Usage, Mechanics, & Rhetorical Skills
what is the correct use of the semicolon in a sentence
the semicolon is used to separate elements of an enumeration, usually complex expressions.
What is the correct form of the comma in a sentence
To separate various elements of a series
Define "Apocryphal"
Of doubtful authenticity : spurious. 2 often capitalized Apocryphal : of or resembling the Apocrypha.
Write a simile comparing purchase to buy
Acquire = "to buy or obtain (an object or asset) for oneself". Purchase = "to acquire (something) by paying for it; to buy".
How long is a soccer game
a total of 90 minutes, split into two 45-minute halves
Identify the misspelling in this sentence
My mother and I went clothes shopping. For example a green T-shirt with black dots.
my mother and I went clothes shopping, For example a green T-shirt with black dots.
Identify the misspelling in this sentence
I am so excited to play basketball?
I am so excited to play basketball!
Use "news" in a sentence
did you see yesterday's news? it's a tragedy.
Create a dialogue between two characters discussing
Semi-Formal Dialogue
Ana: Good morning.
- Butcher: Good morning, how can I help you?
- Ana: I need two kilos of meat, please.
- Butcher: I'll be with you in 5 minutes. Anything else?
- Ana: Okay.
-Ana: I'm sorry, it's been 20 minutes and you still haven't helped me.
- Butcher: I'm sorry, there are a lot of people.
- Ana: I don't care, you should have the butcher's shop with more butchers to attend, I'd better go to another one, bye.
- Butcher: I'm sorry I'm late, I hope to see you soon.
how big is the soccer field
from 100 to 130 yards long and 50 to 100 yards wide
Choose the appropriate colon use in the given sentences.
-My sister has lots of toys stuffed animals, strollers and airplanes.
-Antonio asked for several things a mobile device, an oven and a black box.
-My sister has lots of toys:stuffed animals, strollers and airplanes.
-Antonio asked for several things: a mobile device, an oven and a black box.
Choose the appropriate comma used in the given sentences.
-They asked if anyone had seen your phone but no one answered
-Sofia Laura Irene and Beatriz met as they do every Saturday
-They asked if anyone had seen your phone, but no one answered.
-Sofia, Laura, Irene and Beatriz met as they do every Saturday.
Find a synonym for 'empathetic' and use it in a sentence
My sister is the most "supportive" person I know.
how many fouls does a player have to have before he is removed from the game?
There are five non-penal or minor fouls
If the player committing the major foul receives a “red card” from the referee, he must leave the game.
Put all commas in the following sentence
-Today I went to the supermarket and was able to buy fruits meat rice and eggs
-Today I went to the supermarket and was able to buy fruits, meat, rice and eggs.
Put the colon in this sentence
-Worth the team effort we won the competition
-Worth the team effort: we won the competition
Identify the antonym of 'generous' and use it in a sentence
every time I go to that jelly bean store, the owner is very "stingy".
Compose a brief, persuasive argument on global warming
"A couple of degrees or three are not that big a deal."
Yes it is. Maybe not for a spring day, but when it comes to global temperatures, 2 degrees is a real challenge. The world has already warmed by 0.8°C since 1880, and the consequences are obvious: more pronounced droughts, more pronounced heat waves, more intense and more poorly distributed rainfall, floods, increasingly violent hurricanes, warming seas and the death of coral reefs, melting glaciers.... Think about it, the difference between zero and one degree Celsius is the difference between ice and water. A 2-degree increase in global temperatures will really put us in trouble.
who is the world's most talented soccer player
Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo
Rewrite this sentence with the correct use of punctuation
-Everyone went home people felt cheated They were told they were going to have drink food and dessert And in the end they got nothing
-Everyone went home; people felt cheated. They were told they were going to have: drink, food and dessert. And in the end they got nothing.
Rewrite this sentence with the correct use of punctuation
The young man was walking down the street when he suddenly stumbled over something large at knee height He looked down and found something he was not expecting a large wooden trunk Who would have left such a trunk in the middle of the street
The young man was walking down the street when he suddenly stumbled over something large at knee height. He looked down and found something he was not expecting: a large wooden trunk. Who would have left such a trunk in the middle of the street...?
write a paragraph containing all of the above words
My father is very stingy because he thinks that if we spend less things, we will save more money, on the other hand, my mother is supportive with us, she doesn't think the same as my father because she saw a news that being stingy is bad.
what is a offside
any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents' half (excluding the halfway line) and. any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent.