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What are 2 synonyms for laugh and 2 antonyms for miserable?
Chuckle, giggle
Happy, cheerful
Add a conjunction to connect the 2 sentences:
I see that almost everyone is wearing grey toady. I am wearing red.
But
Which words in the following sentence should begin with capital letters?
the book touching the earth describes dr.zahra zaidi's experience aboard the shuttle discovery.
The book Touching the Earth describes Dr.Zahra Zaidi's experience aboard the shuttle discovery.
Create a sentence using one abstract noun and two concrete nouns.
Abstract nouns: ideas, feelings and qualities
Concrete nouns: name, people, places or things
Create an effective inquiry question about the topic of endangered animals.
open-ended, debatable and can be answered using research.
Which of the following words are compound words:
Screenshot
Website
Monitor
Toolbar
All except monitor
Fix the run-on sentence in 2 different ways:
The chimpanzees at the zoo are cute they make me laugh.
1. The chimpanzees at the zoo are cute. They make me laugh.
2. The chimpanzees at the zoo are cute, and they make me laugh.
Decide where to add single and double quotation marks:
Ahmed said,My favourite book is The Wild Robot from grade 6.
Ahmed said, "My favourite book is 'The Wild Robot' from grade 6".
Create sentences using the word 'quietly' in its comparative and superlative forms.
Comparative- more quietly
Superlative- most quietly
What is the difference between plagiarism and paraphrasing?
Define both and compare
Replace the italicized word with ONE strong verb:
The female duck had feeling of affection for her ducklings.
Loved
Adored
What is the complete subject and prediacte in the following sentences:
1. The old cat chased the puppy all over the house.
2. My sister and I love to read books.
1. CS-The old cat
CP- chased the puppy all over the house
2.CS-My sister and I
CP- love to read books
What are abbreviations for the following words:
Quebec, Street, West, Prime Minister, January, Macintosh.
QC/Que, St., W, PM, Jan, Mac
What is the participle phrase in the following sentence:
The waitress wearing the blue uniform took our order quickly.
wearing the blue uniform
What type of information should you not give out on the internet? Why?
E.g. personal info, phone numbers, address, bank details etc.
Protect identity and safety.
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
The birds chirped and flapped their wings outside Ali's window.
Onomatopoeia
Make a sentence beginning with a subordinate clause and ending with an independent clause.
Ex: After I finished my homework, I went to play outside with my friends.
Choose a colon or semi colon for the following:
1. Adam is unhappy he broke his foot__the cast prevents him from playing.
2. The computer course is offered on three days__Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday.
1. ;
2. :
Identify the danglisng modifier and correct it:
Running for the bus, my book fell in the mud.
Running for the bus.
As I was running for the bus...
How does reading a website's privacy policy help users?
Find out how info is shared, stored and used.
Decide whether it is safe to use the site.
What are the following examples of, and what do they mean?
1. a piece of cake
2. be in hot water
Both are idioms.
1. very easy
2. be in trouble
Create a complex sentence using the following independent clauses and adding a conjunction:
The coach had a sprain. The palyers wanted to give their best effort.
Although the coach had a sprain, tThe palyers wanted to give their best effort.
In this sentence, which words should go in parentesis?
Our favourite ride at the fair the one we always go on is broken.
(the one we always go on)
Create a sentence with an interjection in it.
Ex. wow, yes, oh, geat, hey and oops.
What does MLA stand for?
What are the six elements included to create an MLA citation for a website?
Page title; Website title; website owner or sponsor; year the site was last updated; Web; date you visited the site and URL of the page.