Review Game

Topic 1

100

Identify the direct and the indirect objects in the following sentences.

example: baby- indirect, bath-direct

The coach awarded her a varsity letter.

her-indirect, letter-direct

200

Identify the direct and the indirect objects in the following sentences.

example: baby- indirect, bath-direct

Dad told him and me stories about growing up in Idaho.

him-indirect, me-indirect, stories-direct

300

The following sentence has at least one subject complement. Write each complement.

James Joyce was a novelist and a short-story writer.

novelist, writer

400

The following sentence has at least one subject complement. Write each complement.

The cast members seem happy and excited about the good reviews in today's newspaper. 

happy, excited

500

The following sentences contain verbal's. Identify each VERBAL PHRASE as participial, gerund or infinitive.

Example: type the phrase- participial

We saw the raccoon escaping through the backdoor. 

escaping through the backdoor- participial

Topic 2

100

The following sentences contain verbal's. Identify each VERBAL PHRASE as participial, gerund or infinitive.

Example: type the phrase- participial

To finish what you have started is an accomplishment.  

To finish what you have started- infinitive

200

The following sentences contain verbal's. Identify each VERBAL PHRASE as participial, gerund or infinitive.

Example: type the phrase- participial

The honking of the car horn awoke him from his nap. 

The honking of the car horn-gerund

300

Identify each of the following sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. 

Christina left on time, but her bus was late.

compound

400

Identify each of the following sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. 

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American on the U.S. Supreme Court.

simple

500

Identify each of the following sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. 

Yoko said that this would be the shortest route, but I disagree.

compound complex

Topic 3

100

Identify the pronoun or pronouns, label them as relative, reflexive or intensive 

example: pronoun-reflexive

The British explorer Sir Richard Burton himself wrote many books about his adventures in Africa.

Himself-intensive

200

Identify the pronoun or pronouns, label them as relative, reflexive or intensive

example: pronoun-reflexive

Matthew Henson prided himself on being part of the first expedition to reach the North Pole. 

himself-reflexive

300

Identify the pronoun or pronouns, label them as relative, reflexive or intensive

example: pronoun-reflexive

The nine mustangs that make up the work appear to gallop across William Square in the Las Colinas Urban Center. 

that-relative

400

Identify each italicized verb as transitive or intransitive

They ate the same food and did the same hard jobs. 

transitive

500

Identify each verb as transitive or intransitive

In his book, Love recalls many of the times that he and the other cowboys looked out for one another, regardless of skin color. 

transitive

Topic 4

100

Identify each of the following sentences as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. 

When the rabbit saw us, it ran into the bushes.

complex

200

If the italicized verb does not agree with its antecedent, rewrite the sentence, using the correct form of the pronoun.

Each of the boys brought their permission slip.

Each of the boys brought his permission slip.

300

If the italicized verb does not agree with its antecedent, rewrite the sentence, using the correct form of the pronoun.

Have all of the winners taken his or her science projects home?

Have all of the winners taken their science projects home?

400

If the italicized verb does not agree with its subject, rewrite the sentence, using the correct form of the verb. 

When is Bill's parents coming to pick us up?

When are Bill's parents coming to pick us up?

500

If the italicized verb does not agree with its subject, rewrite the sentence, using the correct form of the verb. 

Neither of the bar mitzvahs have been scheduled yet.

Neither of the bar mitzvahs has been scheduled yet.

Topic 5

100

Indicates a pause between two independent clauses

Semicolon

200

Separates parenthetical information

Parentheses

300

Indicates a pause between parts of a sentence, list, addresses,

Comma

400

Introduces a long quote or a list with internal punctuation

Colon

500

Indicates an interjection or shows strong emotion

Exclamation Point