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Voice & Mood
Punctuation
Cliche, Connotation Denotation & Sentence Construction
Plurals, Possessives& Frequently Confused Words
Wordiness, Subject-Verb Agreement & Parallelism
100

Is the following sentence in active or passive voice:

Raymond joined the debate team.

Active

100
What type of noun is always capitalized? 

proper

100

Which is the correct word to use in context?

Her (authoritative / rude) comforted the children. 

authoritative 

100

Which is correct?

Put the paper over (their / there).

there

100

What is subject-verb agreement?

Quantity of subject & verb match

200

Is the following sentence in active or passive voice:

All of the art projects were hung in the hallway.

Passive

200

If I wanted to put emphasis on something casual I am writing then I might use _________ .

Dashes

200

Correct the cliche:

The Easter Egg hunt was as easy as pie.

Answers vary

200

How do you make a word plural? 

Add -s

200

The idea of having equal part of speech in a balanced sentence is called what?

parallelism 

300

What mood are most sentences written in?

Indicative

300

A semicolon has to be separated by ____________ .

2 independent clauses 

300

What type of error is this sentence:

My sister loves to color sometimes she draws on walls.

run-on

300

How would you correct the mistake in this sentence?

All of the pizzas boxes were left open.

All of the pizzas' boxes were left open.

300

Wordiness may take the form of ________ .

redundant expressions or phrases

400

What mood is this sentence in:

Helen, text your brother.

Imperative

400

Is the punctuation in the following sentence correct or incorrect:

Diane enjoys checkers, but not many people play.

Correct

400

What type of error is this sentence:

Quinton made his own tacos, sour cream and tomatoes spilled out the sides.

comma splice

400

How do you make a singular word that ends in s possessive? 

add an apostrophe and an s

cactus's

400

JEOPARDY BONUS

Your team gets 300 points

500

What mood is this sentence in?

Were I to go to school, I might know the answers to the test.

Subjunctive

500

When you join two independent clauses with a comma but without a conjunction, this is called ________ .

comma splice

500

What type of error is this sentence:

After soccer practice.

fragment

500

Choose the correct word:

The cost of plane (FAIR/FARE) goes up every year.

fare

500

JEOPARDY SHOWDOWN

Swap points with the team in last place