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100

Rewrite the sentence with correct comma usage:

 Dayle was late for work nobody seemed to care. 

Dayle was late for work. Nobody seemed to care.

Dayle was late for work;nobody seemed to care. 

Dayle was late for work, but nobody seemed to care. 

100

After I passed my exam I was allowed to drive alone.

After I passed my exam, I was allowed to drive alone. 

100

Determine which word to use:

It's         Its           Its'


___________raining cats and dogs.

It's raining cats and dogs. 

100
Choose the correct word:


who's      whose

 _________ running shoes were left outside?

whose

100

I would use this to put in between two independent clauses. 

a semicolon

200

Mount Rushmore which honors four presidents is located in South Dakota. 

Mount Rushmore,which honors four presidents,is located in South Dakota.

200

FANBOYS STANDS FOR....


FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO




200

Determine which word to use:

Affect          effect

The school ban on cellphones had a positive _______ on the students. 

effect. 

200

Choose the correct word:

Who's   whose


___________ going to the musical this year?

Who's

200

If I wanted to be dramatic and make sure my reader takes a pause before I say something important, I would use....

a colon. 


There is one thing I need: Love. 

300

The design that Maya Lin proposed for the Vietnam Memoria won the competition. 

It is correct! We need to know that it was Maya Lin's design! 
300

Mom what should I do with all these old books?

Mom, what should I do with all these old books?

300

Determine which word to use

Bear   bare


The emotional toll was too much to_______

bear

300

Choose the correct word:

who     whom

To _______ was the letter addressed?

whom

300

If I am about to tell you details about a list, I would use...

a colon.

Only the following students passed: Jose, Maria, and Ivan. 

400

While dad was sleeping we cleaned the house. 

While dad was sleeping, we cleaned the house. 

400

After

While

During

Around

Between 

are all common prepositions- if I start with a sentence with a preposition it is most likely...

going to be a dependent clause and I use a comma after the prepositional phrase. 

IE: While you writing notes, I was busy grading papers. 

During the holidays, I always eat too much. 

400

Choose the right word:

bares     bears


The dog ______ its teeth when it is angry. 

bares

400

Who/whom should I talk to about labeling food in the refrigerator?

Whom

400

Instead of a comma before a quote, I could use...

a colon. 


His passing reminded me of Morrie's words: "Death ends a life; not a relationship."

500

He loved her with his heart she couldn't love him back.

He loved her with his heart; she couldn't love him back.

He loved her with his heart, yet she couldn't love him back.

He loved her with his heart. She couldn't love him back.

500

I have two independent clauses. The three ways I can can write them out without having a comma splice are...

use a comma and then a FANBOY in between

use a semicolon in between

put a period after the first IC and then begin a new sentence with capital letter. 

500
Choose the correct word:

affected         effected


Students were positively _______ by the ban on cell phones.


affected

500

Choose the correct word:


There      their       they're

________ is no reason to use the wrong form of this word!

There

500

If I have a list with a lot of details, I could use commas. But to keep it cleaner I could use...

semicolons. 

There are many teams in the competition, Gary and Mary from Switerzland; Barry and Terry from Germany; Larry and Kerry from Ireland; and Jerry and Irene from Michigan.