____ dogs went into the dog house ___ eat their dinner.
Two dogs went into the dog house to eat their dinner.
100
______ new house is over _____.
Their new house is over there.
100
True or false: Use a hyphen after ex-, self-, and all- when they are used as prefixes. For example, she is an all-star.
True
100
Grief or greif?
Grief
100
The queen's ______ was a time of bounty and peace.
Reign or rain
reign
200
Kate and Jan went _____ the football game ____ cheer for their friends.
Kate and Jan went to the football game to cheer for their friends.
200
_________ going to be the center of attention because of ______ new sports car.
They're going to be the center of attention because of their new sports car.
200
Which is correct: pre-Christian or prechristian?
pre-Christian
200
Ceiling or cieling?
Ceiling
200
Be sure to hold your _______ under water because if you ______ then you will drown.
breath/breathe
Be sure to hold your breath under water because if you breathe then you will drown.
300
The girl was ____ excited _____ respond because her team was finally winning, ____ to one.
The girl was too excited to respond because her team was finally winning, two to one.
300
"I see ______ are new flowers coming up in your garden." "Yes, _______ the ones my grandmother gave me last year."
"I see there are new flowers coming up in your garden." "Yes, they're the ones my grandmother gave me last year."
300
Which of the following is correct: bloodred cloth, blood-red cloth, or blood red cloth
blood-red cloth
300
Retreive or retrieve
Retrieve
300
You are going to ________ the game if you tie your shoelaces too _______.
Loose/lose
You are going to lose the game if you tie your shoelaces too loose.
400
Daily Double:
While _______ at _______ Thanksgiving feast, the ______ children might eat _____ much and have _____ go rest over _______ before dessert.
There/they're/their too/to/two
400
I can't believe _____ leaving ____ children ______, alone!
I can't believe they're leaving their children there, alone!
400
Rewrite the sentence so that it correctly utilizes hyphens: My grandmother is seventy five years and thinks that walkie talkies are better than cell phones.
My grandmother is seventy-five years and thinks that walkie-talkies are better than cell phones.
400
Nieghbor or neighbor?
Neighbor
400
If you _______ the role of monarch and become a tyrant then your ______ will be remembered as cruel because you controlled everything _________ the _______.
Except/accept, reign/rain
If you accept the role of monarch and become a tyrant then your reign will be remembered as cruel because you controlled everything except the rain.
500
Even though it had rained, the sky was not ____ cloudy _____ see the stars, and the boy saw ____ shooting stars!
Even though it had rained, the sky was not too cloudy to see the stars, and the boy saw two shooting stars!
500
If _____ worried about burning _______ food, they should stand over _______ so they can hear the timer go off.
If they're worried about burning their food, they should stand over there so they can hear the timer go off.
500
Rewrite the following sentence to correctly utilize hyphens: Please reread your notes so that you will be an allstar on the exam and earn twenty five out of twenty five.
Please reread your notes so that you will be an all-star on the exam and earn twenty-five out of twenty-five.
500
Identify two words that are exceptions to the "i before e except after c" rule.
ie after c: species, science, sufficient
ei not preceded by c: seize, weird, vein, their, foreign, feisty, neighbor
500
Create a sentence that correctly uses accept and except correctly.
Double points if your sentence also includes an appositive.
The athlete, a senior attending Harrison, graciously accepted the award, thanking all of his family for their support except his older brother.