Vocabulary
Define the term from the definition provided: Meetings to discuss specific subjects; a collection of essays on specific subjects.
What is symposia?
Define the root word “vac” and give an example word that uses the root word.
What is “empty” and “vacuous, vacate, vacation, etc?”
Use the correct term: I will go to my grandmother’s house (than/then) my sister’s.
What is “then”?
A comma (is/is not) required when a dependent clause follows an independent clause.
What is “is not”?
An actual ACT English Test contains _____ questions to be answered in _____ minutes.
What is “75” and “45”?
Define the term from the definition provided: Greatness of mind or heart; high-mindedness
What is “magnanimity”?
Define the root word “vert/vers” and give two example words that use the root word.
What is “turn” and “vertical, obverse, convert, etc?”
Use the correct term: The store cannot be much (further/farther).
What is “farther”?
How would you make this sentence grammatical: Often, my brother and I, joined our mother on her adventures into tidal lands.
What is “delete the comma after ‘I’”?
Determine which option is correct:
If I knew there was going to be a test, I (could have/could of) studied.
What is “could have”?
Does the example sentence use the italicized word correctly? Explain your answer. “His mom just installed a new terraqueous carpet in the living room.”
What is “No, because terraqueous means formed from both land and water.”
Given the context of the sentence and your understanding of the definition of the root word “pos”, what does “depose” mean?
“In the fantasy novel, the forgotten princess sought to depose the evil king.”
What is “remove from office suddenly and forcefully.”
Define the term based on the definition provided: a word that connects a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun to another word.
What is a "preposition"?
How would you make this sentence grammatical: "My favorite teacher, Mrs. McIver, helped me study for the ACT."
What is “remove the commas around ‘Mrs. McIver’ because it is essential information”?
Rewrite the following sentence so that it is in active voice:
“A bike is ridden by Melissa.”
What is “Melissa rides the bike.”
Does the example sentence use the italicized word correctly? Explain your answer.
“She asked the bank teller to obverse the coin so she could see the other side.”
What is “No, because the word ‘obverse’ can either be a noun or an adjective. The sentence tries to use it as a verb.”
Identify the root word in this group of words, and define the root word: geography, geode, and geothermal.
What is “geo” and “earth”?
What do you need in order for this sentence to be grammatical?
“In the summer, my sister loves to swim, attending the rodeo, and to take naps.”
What is “parallel structure”?
Answer yes or no. Does the following sentence use a colon correctly? Explain your reasoning.
“We went to the store: we bought cheese, bread, milk, cereal, and juice.”
What is “No, because a colon draws attention to a list”?
Determine which option best fits into the sentence:
“Now that I live far from my father, I wish I’d spend more time with him in the garden."
What is “‘I had’ because the narrator is speaking about what he thinks in the present time. The past perfect tense ‘had spent’ is correct because it refers to a time in the past. It would not be ‘I would’ spend more time…”
Identify whether the following sentence is an example of a malapropism or a soliloquy: “Rainy weather can be hard on the sciences.”
What is a malapropism?
The root "chron" means this and three words that CORRECTLY use this root are...
What is “time” and “chronicle, chronology, synchronize, etc?”
Read the example sentence: "My uncle, a computer salesman, convinced my family to buy new computers."
The phrase "a computer salesman" is an example of this.
What is a “nonessential appositive”?
Identify the two punctuation marks (besides the period) and determine if they are used correctly or not:
“She is a marine biologist; she fixes fish spiracles--gill-like features that help fish breathe--and releases fish back into the water.”
What is "yes" and a "semicolon" and "em dash"?
Fix the counting word:
“Since it's raining, I have a few less things to do this weekend.”
What is “Since it’s raining, I have fewer things to do this weekend.”