Apostrophes
Parallelism
Sentences
Lay/Lie
Who/Whom
100
These are the two reasons you might use an apostrophe.
What are to form possessives and to create contractions?
100
This is why parallelism is important.
What is the fact that it allows complex ideas to be constructed in a grammatically understandable and consistent way?
100
This is the definition of a run-on sentence.
What is a sentence in which two or more independent sentence elements are joined without proper punctuation and conjunctions.
100
This is the difference between "to lay" and "to lie."
What is the fact that "to lay" requires an object (a person has to lay something) while "to lie" never has an object.
100
This is a trick a person can use to remember whether to use who or whom.
What is answering the question with either he or him, and then replacing he with who, and him with whom.
200
This is the plural possessive form of child.
What is children's?
200
Make the following sentence parallel: I like the French, Italians, the Spanish, and the Portuguese.
What is "I like the French, Italians, Spanish, and Portuguese" or "I like the French, the Italians, the Spanish, and the Portuguese."
200
This is the definition of a sentence fragment.
What is a sentence that lacks either a subject or a verb, or is made unable to stand on its own by a word such as because, although, whenever, or any other word meant to join two sentence parts together, not introduce a new one?
200
These are the present, past, and past participle for both lie and lay.
What is lie, lay, lain; and lay, laid, laid?
200
This is the correct word to finish the following sentence: You may give this money to _____ you please.
What is whomever?
300
This is what the contraction y'all'd've actually means.
What is you all would have?
300
Make this sentence parallel: While her uncle was shooting at the fish, she spent her time making human decoys, out with the pirates in relaxation, and lost in her imagination of rainbow ponies.
What is "While her uncle was shooting at the fish, she spent her time making human decoys, relaxing with the pirates, and imagining rainbow ponies." (or some other parallel form)
300
Something is wrong. Correct it: Napoleon wasn’t short, he was actually 5’6”, the average Frenchman today is 5’7”.
What is: Napoleon wasn’t short; he was actually 5’6”, and the average Frenchman today is 5’7”.
300
This is the correct word to finish the following sentence: He had (lain/laid) aside his work to join us.
What is laid?
300
This is the correct word to finish the following sentence: Give these old coats to _____ seems to need them the most.
What is whoever?
400
List both the singular possessive form of sheep, and the plural possessive form of sheep.
What is sheep's and sheep's?
400
Make this sentence parallel: Formerly, science was taught by the textbook method, while now the laboratory method is employed.
What is "Formerly, science was taught by the textbook method; now it is taught by the laboratory method."
400
If something is wrong with this sentence, fix it. If not, state that nothing is wrong: The horse raced past the barn fell.
What is CORRECT! Think: The horse (that was) raced past the barn fell (down). It is fine just the way it is, though.
400
This is the correct word to finish the following sentence: The team members were so exhausted after the game they just (laid, lied, lay) on the benches.
What is lay?
400
This is the correct word (who or whom) to finish the following sentence: I have no idea ____ was watching when the robbery happened.
What is who?
500
This is the plural possessive form of sister-in-law.
What is sisters-in-law's?
500
This is why it is important to place the word "only" within a sentence carefully, and what that placement suggests.
What is so that the "only" modifies the correct word or phrase, which will be the word or phrase immediately after it.
500
If something is wrong with this sentence, identify what is wrong and fix it. If not, state that nothing is wrong. Emphasizing training in the sciences and covering academic coursework while at the same time leaving room for error when errors are made.
What is: This is a fragment! It needs a verb somewhere. Emphasizing training in the sciences and covering academic coursework while at the same time leaving room for error when errors are made is a good thing.
500
This is the correct word to finish the following sentence: As my grandpa always says, "Just let sleeping dogs (lay/lie)."
What is lie?
500
This is the correct word (who or whom) to finish the following sentence: We never did meet his teammate, ____ he said works the room in his absence.
What is who?