What is when a comma joins two independent clauses
100
What are four ways to fix a comma splice?
What is period and a capital letter, comma and a coordinating conjunction, semi-colon, conjunction
100
Identify the error(s) in the following sentence:
Each of the girls observe all the regulations.
What is subject-verb agreement: Each of the girls observes all the regulations.
100
Identify the error(s) in the following sentence:
Mountain Dew is full of caffeine; She found that out the hard way.
What is Mountain Dew is full of caffeine; she found that out the hard way.
100
Identify the error(s) in the following statement:
Sometimes grandpa likes to pick apples with us.
What is Sometimes Grandpa likes to pick apples with us.
200
What type of sentence is this?
The sun is shining through the clouds, so I think that we can go swimming.
What is compound-complex?
200
True or false:
When using a coordinating conjunction (FANBOY), you ALWAYS need a comma.
What is False. You only use a comma when joining two INDEPENDENT clauses. If a FANBOY is not joining two independent clauses, it does NOT require a comma. For example, Rocky terrorizes the poodles next door yet adores the German shepherd across the street.
200
List 3 adverbs
What is words like swiftly, slowly, tomorrow, yesterday...
200
List three prepositions
What is words like on, behind, against...
200
What is the name of the error for the following statement?
I always wanted to go to Italy it is on my bucket list.
What is a fused sentence?
300
Identify the error(s) in the following sentence:
He was a self employed writer
What is He was a self-employed writer.
300
What is the name of the error in the following statement and how would it be fixed?
Either the workers or the boss deliver the merchandise.
What is Subject-verb agreement. Either the workers or the boss delivers the merchandise.
300
What change, if any, needs to be made?
Repeated downpours cause out land to flood, however, the flood does not last too long.
What is Repeated downpours cause out land to flood; however, the flood does not last too long.
300
What type of sentence is this?
Mary and Samantha arrived at the bus station early but waited until noon for the bus.
What is simple?
300
What is a thesis statement?
What is a statement that re-states the prompt and addresses your three details.
400
List 3 different ways you can begin your expository essay.
What is quote, fact, re-state the prompt
400
How should you start each main idea sentence?
What is a transition?
400
What change, if any, needs to be made to this sentence? With all its intricacies, the human brain is a sensative and delicate organ. a. Change intricacies to intricaces b. Change sensative to sensitive c. Change delicate to delacate d. No changes are needed.
What is B?
400
What is the correct way to write these two sentences?
The brain stem connects your brain to your spinal cord. Which connects to most of the nerves in your body.
a. The brain stem connects your brain to your spinal cord, this connects to most of the nerves in your body.
b. Connecting your brain to your spinal cord and then to most of the nerves in your body.
c. Connecting your brain to your spinal cord. It connects to most of the nerves in your body.
d. The brain stem connects your brain to your spinal cord, which connects to most of the nerves in your body.
What is D?
400
What is your "controlling idea?"
What is the thesis statement?
500
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence: "Snapping turtles, the largest of the freshwater turtles in the United States, are aggressive hunters that feed on smaller aquatic animals and plants." a) Change "are" to "is" b) Change "are" to "am" c) Change "feed" to "feeds" d) No change needs to be made
What is D?
500
Identify the parts of speech in the following statement:
She waited patiently behind the pharmacy counter.
What is She-pronoun, waited-verb, behind-preposition, pharmacy-adjective, counter-noun
500
Change the following to possessive form:
The car that belongs to Uncle Bob.
What is Uncle Bob's car?
500
Change the following to possessive form:
The name of that restaurant is Village Inn.
What is The restaurant's name is Village Inn.
500
Identify the parts of speech in the following statement:
Jeff will babysit his sister, Laney, tomorrow.
What is Jeff-nouns, will-verb, babysit-verb, his-pronoun, sister-noun, Laney-noun, tomorrow-adverb.