Word Parts
Parts of Speech
Types of Clauses
Correcting Sentence Errors
Persuasive Essay "SAT style"
100
Bi
What is "two"?
100
This is a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
100
This clause has either a subject or a predicate.
What is a fragment?
100
1. To do something you like is very important. (A) To do something you like is very important. (B) To do something you like are very important. (C) Doing something you like is very important. (D) Doing something you like were very important. (E) Sometimes, to do something you like is important.
What is (C)?
100
An SAT essay can be written in this many minutes.
What is 25 minutes?
200
Pre
What is "before"?
200
This is a word used to stand for the name of a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a pronoun?
200
This clause has a subject and a predicate and stands alone.
What is an independent clause?
200
2. Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book and she was sixty-five years old then. (A) and she was sixty-five years old then (B) when she was sixty-five (C) at age sixty-five years old (D) upon the reaching of sixty-five years (E) at the time when she was sixty-five
What is (B)?
200
These paragraphs must be in an SAT essay.
What are an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion?
300
Cide
What is "kill"?
300
This describes a person, place, thing or idea.
What is an adjective?
300
This clause does not express a complete idea.
What is a phrase?
300
3. The gong, believed to have originated in Western Asia, reached China in the sixth century, where it continues to be used for a wide range of purposes, including as a military signal, a rhythmic accompaniment for vocal performance, and a ritual instrument. (A) including as (B) which include (C) which includes (D) including (E) they include as
What is (D)?
300
The introduction consists of these three parts.
What are a connection to the quotation/prompt, a thesis statement, and the three examples you will use in your essay?
400
Phile
What is "like/love of"?
400
This describes a noun, adjective or adverb.
What is an adverb?
400
This clause has a subject and a predicate but relies on another clause.
What is a dependent clause?
400
4. Before you can go out, you must clean the room, mop the floor, and dusting the house. (A) Before you can go out, you must clean the room, mop the floor, and dusting the house. (B) Before you can go out, you must clean the room, mop the floor, and to dust the house. (C) Before you can go out, you must clean the room, mop the floor, and dusting. (D) Before you can go out, you must clean the room, mop the floor, and do dusting. (E) Before you can go out, you must clean the room, mop the floor, and dust the house.
What is (E)?
400
Each body paragraph should include these three parts.
What are a topic sentence connecting to your thesis, a personal story or example, and an explanation?
500
Micro
What is "small"?
500
This connects two clauses.
What is a conjunction?
500
Write a clause and identify what type it is.
Answers Will Vary
500
5. Looking up from the base of the mountain, the trail seemed more treacherous than it really was. (A) Looking up (B) While looking up (C) By looking up (D) Viewing (E) Viewed
What is (E)?
500
What are three reasons that the country you did for your Country Project is the best country in the world?
Answers Will Vary
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