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Vocabulary
Parts of Speech and Verbs
Prepositional Phrases and Subj/Verb Agreement
Commas and Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
Commonly Confused Words
100
Complete the following sentence with the appropriate vocabulary word: High school is part of the (formative/tenacious) years of one's life.
What is formative
100
Identify the conjunction(s) and adverb(s) in the following sentence: Well, I tried to quietly walk past the room, but the baby still heard me and began to cry.
What is "but" and "and" are conjunctions; "quietly" is an adverb
100
List any/all prepositional phrases from the following sentence: Is their plane supposed to take off at noon on Friday?
What is "at noon" and "on Friday" ***"to take off*** is an infinitive phrase (verb) NOT a prepositional phrase
100
Place commas in the correct locations in the following sentence: Jake remembered to grab a jacket before he left the house so he wouldn't freeze all day in algebra chemistry and choir.
What is comma between "house" and "so," comma between "algebra" and "chemistry," and comma between "chemistry" and "and"
100
Complete the following sentence with the appropriate words: Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Schuette both had (a/an) hour to identify the (affect/effect) of the chocolate on their mood.
What is an, effect
200
Complete the following sentence with the appropriate vocabulary word: The government plans to (reform/improvise) the current environmental laws because there are still severely high levels of pollution.
What is reform.
200
Identify the noun(s) in the following sentence: Can you bring those to the party that will be held at the park?
What is "party" and "park" are nouns.
200
Complete the following sentence with the appropriate word. Then, identify both the subject and verb. Neither the carpet nor the windows (need/needs) updating.
What is "need" subj: carpet/windows ***Look at the 2nd subject in a compound subject to determine singular/plural - windows is plural, so plural verb***
200
Select the pronoun which correctly completes each sentence. Identify whether the pronoun is subjective, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition. The officer gave (him/he) directions to the game.
What is "him," indirect object
200
Complete the following sentence with the appropriate words: Out of all the students in the class, there were less (then/than) half that got the question right.
What is than
300
Complete the following sentence with the correct vocabulary word: If you are hoping to gain support from the community, you should not (deplete/impose) your opinions on them, rather let them decide.
What is impose.
300
Identify the adjectives in this statement: Everyone should bring a blue folder to science class tomorrow.
What is "blue" and "science" are both adjectives.
300
Complete the following sentence with the correct verb. Then, identify the subject and verb. Some of the short stories in that book (is/are) by Stephen King.
What is "are" subject: some; verb: are
300
Place commas in the correct locations in the following sentence: I was born on April 1 1990 which is also known as April Fool's Day.
What is comma between "1" and "1990" and "1990" and "which".
300
Complete the following sentence with the appropriate words: The boys shared (there/their) skittles, but they (should of/should have) given them away.
What is "their"; "should have"
400
Complete the following sentence with the appropriate vocabulary word: It amazed me that Johnny could (abstain/sustain) his incredible running pace for the entire race.
What is sustain.
400
Identify the interjection(s) and pronoun(s) in the following sentence: Oh, no! I hope you can find a detour to get to the store.
What is "oh, no" is an interjection and "I" and "you" are pronouns
400
Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence: Andy agreed with little hesitation to attend the ceremony at Music Hall.
What is "with little hesitation" and "at Music Hall"
400
Select the pronoun which correctly completes each sentence: I told everyone that (he or she needs / they need) to pay the class fee by Friday.
What is "he or she needs"
400
Complete the following sentence with the appropriate words: There are (less/fewer) mockingbirds in the zoo's cages because they didn't do (well/good) last winter with the freezing temperatures.
What is fewer, well
500
Complete the following sentence with the correct vocabulary word: The judge did not expect such (lucid/infantile) behavior from the defendant when he had a temper tantrum as he was questioned.
What is infantile.
500
Identify the adverb(s) and interjection(s) in the following sentence: Well, I tried to quietly walk past the room, but the baby still heard me and began to cry.
What is adverb: quietly; interjection: well
500
Complete the following sentence. Then, identify both the subject and the verb. (Has/Have) the white cat or the black cat been to the vet yet?
What is "has"; subject: cat / cat; verb: has been
500
Place commas in the correct locations in the following sentence: "Don't let the cat out" warned my roommate Beatrice. "Yesterday he brought home another dead squirrel" she then explained to me.
What is between "out" and "warned", "yesterday" and "he", and "squirrel" and "she".
500
The best college in the world, according to Ms. Pool
What is The College of Saint Benedict