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Punctuation and the comma
Using adjectives and adverbs
Pronouns
parallelism
correcting sentence problems with modifiers
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Add a comma where it is needed in the following sentence. Living on my own turned out to be stressful scary and difficult, but it was also exciting.
What is Living on my own turned out to be stressful, scary, and difficult, but it was also exciting.
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Describes the noun in a sentence.
What is adjective
100
Words that substitute for nouns.
What is Pronouns
100
words that sound alike.
What is parallelism
100
Words, phrases, or clauses that describe (modify) something in a sentence.
What is Modifier
200
Add comma(s) where needed. Veronica wrote poetry and painted beautiful portraits.
What is Veronica wrote poetry, and painted beautiful portraits.
200
describes verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
What is Adverb
200
In the following sentence, which word is the anticedent and which is the pronoun? Susan wound the clock because it takes up too much of my time.
What is The anticedent is 'the clock' and the pronoun is 'it'.
200
What is the difference between accept and except?
What is accept='to recieve' and except= 'to exclude'
200
What is the modifier in the following sentence? An old photograph fell from the pages in the book.
What is old
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With no apology the stranger cut ahead of me in the ticket line.
What is With no apology , the stranger cut ahead of me in the ticket line.
300
What is the adjective in the following sentence? Explain. She stood in the dark corner.
What is dark, because it describes the noun corner.
300
What is the anticedent and pronoun in the following sentence? Madison, can you lend me a few dollars?
What is The anticedent is 'Madison', and the pronoun is 'you'.
300
Revise the following sentence so that it has a parallel structure. Getting up early in the morning is not as bad as when you get up in the middle of the night.
What is Getting up early in the morning is not as bad as getting up in the middle of the night.
300
Revise the following sentence. They were looking for a man walking a dog, smoking a cigar.
What is They were looking for a man smoking a cigar and walking a dog.
400
The movie which was too long was a comedy.
What is The movie, which was too long, was a comedy.
400
What is the comparitive and the superlative form of the word 'good'?
What is better is the comparitive form, and best is the superlative form.
400
What is the appropriate pronoun in the following sentence? Each of the brothers want a chance to open ___ own buisness. A. there B. thier c. they're
What is B. thier
400
Combione the following sentences to create a parallel sentence structure. My father could have fallen from a snapped limb. My father also risked breaking his neck in a shallow spot. In addition, the icy water could have resulted in my father's death.
What is My father could have fallen from a snapped limb, broken his neck in a shallow spot, or frozen to death in icy water.
400
Revise the following sentence. Covered in cheese and pepperoni, the hungry crowd reaches for the pizza.
What is The hungry crowd reaches for the pizza covered in cheese and pepperoni.
500
My brother's apology which came a little too late did not change my mind about his character.
What is My brother's apology, which came a little too late, did not change my mind about his character.
500
What is the adverb in the following sentence? The cook worked very quickly.
What is very is the adverb in this sentence.
500
What is the appropriate pronoun in the following sentence? William, with ___ are you going to the dance with? A. who B. whom
What is whom.
500
Correct the following sentence to make it parallel. The price of gas has risen, there's a higher rent on my apartment, and my heating bill has nearly doubled.
What is The price of gas has risen, my apartment rent has increased, and my heating bill has nearly doubled.
500
the following sentence is an example of a sentence with a misplaced modifier. Correct the problem in the sentence. Two alligators could be seen cruising slowly through the Everglades.
What is 'As we cruised slowly through the Everglades, two aligators could be seen. or 'Two aligators could be seen when the visitors were cruising slowly through the Everglades.