Writing Remediation Week 1

Sentence Structure

100

What is a synonym for an "independent clause?"

simplen sentence

200

What is a synonym for a "dependent clause?"

subordinate clause

300

How do you combine two independent clauses?

comma & conjunction

comma & FANBOY

semicolon

400

List 7 coordinating conjunctions.

For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

500

List 3 subordinating conjunctions

answers will vary

Pronouns-Antecedent Agreement

100

Find the error in the following sentence:

The teacher is giving treats to the best group, so you and me should work hard to score the highest.

you and me should say you and I

200

Each of the students will bring (his/their) supplies to class.

his

300

Ms. Scott says, "If a pronoun ends in ___, ____, or ___ it is always singular."

one

body

thing

400

Find the errors in the following quote:

Ms. Scott said to Ms. Turner, "Us teachers should keep an eye on Domo and Mya because him and her are always fighting."

Us should be We

him and her should be he and she

500

List 5 object pronouns

me, you, him, her, it, them, us

All About Verbs

100

The word "will" usually indicates what tense?

future tense

200

Each of Ms. Scott's students (is/are) practicing for the writing SOL.

is

300

Identify the verb in the following sentence:

Ms. Scott and Ms. Turner are my favorite teachers.

are

400

My friend and I were caught (conversing/conversating) in the hall during the hall sweep.

conversing

500

Make 3 corrections to the following sentence:

Yesterday, my Dad walks up to me, looks me in the eye, and says, "I'm proud of you son."

change walks to walked

change looks to looked

change says to said

Adjectives and Adverbs

100

What part of speech describes nouns and pronouns?

adjectives

200

Words that end in "ly" usually belong to what part of speech?

adverbs

300

What part of speech describes adjectives, verbs, and adverbs?

adverbs

400

Correct the following sentence:

My parents only have two children, and I am the youngest.

youngest should be younger

500

(Comparative/Superlative) adjectives describe 3 or more nouns or pronouns.

superlative

Miscellaneous

100

The word "above" is an example of what part of speech?

preposition

200

Find and correct 2 spelling error(s) in the following passage:

He included the reciept in the gift I recieved because he beleived I wouldn't like it. Isn't that wierd?

reciept should be receipt

recieved should be received

beleived should be believed

wierd should be weird

300

List two ways we learned to use apostrophes.

with possessives and contractions

400

Identify all of the prepositional phrases in the following sentence:

The dancers wear turtle-shell rattles at their knees and belts of bells around their waists. 

at their knees

of bells

around their waists

500

I (could/couldn't) hardly concentrate on my homework with the TV on in the background.

could