Name the Problem
Tricky Tenses
Confused Comparisons
Vocabulary
Punctuation
100

The movement was known as the Great Exodus, and their participants came to be known as exodusters. 

What is Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement?

100

This tense is used when an event had been completed before another event in the past. 

What is past perfect tense?

100

This word is used in reference to countable things. 

What is fewer OR number? 

100

We are looking for novel ways to approach the project. 

What is new, innovative? 

100

Where do the commas go?

Snowflakes form from tiny water droplets following a specific process of chemical bonding as they freeze which results in a six-sided figure.

What is after droplets and after freeze?

200

In 2016, Dyson began her VISTA service at the Forsyth Farmers' Market in Savannah, Georgia; where, in exchange for a modest salary and benefits, she supports the organization in its mission. 

What is punctuation? 

200

We [to be] in this house for three years in February. 

What is will have been? 

200

Her chances of getting an A aren't much better than...

What is her chances of ______? 

200

A vampire's thirst for blood is said to be insatiable. 

What is can't be satisfied? 

200

Fix this sentence:

In the half-light of the rising sun we began to make out the dark lines of the cliffs at the craters edge.

Comma after sun

Apostrophe after the r in crater


300

Another team of scientists, being a team that was overseen and led by comparative biologist Eugenia Gold, then a graduate student working at the American Museum of Natural History, focused on the dodo's capacity for cognition. 

What is redundancy? 

300

The "timeless" present tense is used for this situation. 

Discuss a theory

Artistic Work

General nonhistorical fact

300

You can't say "She has played in more concerts than any cellist in her school." We say this instead. 

She has played in more concerts than any other cellist in her school. 

300

Children's minds are malleable but only for so long. 

What is capable of being molded or changed.

300

It's children's and animals', even though both of the words are plural. Why?

If a plural word doesn't end in an s, it still needs an apostrophe s to show possession. 

400

By joining VISTA, Dyson is following in the footsteps of hundreds of people, over the program's fifty-year history, who are helping improve their communities and their career prospects. 

What is Verb Tense?

400

David [to be] the president of the club ever since it was founded. 

What is has been?

400

Between him and Stephen King, I think Edgar Allan Poe is the [best/better] horror writer. 

What is better?

400

The unilateral decision was deemed unfair by the other party involved. 

What is one-sided?

400

One of these isn't a word: 

its, it's, its', whose, who's

What is its' with the apostrophe after the s?

500

In 2015, the Greek government decided not to pursue legal action against Britain, it opted instead for continued diplomatic efforts. 

What is a comma splice? 

500

The present perfect tense is used for either of these scenarios.

What is when an event extends from the past to the present OR occurs at an extended or unspecified time in the past? 

500

Out of all the horror writers I have read, Neil Gaiman creates [more/the most] suspense. 

What is the most? 

500

The aesthetic decorations at the wedding reception made you feel like you were in a fairy tale. 

What is relating to beauty or refined taste? 

500

A punctuation mark is necessary to make this sentence not a run-on:

I think the hardest part about being a college student is figuring out what you want do for the rest of your life not only do you have to settle on a career path, but you also have to figure out how to pursue your chosen career.

What is a semicolon after life?

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