Commas
Run-ons & Fragments
Subjects & predicate
Nouns & pronouns
Homophones
100

Put a comma in the correct place in the following date:

July 4th 1776

July 4th, 1776

100

Define what a “run-on sentence” is.

When two or more ideas are written in one sentence without the correct punctuation.

100

Define what a “subject” is.

The who or what of a sentence that is doing the action.

100

Define what a “noun” is.

A person, place, thing or idea

100

Fill in the correct form of to/two/too for the following sentence:


We were ______ scared _____ dive.

We were too scared to dive.

200

Put a comma in the correct place in the following sentence:


I went to the store to buy milk cheese bread and apples.

I went to the store to buy milk, cheese, bread, and apples.

200

Fix the following run-on:


My car is out of gas we cannot reach town before dark.

My car is out of gas. We cannot reach town before dark.

200

Define what a “predicate” is.

The part of a sentence that describes what the person or thing is doing. It generally begins with a verb (action word).

200

Identify the noun in the following sentence:


The dog was barking all night long.

dog

200

Define the word “homophone”.

Two words that sound alike but are spelled differently and mean different things.

300

Put a comma in the correct place in the following sentence:


My two best friends Sara and Jennifer went to the movies this weekend without me!

My two best friends, Sara and Jennifer, went to the movies this weekend without me!

300

Define what a “sentence fragment” is.

A sentence that does not have a complete idea. It may be missing a subject, verb or other information.

300

Identify the subject in the following sentence:


All of the students were studying for the big test last night.

All of the students

300

Find the pronoun in the following sentence:


He ate 14 candy bars!

He

300

Choose the correct homophone for the following sentence:


I (eight/ate) a big dinner last night.

ate

400

Put a comma in the correct place in the following sentence:


“I told him he could go” said Mom

“and that he shouldn’t be late.”

“I told him he could go,” said Mom,

“and that he shouldn’t be late.”

400

Fix the following sentence fragment:


Toys of all kinds thrown everywhere.

Toys of all kinds were thrown everywhere.

or

There were toys of all kinds thrown everywhere.

400

Identify the predicate in the following sentence:


The scientist could not explain why certain particles react with one another.

could not explain why certain particles react with one another.

400

Define “pronoun”.

A word that replaces a noun


(examples: he, she, they, it, I, etc.)

400

Choose the correct homophone for the following sentence:


Last I saw her, she was standing over (their/there/they’re).

there

500

Put a comma in the correct place in the following sentence:


Running towards third base he suddenly realized he wouldn’t make it in time.

Running towards third base, he suddenly realized he wouldn’t make it in time.

500

Identify if the following is a run-on or fragment:


Some of the students working in Professor Espinoza's laboratory last semester.

Fragment

500

Identify the subject and predicate in the following sentence:


Yesterday was the longest day of my life!

Subject: Yesterday


Predicate: was the longest day of my life!

500

Replace the noun with a pronoun in the following sentence:


Yesterday Anna and Mary went to the store to buy groceries.

Yesterday they went to the store to buy groceries.

500

Choose the correct homophone for the following sentence:


I wish I had (you’re/your) luck.

your