Punctuation and Grammar
Vocabulary
Sentence Types
SVMs
Parts of Speech
100
This punctuation mark is missing from the following quote: "When" said my mother, "are you going to walk the dog tonight?"
What is a comma?
100
In a narrative, this is the point of highest action or turning point in the story.
What is the climax?
100
This sentence type has a subject and a verb and expresses a single complete thought.
What is a simple sentence?
100
An appositive phrase describes the _______ and then names the ______.
What is the subject?
100
This part of speech represents a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
200
If a plural noun ends in an 'S', you would need only one thing to make it possessive.
What is an apostrophe?
200
Identify the figurative language technique used: That year, the advent of spring filled the garden with flowers and the hum of thousands of bees.
What is a onomatopoeia?
200
Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex: Julie and Debbie have 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
What is a simple sentence?
200
When beginning a sentence with a past or present participial phrase, you would need to include this punctuation mark.
What is a comma?
200
Examples of this type of phrase include the following: in the house on my desk against the closet door
What is a prepositional phrase?
300
In a compound sentence, the comma always comes _______ the conjunction.
What is before?
300
In persuasive writing, a _______ statement (should/should not) describes the point you will argue. Example: All people should not smoke because it causes heart problems, cancer, and can harm others.
What is a position statement?
300
Identify the conjunction and sentence type in the following example: Who are you, and where do you come from?
What is the conjunction "and" in a compound sentence?
300
The following sentence begins with this type of phrase: To pass seventh grade was her most pressing goal.
What is an infinitive?
300
This type of participial phrase is found in the following sentence: Encouraged by the results of the practice test, Larry felt confident that he would pass his exam.
What is a past participial phrase?
400
This punctuation mark can be used in place of a comma and conjunction to combine two sentences.
What is a semicolon?
400
In narrative writing, this term describes everything that happens after the climax, the final resolution of the plot.
What is a denouement?
400
This sentence type contains one main clause and one subordinate clause.
What is a complex sentence?
400
Write a properly punctuated sentence with a gerund or gerund phrase as the subject.
Writing can often be a challenge, but with practice you'll succeed!
400
There are only three words that function as articles: ____, ____, and ____.
What are A, An, and The?
500
In a quotation, the end mark must be ______ the quotation marks.
What is inside?
500
In persuasive writing, this technique will state the opposing viewpoint of another person and then explain why their position is wrong.
What is a counter argument?
500
A gerund as in the sentence, "Learning will benefit you," is an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (part of speech).
What is an ING NOUN?
500
Write an SVM 9 sentence that begins with a subordinate clause.
Because I know how to write a complex sentence properly, my team will score 500 points!
500
Words like Um, and Hey, and Huh are known as this part of speech.
What is an interjection?
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