Comma Chameleon
Colons & Semicolons
Commonly confused words
That's Cap
You Seem Tense
100

Rewrite the following sentence with proper comma usage:

Susie tried to walk to school but she got lost on the way. 

Susie tried to walk to school, but she got lost on the way. 

100

Rewrite the sentence using a colon. 

I need three items milk, eggs, and bread.

I need three items: milk, eggs, and bread. 

100

Listen to the sentence. Which two/too/to should be used? 

I want _______ samples of the mix by tomorrow. 

Two

100

True or False


Seasons are not proper nouns and therefore are capitalized. 

False. 

Seasons are not proper nouns and therefore are NOT capitalized. 

100

How many verb tenses are there? 

12 

200

Rewrite the following sentence with proper comma usage: 

The circus had acts such as juggling tumbling and lion taming.

The circus had acts such as juggling, tumbling, and lion taming. 

200

True or False: 

A period can ALWAYS replace a semicolon and a semicolon can replace a conjunction.


TRUE 

200

Listen to the sentence. Which then/than should be used? 

I would rather go running _____ lift weights.


Than

200

True or False

The names of cities, countries, companies, religions, and political parties are proper nouns, so they should be capitalized. 

True. 

200

Which of the 12 tenses does this sentence fall under? 

I eat a bacon egg and cheese. 

Present Simple. 

300

What is the name of a comma which separates items in a list of three or more items? 

The Oxford Comma. 

300

Replace the coordinating conjunction in the following sentence with a semicolon correctly. 

There are ways to make your carbon footprint smaller but everyone has a carbon footprint.

There are ways to make your carbon footprint smaller; everyone has a carbon footprint.

300

Listen to the sentence and fill in the blanks. 

She has ____ daughters, and wants ____  make sure that the youngest is able ____ participate _____. 

She has two daughters, and wants to make sure that the youngest is able to participate too.

300

Correct the capitalization in the following sentence: 

there is nothing else that i can do for andrea other than listen to her. 

There is nothing else that I can do for Andrea other than listen to her. 

300

Create a sentence in the past continuous. 

-"ing" verb ending 

-past tense (was/did/had/etc)

-no "had been" otherwise that would be perfect continuous. 

400

Rewrite the following sentence with proper comma usage:

We just moved to 52 Canoe Hill Road New Canaan CT 06840.

We just moved to 52 Canoe Hill Road, New Canaan, CT 06840.

400

Correct the following sentence with proper colon and comma usage. 

Take a mixing bowl and gather the following ingredients eggs milk butter and flour. 

Take a mixing bowl and gather the following ingredients: eggs, milk, butter, and flour.

400

Correct the sentence: 

"My great-grandmother. I wouldve liked too have known her, a wild, horse of a woman, sew wild she wouldnt marry."


"My great-grandmother. I would've liked to have known her, a wild, horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn't marry."

400

Correct the capitalization in the following sentences. 

cameron took a trip to see the statue of liberty. however, i want him and i to see the grand canyon national park in the winter someday.

Cameron took a trip to see the Statue of Liberty. However, I want him and I to see the Grand Canyon National Park in the winter someday.

400

Which of the 12 tenses does this sentence fall under? 

It will have been a long time since she has seen her mom.

Perfect Continuous Future

500

We use a pair of quotation marks to show that someone is speaking. Whenever we use quotation marks, we always put a comma before the beginning of the quote.

Rewrite the sentence, placing quotation marks around whatever is being said.

Watch your step warned the bus driver. 


"Watch your step," warned the bus driver. 

500

EDIT the sentence. Use a semicolon and one of the joining words. Don’t forget about the comma either :) 

Joining words: however or therefore 

Driving is often easier and faster. Walking or biking produces less carbon dioxide.

    

Driving is often easier and faster; however, walking or biking produces less carbon dioxide.

500

How many incorrect words are there in the passage below? In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color you’re hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry four a family of five. Nineteen minutes is how long it took the Tennessee Titans too sell out of tickets to the play-offs. Its the length of a sitcom, minus the commercials. It’s the driving distance from the Vermont border two the town of Sterling, New Hampshire. In nineteen minutes, you can order a pizza and get it delivered. You can read a story to a child or have you’re oil changed. You can walk a mile. You can so a hem. In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump of it. In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge.

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In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color you’re hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry four a family of five. Nineteen minutes is how long it took the Tennessee Titans too sell out of tickets to the play-offs. Its the length of a sitcom, minus the commercials. It’s the driving distance from the Vermont border two the town of Sterling, New Hampshire. In nineteen minutes, you can order a pizza and get it delivered. You can read a story to a child or have you’re oil changed. You can walk a mile. You can so a hem. In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump of it. In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge.

500

List the 7 rules of capitalization. (Think, what needs to be capitalized?) 

1. The first word of a sentence. 

2. Names of people and proper pronouns. 

3. The first word of a quote (sometimes) 

4. Days, months, and holidays but not seasons. 

5. Most words in a title. 

6. Countries, Nationalities, and languages. 

7. Time periods and events (sometimes)

500

List the 12 types of verb tenses. 

1. Simple past  2. Simple Present 3. Simple Future 4. Continuous Past 5. Continuous Present 6. Continuous Future 7. Perfect Present 8. Perfect Present 9. Perfect Future 10. Perfect Continuous Past 11. Perfect Continuous Present 12. Perfect Continuous Future