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spelling
capitalization
punctuation
grammar
wild card
100
suffix
What is a group of letters added to the end of a word?
100
Always capitalize a letter at this point in the sentence.
What is the beginning of a sentence?
100
This ends most sentences.
What is a period?
100
This means "it is"
What is "it's"
100
A,E,I,O,U and sometimes Y.
What are the vowels?
200
prefix
What is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word?
200
This pronoun is always capitalized.
What is I?
200
This ends a sentence showing strong emotion.
What is an exclamation mark.
200
This means "Something belongs to 'it'."
What is "its"
200
Anything that is not a vowel.
What is a consonant?
300
Pronounce words correctly
What is the first rule of spelling we learned?
300
A specific name of a specific noun.
What is a proper noun?
300
This introduces a list or an explanation.
What is a colon.
300
This is what we call a person, place or thing.
What is a noun?
300
The last rule of spelling we learned.
What is the "i befor e" rule?
400
change the y to i
What is the way to add a suffix beginning with a consonant to words ending in a consonant and y?
400
This is considered shouting and should be avoided in email and chat, and should never be done in formal writing.
What is using all capital letters.
400
This is often found in a listing of items.
What is a comma.
400
This is what we call an action word or a state of being.
What is a verb?
400
It indicates ownership or a missing letter.
What is an apostrophe?
500
double the final consonant when adding a suffix to a one syllable word with one vowel followed by one consonant.
What is the 1+1+1=2 rule?
500
Capitalize these only if coming before the person's name.
What is a job title.
500
This is used to join two closely related sentences.
What is a semicolon.
500
In the following sentence, "jumped" is the part of speech we are looking for: The dog jumped high for the frisbee.
What is a verb?
500
This letter is used to indicate more than one of something.
What is "s?"