Commonly Confused Words
Author's Purpose
Sentence Structure
Grammar Content
Wild Card
100
Are you ____________ to go to the movies with your friends? ALOUD, ALLOWED
What is allowed.
100
Writers write to persuade, to ____________ and to inform. INFORM, PERSUADE, ENTERTAIN
What is to entertain.
100
Jasmina and her friends SENTENCE, FRAGMENT
What is a fragment.
100
Which word is a grammatical error in the following sentence? Living in the mountains all these years alone, he could of gotten hurt and no one would have known he even needed help. Would have known, Of, He, Gotten
What is Of
100
The protagonist in, Flowers for Algernon, is __________. DR. NEMUR, MS. KINNIAN, CHARLIE GORDON
Who is Charlie Gordon.
200
The _________ outside is frightful. WEATHER, WHETHER
What is weather.
200
This type of writing shows or explains facts. PERSUASIVE, INFORMATIVE, ENTERTAIN
What is informative.
200
I want to walk the dog! SENTENCE, FRAGMENT
What is a sentence.
200
Most adverbs end in what letters? -ly, -ing, -ed, -or
What is ly
200
The name of the 'ink blots' test. I.Q., PROGRESS REPORT, RORSCHACH
What is Rorschach
300
____________ signature goes first on the document? WHO'S, WHOSE
What is whose
300
This type of writing attempts to influence the reader. INFORMATIVE, PERSUASIVE, ENTERTAIN
What is persuasive
300
The rocket flew high. SIMPLE, COMPOUND
What is simple.
300
Which of the following does not begin a prepositional phrase? After the game we went to Springfield for a while and ate some pizza. Some, After, For a while, Went
What is Some
300
If you were having trouble making a poem rhyme or have rhythm you might ask someone who has _______ intelligence. Logical-Mathematics, Linguistic, Bodily-kinesthetic
What is linguistic.
400
I would rather go to dinner _______ go to the movies now. THEN, THAN
What is than
400
This type of writing has a beginning, middle and end. ENTERTAIN, PERSUASIVE, INFORMATIVE
What is entertain
400
The party at the school was fun even though, none of my closest friends attended. SIMPLE, COMPOUND
What is compound.
400
Which word is not in the following verb phrase? The boys should not have taken the difficult trail. Not, Taken, Should, Have
What is Not
400
If you were having trouble with a boyfriend and needed some advice, you might ask someone with ____________ intelligence. Logical-Mathematics, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal
What is interpersonal.
500
My dog Scotty is coming _________. TWO, TOO, TO
What is too.
500
Read the following. What is the author's purpose for writing? The story of a teenage boy learning to understand and live with his father, who is an alcoholic Vietnam war veteran. INFORM, PERSUADE, ENTERTAIN
What is writing to entertain
500
Fix my 6 errors. On wednesday, angela raised here hand to play in the marchin band at eagle High Skool
What is Wednesday, Angela, her, marching, Eagle.
500
Which of the following is not an adjective in the following sentence? The antique blue urn sold for a huge profit at the sale yesterday. Blue, Huge, Yesterday, Antique
What is Yesterday
500
If you were having trouble with selecting the best credit card that would give me the best financial benefits, you might ask someone with ___________________ intelligence. Linguistic, Visual-Spatial, Logical-Mathematics
What is logical-mathematics