Sentences
Place the Comma
RANDOM
Latin Roots
From the Texts
100

This type of sentence has a single, independent clause.

Simple Sentence

100

Where does the comma go - Answer by reading the sentence to us and saying "comma" where it goes.

Because it rained the field was muddy.

Because it rained comma the field was muddy.

100

What is the largest canyon in the world?

Grand Canyon (Arizona, USA)

100
Use an English word, which you pronounce correctly, that has the root word meaning "away or out" 

Exit, external, ex...

100

In first person texts, where the narrator says "I, me, my", is the author also the narrator?

No! Nyet! Nein! Nee!いいえ Não नहीं


Bonus: Give an example that we've read and explain why it is not possible for the narrator and author to be the same person.

200

This type of sentence using a coordinating conjunction to combine two independent clauses.

Compound Sentence

200

Where does the comma go - Answer by reading the sentence to us and saying "comma" where it goes.

Since school ended early the kids were home by lunch.

Since school ended early comma the kids were home by lunch.

200

July 4, 1776 became important because this document was signed.

Declaration of Independence

200

What are the other, non-Latin, root languages most common in English?

Greek and Old English/Anglo-Saxon

200

This form of 3rd person does NOT know everything.

3rd Person Limited

300
A clause is a group of words that make sense. A dependent clause must be attached to this type of clause to form a sentence.

Independent clause

300

Where does the comma go - Answer by reading the sentence to us and saying "comma" where it goes.


Jerry brought a game chips salsa and soda.

Jerry brought a game comma chips comma salsa comma and soda.

300

What was the very first example of student work I put on the board this year?

"Is this RELEVANT?"
300

This Latin root means "before" (technically) "in front of"

Pre

300

Every single book we read is, except the names, a remix of this book.

Dictionary

400

Another name for a subordinate clause.

Dependent clause.

400

Where does the comma go - Answer by reading the sentence to us and saying "comma" where it goes.

The injured player who tore his ACL was out for the game.

The injured player comma who tore his ACL comma was out for the game.

400

This is the smallest country on earth with less than 1,000 people! It is so tiny, it fits entirely inside the city of Rome, Italy. Hint: It is also the center of religious government for 1.4 billion people.

The Vatican/Vatican City

400

This root word means to write (I will accept either form of the Latin root, I will not take the Greek. Confused? Is the word spelled logically?)

Scrib, script
400

This form of 3rd Person narrator DOES know everything

Omniscient 3rd person 

500

What is the relative pronoun: Ms. Evans, whose eyebrows are pink, dressed up for Pink Out Day.

Whose

500

Where does the comma go - Answer by reading the sentence to us and saying "comma" where it goes.

Dave had a crush on Sarah who was a girl at his school but Sarah never clearly said she liked him.

Dave had a crush on Sarah comma who was a girl at his school comma but Sarah never clearly said she liked him.

BONUS: NAME THE TYPE OF SENTENCE: COMPOUND, COMPLEX, COMPOUND-COMPLEX, OR SIMPLE

500

This is the largest city in Egypt

Cairo

500

Explain how Latin came to be part of English, about 2000 years ago, when England is so far from where Latin began (what is now Italy).

Something about the Roman Empire ruling England (then Britannia). 

500

This is where and when a story takes place.

Setting