Wild Card
What is the name for a separated sentence part that does not express a complete thought?
A fragment.
Yesterday, Billy had a doctor's appointment.
Subject - Billy
Verb - had
Pete smacked his brother with a pillow.
Brother
What punctuation mark is used to show possession and form contractions?
Apostrophe
i will see my cousin at the first presbyterian church this sunday.
I, First Presbyterian Church, Sunday
Which of the following should not be capitalized?
A. Days of the week
B. Months
C. Seasons
D. All are capitalized
C. Seasons
Did you find your hairbrush?
Subject - You
Verb - Did find
The printing press was a revolutionary invention, which changed the course of human history.
Invention.
Which punctuation mark can be used to join independent clauses?
Semicolon
Last, April, William, Schwinn
What part of speech should the simple predicate always be?
A verb.
Jack and Jill went up the hill, fetched a pail of water, and tumbled back down.
Subject - Jack, Jill
Verb - went, fetched, tumbled
The girl was suspended for pulling the fire alarm.
No complement.
What punctuation mark is usually found at the end of an imperative sentence?
Period
the empire state building in new york was once the tallest building in the world.
The, Empire State Building, New York
Which of these should be italicized/underlined?
A. Novels
B. Chapter titles
C. Article titles
D. All of the above
A. Novels
Put your pencil down.
Subject - You
Verb - put
I bought my mom a new scarf for Christmas.
Scarf
When should you use a comma?
A. To separate two or more adjectives before a noun
B. To separate an introductory word or phrase
C. After the greeting of a friendly letter
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Harry Potter, Prisoner, Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
Which punctuation marks always go inside the closing quotation marks?
Periods and commas.
All of your tests were lost in a fire.
Subject - All
Verb - were lost
Did you see Mrs. Lewis and her kids at the mall?
Mrs. Lewis, kids
What punctuation mark should you use before listed items?
Colon
"hey, mom," jake said, "can we stop at best buy?"
Hey, Mom, Jake, Best Buy