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Contractions & Apostrophes
Conjunctions
Prepositions & pronouns
Interjections & Random Stuff
Prefix/Suffix
100
Write a sentence with any negative contraction. No spelling errors.
What is "I can't find my keys!"
100
Write a sentence with any FANBOYS conjunction
I want this one or that one.
100
Write a sentence with a prepositional phrase.
What is "The cat is under the desk."
100
Draw a two-panel comic with at least one interjection.
What is "Ow! My foot hurts!"
100
List five words with the -ist suffix
What is {artist, journalist, scientist, theorist, florist}.
200
Write a sentence with a third-person pronoun and a contraction.
What is "She isn't home right now."
200
List all the FANBOYS coordinating conjunctions
What is {for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so}?
200
Write a sentence with the prepositional phrase in the beginning.
Behind the door, the hungry monster lurked and drooled.
200
What form(s) of punctuation usually follow an interjection?
Exclamation point (or comma).
200
What prefix means "again?" List 5 words that use this prefix.
"Re-" remake, redo, rearrange, refill, replay
300
Use its and it's correctly in separate sentences.
It's four o'clock. Its tail is fluffy.
300
Write a sentence with a correlative conjunction.
I would like neither spaghetti nor meatballs.
300
List 20 prepositions
under, over, behind, below, above, inside, outside, between, on top of, next to, etc.
300
What is the shortest proper noun?
I (trick question!)
300
Write a word with a prefix and a suffix in the same word.
previewing, miscommunicated, etc.
400
Change this sentence so it contains 2 plural possessives. The books of the children are brand new, but the shirts of the boys are old and ripped.
The children's books are new, but the boys' shirts are old and ripped.
400
What are the three main correlative conjunctions?
either....or neither...nor not only....but also
400
In a story, what does it mean to have a 3rd person omniscient narrator?
The narrator is outside the story, and knows more than the characters know.
400
List 12 pairs of homophones
see/sea, here/hear, sun/son, knight/night, etc.
400
List 10 prefixes and use them all correctly in a word list.
re-, pre-, non-, un-, in-/im-, mis-, dis-, out-, over-, under-
500
Use there, their, and they're correctly in the same sentence!
They're going to lose their heads in there!
500
In the song "Conjunction Junction," what is the function of conjunctions?
Linking up words, phrases, and clauses.
500
List 5 pronouns of any kind.
He, she, him, her, it, I, me, you, us, we, them, they, yours, mine, ours, theirs, his, hers, etc.
500
Riddle: My thunder comes before the lightning; I have the power to make my own clouds. My rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?
A volcano.
500
List 10 suffixes and use them correctly in a sentence.
-ful, -ous, -less, -able, -ment, -ness, -er, -est, -or, -ist, -ed, -ing