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1.02 Capitalization: Basic Rules
1.13 Common Adjectives
1.17 Apostrophes: Basic Rules
1.18 Common Homophones
1.19 Commonly Confused Pairs
100

Identify the error(s):  

erin will take the trash out this evening. 

E in Erin should be capital 

100

What is an adjective?

Word that describes nouns and pronouns

100
Name the 2 ways to use apostrophes

Contractions and to show possession

100
(Who's, whose) blanket is this? 

Whose

100

Which word is used to compare 2 items? 

Between or among

Between

200

Identify the error(s): 

tomorrow is ms. Taylor's last day of work. 

T in Tomorrow, M in Ms. 

200

Name 1 question that an adjective answers


Accept any of the following: what kind?, which one?, how many?, how much?

200

Correct or incorrect:

Emily's dog barked loudly. 

Correct

200

The medicine did not (affect, effect) her at all. 

Affect

200

Bonnie (sit, set) the tea down on the table. 

Set

300

Identify the error(s): 

Michael's parents always travel to England in the Summer. 

S in summer should be lowercase

300

Identify the adjective(s): 

Michelle purchased a rare artifact from the museum gift shop. 

Rare, gift 

300

Correct or incorrect: 

Dont put your feet on the couch.

Incorrect

300

The medicine had a negative (affect, effect) on the patient. 

Effect

300

Michelle had (fewer, less) children in her book club today (than, then) she did yesterday.

Fewer, than

400

Identify the error(s): 

Last year, christmas was on friday december 25th. 

C in Christmas, F in Friday, D in December

400

Identify the adjective(s):

The winning ticket was underneath the broken chair. 

Winning, broken

400

Fix the error:

Michaels dog was playing with it's bone. 

Michael's, its

400

There were (alot, allot, a lot) of children on the playground. 

a lot

400

Erin did not listen to Rachel's (advise, advice). 

Advice

500

Identify the error(s): 

michelle lives on Pine street in san Diego, california. 

M in Michelle, S in Street, S in San, C in California

500

Identify the adjective(s): 

Rachel will use four small boxes to package the delicate jewelry. 

Four, small, delicate

500

Fix the error:

Several tree's leaves are changing colors. 

trees' 

500

Rachel and Hannah placed (their, there) presents under the tree, which was located over (there, they're). 

Their, there

500

I was not expecting to (loose, lose) the competition. I probably (could've, could of) practiced more (then, than) I did.  

lose, could've, than