Spelling & Capitalization
Correct the error: “i went to the park.”
What is “I went to the park”?
“The ball was thrown by John.” This is in what voice?
What is passive voice?
This type of incomplete thought is missing either a subject or a verb.
What is a fragment?
The tense used to describe an action happening right now.
What is present tense?
True or False: Titles of books should be underlined or italicized and capitalized correctly.
What is true?
Rewrite in active voice: “The cake was eaten by the dog.”
What is “The dog ate the cake”?
“I like pizza it’s my favorite food.” This is an example of what kind of error?
What is a run-on sentence?
Correct the tense: “Yesterday, I go to the store.”
What is “Yesterday, I went to the store”?
Fix the error: “We went to new york last summer.”
What is “We went to New York last summer”?
Which voice is often clearer and more direct: active or passive?
What is active voice?
“She was tired, she went to bed.” What kind of error is this?
What is a comma splice?
“By next year, I ___ (finish) my project.” What tense completes this sentence?
What is future tense (“will have finished”)?
Which word is spelled correctly? (a) recieve (b) receive (c) recive
What is (b) receive?
Identify the voice: “The homework will be completed by the students.”
What is passive voice?
Fix this: “Because it was raining.”
What is “Because it was raining, we stayed inside”?
Identify the error: “She had went to the party before I arrived.”
What is “had gone” (past tense)?
What capitalization rule applies to the word “president” in this sentence: “President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address”?
What is capitalize titles when they come before a name?
Give one situation where passive voice is more effective than active voice.
What is when the doer is unknown, unimportant, or better left unstated (e.g., “Mistakes were made”)?
Name two ways to fix a run-on sentence.
What are (1) add a period, (2) add a semicolon, (3) use a conjunction, or (4) restructure into two sentences?
Change the verb to match the tense: “If he ___ (study), he would have passed.”
What is “had studied”?