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100
What is an adjective?
What is a word that modifies, or gives more information about a noun?
100
Her father took a dim view of her decision to major in political science. In this sentence dim means...?
What is negative or disapproving?
100
Please (sit, set) here and relax while I find your book.
What is sit?
100
Correct the following sentence: To walk, biking, and driving are Pat’s favorite ways of getting around.
What is: Walking, biking, and driving are Pat’s favorite ways of getting around.
100
After practice, the girl's softball team stated, “We're famished!” Famished means...
What is hungry?
200
What is a verb?
What is an action or state of being?
200
A knot of onlookers had gathered even before the police had arrived. What does knot mean in this sentence?
What is a tight cluster?
200
The painter (sit, set) his ladder against the building before mixing his paints.
What is set?
200
Correct the punctuation in the following sentence: Walking by the corner the other day, a child, I noticed, was watching for the light to change.
What is What is: Walking by the corner the other day, I noticed a child watching for the light to change. A comma is only necessary after day.
200
The newborn baby was enamored with the rattle. Enamored means...
What is fascinated?
300
What is the function of a coordinating conjunction?
What is to join an independent and dependent clause to make a complex sentence.
300
The shortstop caught the baseball and threw the runner out in one fluid motion. In this sentence fluid means...?
What is smooth and flowing; graceful?
300
The flood waters (raised, rose) rapidy.
What is rose?
300
Identify the error in the following sentence: The congregation sang a Contemporary Hymn.
What is captialization?
300
When having a problem, it is best to dissect the situation then act. What does dissect mean?
What is to analyze?
400
My mom is a beautiful lady. What part of speech is beautiful?
What is an adjective?
400
My son likes every kind of cookie, but he is partial to Oreos. Partial means...?
What is having a particular fondness for something, or to favor something?
400
After an hour outside, the water in the pail had (froze, frozen).
What is frozen?
400
The renter was remiss; about the rent.
What is punctuation? There should not be a semi-colon after remiss.
400
The general tried to instill in his troops the hope of victory. Instill means...
What is to infuse?
500
Identify the adverb in the following sentence: The congregation sang the hymn beautifully.
What is beautifully?
500
The engineer discovered an obscure flaw in the building's design. Obscure means...?
What is inconspicuous?
500
The gardener (drug, dragged) the heavy shrub to the truck.
What is dragged?
500
The band director was scheduled to play the piccolo on tuesday.
What is capitalization? Tuesday needs to be capitalized.
500
After being sprayed by a skunk, our malodorous dog hid under the porch. What does malodorous mean?
What is bad-smelling?