Rules 1
Something that shows possession
What is APOSTROPHES?
Michael Prince went up to the podium with his speech I wasn't prepared for the flood of emotion.
A. NO CHANGE
B. speech, which
C. speech that
D.speech.
What is D?
A word or phrase that adds details or enhances another word in a sentence.
What is Modifier?
What should you replace and with to make the sentence correct?
Not only did Mae Jemison study science as a girl growing up in Chicago, and she (also) studied ballet.
What is but?
Word Pairs: (N)either…(n)or; Not only…but (also); As…as
Read the _____ sentence.
What is whole/entire/full?
Something that announces, introduces or draws direct attention to a list, noun, quotation or example.
What is Colons?
Nearly every piece of music that is played at the club include someone singing loudly.
A. NO CHANGE
B. include somebody
C. includes someone
D. includes them
What is C?
It is almost never required by the laws of grammar and punctuation.
What is Dashes?
Use ________ to set off parenthetical elements and to separate items in a series.
What is Comma?
You should use the _____ learned in class to help you pass.
It is used to separate items in a list.
She forgot her homework in her locker, for her mother, more than a little annoyed, had to drive her back to school.
A. NO CHANGE
B. so
C. but
D. because
What is B?
Things that are used to fix run-on sentences.
What is using a period, semicolon, comma and coordinating, and subordinating conjunction?
Commas should not be used between these two things.
What are Independent Clauses(full sentences)?
Something you should never do on the ACT.
What is leaving anything blank?
Something that the omission of letters in a contraction
What is an apostrophe?
This ability shortens the time needed to perform greatly the surgery. What is the best placement?
A. where it is now
B. after the word time
C. after the word needed
D. after the word ability
What is D?
What is Transition?
What should you replace have with to make the sentence correct?
Illegal logging in Mexican forests have resulted in the destruction of the monarch butterfly's habitat.
What is has?
Eliminate __________ answers.
What are Identical Answers?
What are Run-On sentences?
What happens to a memory when it isn't actively being thought about?
A. NO CHANGE
B. they're not
C. they aren't
D. its not
What is A?
To be constant with the pattern of words you use.
What is parallelism?
Where should the semi-colons go?
This summer I read the stories "Liberty," by Julia Alvarez "Two Kinds," by Amy Tan "The First Seven Years," by Bernard Malamud and "Son," by John Updike.
What is between
1. Alvarez; "Two
2. Tan; "The
3. Malamud; and
Practice makes ______. So practice on ACT questions leading up to the test.
What is perfect?