Commonly Confused Words
Verb Tenses
Reading
What only skegee students will know.
Grammar Basics
100

This word means "to accept or receive" something, while its counterpart means "to exclude."

What is accept and except?

100

What is the past tense of the verb "to go"?

What is "went"?

100

Audre Lorde wrote which in-class reading? 

What is The Fourth of July

100

During Nso week where was the first party?

What is The Patio

100

What part of speech describes a noun and can take the form of "big," "happy," or "blue"?

What is an adjective?

200

One means "to pass away," and the other one is "a substance meant to change the color of something."  

What is die and dye?

200

Which tense describes an action that is currently happening?


What is the present tense?

200

What is the name Dee gave herself after returning home?

What is Wangero

200

What is the best Chant to sing at the football games?

What is Ball and parley
200

In the sentence "She runs every morning," what is the verb?

What is "runs"?

300

This word means "to suggest something indirectly," while this one means "to accept or conclude based on evidence."

What is imply and infer?

300

Convert this sentence to future tense: "She writes a letter."

What is "She will write a letter"?

300

What activity did Mrs. Lesane believe had a "natural healing power" in "The Sanctuary of School"

What is Painting/Drawing

300

What is our president's name?

What is Dr. Mark Brown

300

Identify the subject in the sentence: "The cat chased the mouse."

What is "The cat"?

400

One means "ownership," while the other is a contraction of "they are."  

What is their and they’re?

400

What is the past perfect tense of the verb "to see"?

What is "had seen"?

400

What reading is the following quote from: "My parents wouldn't speak of this injustice, not because they had contributed to it, but because they felt they should have anticipated it and avoided it." 

What is "The Fourth of July" 

400

How Many colleges are there at Tuskegee University?

What is 5

400

What type of clause can stand alone as a complete sentence?

What is an independent clause?

500

This one is a "stationary object," while this one means "not moving."

What is stationery and stationary?

500

Identify the verb tense used in this sentence: "By the time she arrives, I will have finished my work."

What is the future perfect tense?

500

Which reading is the following quote from" "I STABBED THE first kid when I was 13 years old. I shot another guy when I was 15. I almost killed a guy when I was 17. On and on and on. Then, in the late 1960s, I found myself as a young man in the Vietnam War. I saw more violence, inflicted more violence, and then tried to deal with the violence."

What is "Cesar Chavez Saved My Life" 

500

What buidling on campus use to be a Hospital

What is Bio?

500

In the sentence "Although he was tired, he finished his homework," what is the dependent clause?

What is "Although he was tired"?