Vocabulary
A ________ is a special group that tries to influence legislation. (lobby, census, quorum)
lobby
Write the present participle, past tense, and past participle of the verb slip.
is slipping, slipped, has slipped
Write the plural of these nouns:
a) tempo
b) shelf
c) bluff
d) fax
a) tempos
b) shelves
c) bluffs
d) faxes
Rewrite this outline placing capital letters where they are needed:
i. literature
a. poetry
b. short stories
c. tall tales
d. myths
I. Literature
A. Poetry
B. Short stories
C. Tall tales
D. Myths
Use this sentence: Along with the other investigators, has Horace P. Corndog stumbled onto a clue?
Write the verb phrase, underlining the helping verb
has stumbled
The Latin word amare means "to _______." (love, war, avert)
love
Choose the correct past tense form of the verb:
a) They (was/were)
b) It (have/had)
c) He (was/were)
d) She (do/did)
a) were
b) had
c) was
d) did
Write the abstract nouns from this list:
peninsula, freedom, overcoat, contentment, snapdragons, laziness
freedom, contentment, laziness
Is this sentence a fragment, complete sentence, or run-on:
Dove shines the campaign saddle it is used for battle.
run-on
Use this sentence: Along with the other investigators, has Horace P. Corndog stumbled onto a clue?
Write each preposition.
along with
onto
A _______ is a certain number of persons present at a meeting. (caucus, hospice, quorum)
quorum
Johnny ______ Dove into revealing British plans. (present of trick)
tricks
Write each noun and label it masculine, feminine, indefinite, or neuter:
Three rebels are lurking in the shadows.
rebels - indefinite
shadows - neuter
Write each word that should be capitalized in this sentence:
the somerset, a battleship, moves into the mouth of the charles river.
the, somerset, charles, river
Use this sentence: Along with the other investigators, has Horace P. Corndog stumbled onto a clue?
Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
interrogative
Travelers or strangers might find shelter in a _________. (direct democracy, habeas corpus, hospice)
hospice
Last night I _______ the kitchen floor. (past of mop)
mopped
company, swindlers, audience, mannequins, family
company, audience, family
Rewrite and correct this run-on sentence:
Bill Dawes dresses like a drunk he smells like rum.
Bill Dawes dresses like a drunk. He smells like rum.
Use this sentence: Along with the other investigators, has Horace P. Corndog stumbled onto a clue?
Diagram the simple subject and simple predicate of the sentence.
Horace P. Corndog has stumbled
Ambiguous means having __________. (unclear meaning, conflicting feelings)
Colonel Smith _________ at eight p.m. this evening. (future of leave)
will leave