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Parts of Speech
Passive Structure
Punctuation
Breaking Down The Essay
Wild Card
100
What types of words do adjectives describe?
What are nouns
100
Change this into an active sentence: The meal was cooked by the chef
What is The chef cooked the meal.
100
Fix the following error: The dog came up to me and he licked my face.
What is "The dog came up to me, and he licked my face." or "The dog came up to me and licked my face."
100
In order for a sentence to be complete, there must be a subject and a _____?
What is a predicate
100
The breed of dog Ms. Turows owns.
What is a Basset Hound.
200
What part of speech is the word "yesterday"?
What is an adverb
200
Change this to the passive: The mouse ate the cheese.
What is the cheese was eaten by the mouse.
200
Fix the following sentence: I want a sandwich chips and a pop for lunch today.
What is "I want a sandwich, chips, and a pop for lunch today. "
200
What do we call the sentence in the beginning of a body paragraph that tells us the gist of what the paragraph will be about?
What is a topic sentence
200
The host's name of the real show Jeopardy
What is Alex Trebek
300
What part of speech is word "around"
What is a preposition
300
The verb tense we use when forming the passive
What is the past participle
300
"I went running, I saw a car accident" is an example of what?
What is a comma splice.
300
The term used when trying to gather ideas before you write an essay
What is brainstorming
300
The address of Harold Washington City College.
What is 30 E. Lake
400
Name the coordinating conjunctions in FANBOYS
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
400
Where do we move the subject of the sentence when forming the passive?
What is to the end of the sentence
400
What kind of sentence is this: "I went running I saw a car accident."
What is a run-on
400
The name of the clear and concise sentence in the introduction paragraph that tells the reader what the essay will be about
What is the thesis statement
400
The names of three other colleges/universities in Chicago.
What is DePaul University, Kennedy King College, Truman College, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, UIC, Loyola University, Wright College, Olive Harvey, Malcolm X College, Northeastern University, Daley College, Columbia, SAIC, IIT, Westwood, DeVry, Roosevelt, North Park University, National Lewis University, Chicago State University, and the list goes on!
500
Name all the parts of speech
What are nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, pronouns, and prepositions
500
Why do teachers advise against writing in passive?
Because the passive voice can be unclear because the subject isn't the focus of the sentence.
500
Fix the following sentence: "Yesterday I went shopping at Macy's."
What is "Yesterday, I went shopping at Macy's."
500
The two types of essays we have written in this class so far.
What is a narrative and a compare and contrast essay
500
The room number of Ms. Turows' office.
What is 711D