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simile or metaphor?
appositives
subject/predicate
it's or its?
there, their, or they're?
100
She is as fat as a house.
What is a simile?
100
Mary, a most wonderful young lady, is an outstanding tennis player.
What is "A most wonderful young lady"?
100
Where does the / go to separate the subject from the predicate? The older gentleman walked with a cane.
What is gentleman/walked?
100
______ a rainy day today.
What is it's?
100
_______________ house is on the corner of Main Street.
What is their?
200
He is a pain in my neck.
What is a metaphor?
200
Ms. White, the director of Club Med Academies, is a hard working woman.
What is "the director of Club Med Academies"?
200
Separate the subject from the predicate - The boys and girls in gym class were waiting to play kickball.
What is class/were?
200
The cat lost ______ collar outside.
What is its?
200
Go sit over ________ so you can stay away from _______ conversation about the test.
What is there and their?
300
Learning to speak English is as easy as pie.
What is a simile?
300
The small town of Pelham, New York, was the childhood home for Mrs. Farley.
What is "New York"?
300
Separate the subject from the predicate - The wild buffalo on the Great Plains of the United States ran.
What is States/ran?
300
_____ unlawful to drink alcohol before the age of 21.
What is it's?
300
I know ______________ trying ___________ best to remain quiet during the testing period.
What is they're and their?
400
Identify the metaphor - Her hair was a cloud of white around her wrinkled face.
What is "was a cloud of white"?
400
Every creature on Noah's Ark, whether 2-legged or 4-legged, was safe from the rising seas.
What is "whether 2-legged or 4-legged"?
400
Juan Carlos read his book, wrote his report, and did all the proofreading and editing before handing it in for a grade.
What is Carlos/read?
400
The cow lost ____ bell since it was running into ____ barn to escape the storm.
What is its and its?
400
New York? I've never gone __________ but I hear _________'s a lot of good restaurants ________.
What is there, there, and there?
500
Identify the simile - The cat was merrily chasing the mice around the barn like a man chasing a greased pig.
What is "like a man chasing a greased pig."?
500
All of the questions on the test, multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank, were easy, very easy, for all the students in the reading class.
What is "multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank "?
500
Separate the subject from the predicate - Mr. Bob Farley, a retired letter carrier for the US Postal service, has a broken left foot.
What is service/has?
500
I know you think _____ too hard, but stick with it and you'll be done before _____ time to leave.
What is it's and it's?
500
I don't know who ________ parents are, but, the children over ________, are about to get into trouble.
What is their and there?