What type of sentence is the following?
My favorite colors are blue, red, and green.
Answer: Simple
100
Examples: Am, is, are, was, were, run, jump, swim, walk, talk
Answer: Verbs
100
Where should the comma go in the sentence below?
Everyone came to the school play but Grandma clapped the loudest.
Answer: After the word "play."
100
Fill in the blank with the correct verb form in the sentence below.
What's wrong with Jackson? He _______ very irritable and nervous lately.
A. seems B. seeming C. seemed
Answer: Seems
100
Who or what the sentence is about.
Answer: Subject
200
What type of sentence is the following?
While you were away, I bought a new car.
Answer: Complex Sentence.
200
Definition: Person, place, thing, or idea
Answer: Noun
200
Where should the comma go in the following sentence?
Will you be at the party on Saturday or are you going to the game?
Answer: After the word "Saturday."
200
What's wrong with the subject/verb agreement in the following sentence?
Steven like to run, fish, swim, and hike.
Answer: Change like to likes
200
Verb + Everything else...OR everything OTHER THAN the subject.
Answer: Predicate
300
What type of sentence is the following?
When Casey came up to bat, the bases were loaded, and there were two outs.
Answer: Compound-Complex Sentence
300
FANBOYS
Answer: Conjuctions (Coordinating Conjunctions)
300
Where should the semicolon go in the following sentence?
Most summers are terribly hot this one isn't bad at all.
Answer: After the word "hot."
300
Fill in the blank with the correct verb form in the sentence below.
When you _______, please phone me and I will pick you up at the airport.
A. arrive B. arrives C. will arrive.
Answer: Arrive
300
What is the verb in the following sentence?
Mr. Colbert's family went to the mall on Saturday.
Answer: Went
400
Is the following a complete sentence, or is it a sentence fragment?
When the girl winked at me.
Answer: Fragment
400
What are the 2 prepositions in the following sentence?
I sat beside Jill yesterday in math class.
Answer: Beside & In
400
Is the following sentence correctly punctuated? Yes or no?
Suzanne not only made her own dress, but she also made the dress for the prom.
Answer: Yes
400
Fill in the blank with the correct verb form in the sentence below.
Listen! _______ the dog barking?
A. Is B. Has C. Does
Answer: Is
400
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
John races his little brother home every day after school.
Answer: John
500
Is the following a run-on sentence or is it correct the way it is?
The rocket ship liftoff failed it had been left unattended for way too long.
Answer: Run-on Sentence
500
What is the adverb in the following sentence?
It is barely raining, so you don't need an umbrella.
Answer: Barely
500
Is the following sentence correctly punctuated? Yes or no?
In case of fire keep calm.
Answer: No (there should be a comma after the word "fire.")
500
What tense is the verb in the following sentence? (past, present, future)
Last week, we studied grammar and composition.
Answer: Past (verb = studied)
500
What is the predicate in the following sentence?
Villa Rica Middle School is an excellent place to be!