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More Fun with Fragments
So Many Parts of Speech
Rambling Run-Ons
Grammar Grab Bag
Mixed Vocabulary
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The cuddly cat with orange and white stripes. This group of words is a sentence fragment because it is missing THIS.
What is a verb?
100
My mom asked me to go to the store FOR eggs, milk, AND butter. The words FOR and AND connect words together and are known as this.
What are conjunctions?
100
A sentence that has too many ideas is known as this.
What is a run-on-sentence?
100
They're/there/their. To/two/too. Hare/Hair. Four/fore/for. Son/sun. Blue/blew. Knows/nose. These words have sound the same but have different meanings. They are known as this.
What are homophones?
100
She felt she had her parents' TACIT approval to borrow the car. In this sentence, the best synonym for tacit is: A. implied B. spoken C. clear D. stated
What is A. implied?
200
Jumped behind the large oak tree. This group of words is a sentence fragment because it is missing THIS.
What is a subject?
200
Wow! That's a huge spider! Yikes! "Wow" and "Yikes" are known as this part of speech.
What are interjections?
200
Incorrect: Titanic is my favorite movie I love eating popcorn. Correct: Titanic is my favorite movie. I love eating popcorn. THIS method was used to fix this run-on sentence.
What is a period/making two sentences?
200
If you are writing about what you did yesterday, you should use this verb tense.
What is past tense?
200
The boy was furious that she revealed her secret; he would never forgive her for her TREACHERY. In this sentence, the best definition of treachery is: A. trustworthiness B. faithfulness C. violation of confidence D. devotion to frienship
What is C. violation of confidence
300
In order to express a complete thought, a sentence needs THESE TWO THINGS.
What is a subject and a verb?
300
The fox jumped OVER the dog. The word OVER is like a conjunction, but it known as this part of speech. It connects words together and lets us know a noun will follow.
What is a preposition?
300
Incorrect: People love peace they hate war. Correct: People love peace, but they hate war. This method was used to separate the two ideas in this sentence.
What is a comma and a conjunction?
300
The old man's face was wrinkled, his skin falling in folds like soft, worn cloth. This sentence paints a picture, showing an example of THIS form of descriptive language.
What is imagery?
300
As the dark clouds rolled across the horizon and the thunder rumbled in the distance, she was filled with a sense of FOREBODING. In this sentence, the best synonym for foreboding is: A. hopefulness B. goodness C. excitement D. dread
What is D. dread?
400
This part of a sentence is usually a noun. It tells us WHO or WHAT.
What is a subject?
400
The dog absolutely refused to go outside in the storm. ABSOLUTELY is known as this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
400
Incorrect: I like to ride bikes my brother prefers skateboarding. Correct: I like to ride bikes, however my brother prefers skateboarding. This method was used to separate the two ideas in this sentence.
What is a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb?
400
every year, on june 14, the people of america celebrate flag day. This is the major mistake in this sentence.
What is capitalization?
400
The warm spell has given us a REPRIEVE from the cold winter. In this sentence, the best definition for reprieve is: A. temporary relief B. permanent vacation C. long silence D. reason to continue
What is A. temporary relief?
500
This part of a sentence tells us WHAT HAPPENED.
What is a verb?
500
THE apple fell from A tree onto AN elephant. THE, A, and AN are known as this part speech.
What is an article?
500
If you want to use this mark of punctuation to correct a run-on sentence, you must be sure the ideas are similar.
What is a semicolon?
500
The small boys toy car isnt working because its wheels fell off of it This is the major mistake in this sentence.
What is punctuation?
500
These impressive discoveries vindicate the theory they've worked so hard to prove. In this sentence, the best synonym for vindicate is: A. celebrate B. deny C. justify D. incriminate
What is C. justify?