Grammar
Grammar: Part 2
Ben-Hur
The Boom in the Calaveras Clarion
The Hoosier School-Master
100

Try (to or and) call me after your last class on Friday.

to

100

What type of punctuation do you use to end an indirect question? 

period

100

Who wrote Ben-Hur?

Lew Wallace

100

How big an advertisement did Mr. Dimmidge buy?

an entire column

100

Whose actions did Ralph try to emulate? 

Bull

200

The customer seemed (averse or adverse) to accepting a substitution. 

averse

200

What type of punctuation do you use to emphasize a parenthetical element?

dashes

200

Who was the daughter of Simonides?

Esther

200

How many advertisements did Mr. Dimmidge put in the paper? 

two

200

What did Bill Means put in Ralph's desk?

a puppy

300

What punctuation should go in the blank?

Atlanta, Georgia ___ Baltimore, Maryland; and St. Luis, Missouri - these are a few of the cities being considered as sites for the new hotel. 

;

300

What type of punctuation do you use to enclose editorial corrections, comments, or explanations in quoted matter? 

brackets

300

Who was the object of Ben-Hur's revenge?

Messala

300

Who visited the newspaper editor ar night?

Mrs. Dimmidge

300

What event was held in Hoopole County?

spelling-school

400

What punctuation should go in the blank?

The April issue of Car and Driver listed the four-top selling imports ____ Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, and Honda. 

:

400

What type of punctuation do you use to indicate that words, sentences, or paragraphs are omitted within a quoted section of material? 

ellipsis

400

Who was sent to learn about Ben-Hur and report his findings?

Malluch

400

Why did the visitor come? 

She wanted to reply to her husband's advertisement. 

400

Who did Mirandy have a crush on?

Ralph 

500

I was extremely (eager or anxious) to see the museum. 

eager

500

Use a hyphen in fraction used as what? 

adjectives

500

Who owned horses which Ben-Hur wanted to use for the chariot race?

Ilderim 

500

Did Mr. and Mrs. Dimmidge resolve their differences? 

yes

500

Who "spelled down" the master"?

Hannah