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WWC Ch. 1-3
Parts of Speech
The Sentence
Voice
The Verb
100
"Its" doesn't require an apostrophe in this form.
What is possessive?
100
In the sentence, "Cartman went to the store to pick up more pot pies," "Cartman" is an example of this.
What is a simple subject?
100
Consider the sentence: "After I did some shopping, I went to the gym." "After I did some shopping" is an example of this.
What is a dependent clause?
100
The following sentence is an example of this: "The ball was thrown by me."
What is passive voice?
100
In the sentence, "She is a talented musician," "is" is a verb that performs this kind of function.
What is a state of being?
200
"The team and ____ captain." Mr. Hawkeye would complete the sentence with this word.
What is its?
200
In the sentence, "I found the cat under the bed," "under the bed" is an example of this.
What is a prepositional phrase?
200
The following sentence is an example of this: "Calvin likes Hobbes."
What is a simple sentence?
200
If the sentence "I threw the ball" was changed into passive voice, it would sound like this.
What is "The ball was thrown by me?"
200
When we talk about subject-verb agreement, we are referring to this.
What is number?
300
Chapter 2 indicates that you should beware of this media trap.
What is media multitasking?
300
In the sentence, "The lazy dog barely jumped over the fence," this is the simple predicate.
What is jumped?
300
The following sentence is an example of this: "But I didn't."
What is a sentence fragment?
300
Writers should use this to entice readers right away.
What is a lead sentence?
300
This word completes the sentence: "The Mac and Cheese Advisory Board ____ every Wednesday at the Noodles in Brookfield."
What is meets?
400
Chatter, mutter, mumble, gossip and schmooze are all much more interesting alternatives to this word.
What is talk?
400
In the sentence, "Homer ate a donut," "donut" is an example of this.
What is a direct object?
400
The following sentence is an example of this: "I love going to the mall, it's my favorite place to people watch."
What is a run-on sentence? Bonus +100: How can we fix this sentence?
400
"Robbers hit the gas station at 10 p.m." If this sentence was altered to include a dead construction, it would start like this.
What is "There was a robbery at the gas station at 10 p.m.?"
400
"Bakes," "baked" and "will bake" are examples of this.
What is present, past and future tense?
500
Saying, "I like running, hiking and to ski" lacks this.
What is parallelism?
500
This is an example of a verbal. (Full points if you name one. +200 if you name all 3.)
What is a gerund / participle / infinitive?
500
The following sentence is an example of this: "There is a closeout sale on Beanie Babies at the toy store."
What is a dead construction? Bonus +100: How can we fix this sentence?
500
Passive voice is acceptable in this instance.
What is: when the action is more important than the person doing the action?
500
"To be or to not be" is incorrect because it is an example of this.
What is a split infinitive?