his father nor his mother (play/plays) the piano.
Neither his father nor his mother plays the piano.
300
Everyone in class was told to turn in a brief but clearly-written essay about a poem. What change should be made in this sentence? A. Change was to were B. Change brief to breif C. change clearly-written to clearly written D. make no change
What is C
300
The scorn of his comrades would be a worse thing to face than the muzzles of many rifles.
hyperbole/metaphor
300
Marsupials are : a. animals with fins who live in the water b. animals who live in the jungle c. animals having a pouch d. animals having two legs
c. having a pouch
300
a. decafienated b. decafeinated c. decaffenated d. decaffeinated
d. decaffeinated
400
None of my friends (were/was) there.
None of my friends was there.
400
Joel and I said we believed it would be easier to write a poem. What change should be made in this sentence. A, change I to me D. make no change B. change believed to believe C. Insert more before easier
D. make no change
400
He was born in the heart of fuedland.
personification/metaphor
400
to beguille someone means a. to agree with them b. to trick them c. to marry them d. to divorce them.
B - to trick them
400
a. psuedonim b. psoedonym c. pseudonym d. psuedonym
c. pseudonym
500
The boss, as well as his colleagues (have/has) been robbed by the robbers.
The boss, as well as his colleagues has been robbed by the robber.
500
Feeling ready for a challenge club members from every grade in the school believe there are other kinds of productions. What change needs to be made in this sentence? A. change are to is B. change believe to believes D. make no change C. Insert a comma after challenge.
C insert a comma after challenge
500
The city marshal had decided that Calliope should no more wake the echoes of the town.
personification
500
A caribou is a. a dog b. a monkey c. a opossum d. a reindeer
D - reindeer
500
A. ptirmagan b. ptarmagin c. ptarmegan d. ptarmigan
d. ptarmigan
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