Week One Definitions
Punctuation
Week Two Definitions
Correct the Sentences
Examples
100
This is often misspelled and commonly misused
What is a problem word?
100
Punctuation mark used for abbreviations
What is a period
100
Words such as : by, in, into are examples of _______
What is a preposition?
100
Name the subject and the predicate. We walked to the store.
What is we, as the subject; walked, as the predicate
100
Give an example of a common noun
What is cat, dog, etc
200
A grammatically complete sentence
What are is a subject and predicate?
200
Punctuation mark that corrects a comma splice, it does not split the sentence into two sentences
What is a semicolon
200
A verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun
What is a gerund
200
Name the prepositional phrase in the sentence: I ran into the house.
What is the prepositional phrase, into the house
200
Give an example of a past tense verb
ending in -ed, -d
300
Forms a simple sentence, can stand alone
What is an independent clause?
300
Punctuation marks that is added to dialogue
What are quotation marks
300
Verb form usually proceeded by "to"
What is an infinitive
300
Take out the incorrect use of the comma: We played soccer, and basketball in gym class.
Comma taken out between soccer and and
300
Give an example of homonym
hour/our
400
Name the conjunctions
What are and, but, or
400
Cannot be added after an exclamation point in dialogue
What is a comma
400
The verb tense that expresses action occurring at no definite time in the past
What is present perfect
400
The sentence must be corrected to be parallel: After we had waited for an hour, we walk away.
Correct walk into past tense, walked
400
Give an example of prepositional phrase
any with preposition beginning it
500
This occurs when you split the subject and predicate with a comma
What is comma splice
500
Punctuation mark that separates elements is a list
What is a colon
500
Name 4 of the 6 verb tenses
What is present/past/future/present perfect/ past perfect/future perfect
500
Identify the subject, predicate, and prepositional phrase: Her cat was sleeping near the window and next to a dead bird.
Cat-s was sleeping-p near the window-pp next to a dead bird-pp
500
Give an example of a regular verb and irregular verb
Ending in -ed/-d Ending in other than -ed/-d
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