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Comparative & Superlative Adjectives & Adverbs
Literal versus Nonliteral
Coordinating & Subordinating Conjunctions
Comma & Quotation Marks in Dialogue
Simple, Compound, & Complex Sentences
100
Comparing two items, people, places, or ideas.
What is comparative form?
100
Meaning the exact words
What is literal language?
100
For And Nor But Or Yet So
What are coordinating conjunctions?
100
Use this kind of mark when you are quoting what someone else said or wrote.
What are quotation marks?
100
A sentence that has one complete thought.
What is a simple sentence?
200
Comparing more than two items, people, places, or ideas.
What is superlative?
200
When a word or phrase means something other than the exact words in it.
What is a nonliteral meaning?
200
after as because even though now that rather than so that that until when while
What are common subordinating conjunctions?
200
Put this before a quotation mark.
Where do you put a comma?
200
Two simple sentences joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
300
shorter
What is the comparative form of short?
300
This test is a piece of cake.
What is non literal language?
300
This type of conjunction connects two simple sentences together.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
300
Rewrite this sentence using the necessary punctuation. The doctor said Take this medicine twice a day
The doctor said, "Take this medicine twice a day."
300
Uses a subordinating conjunction to connect clauses in a sentence.
What is a complex sentence?
400
shortest
What is the superlative form of short?
400
I am happy about the report I received from the doctor.
What is literal language?
400
A subordinating conjunction connects a dependent clause and an _____________________ clause.
What is independent?
400
Are the comma and quotation marks in this sentence properly placed? "Please fasten your seat belt, the flight attendant politely asked.
No: "Please fasten your seat belt," the flight attendant politely asked.
400
What type of sentence is this? The children ran fast because they were going to miss the bus.
What is a complex sentence?
500
Tell the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective good. (in order)
better, best
500
Create a sentence using non literal language.
Sentences will vary.
500
What is the subordinating conjunction in this sentence? As soon as the game was over, we went to get ice cream.
What is as soon as?
500
What is the dialogue tag in this sentence? "Don't go into that room," yelled my sister, "because it's dangerous!"
What is yelled my sister?