Parts of Speech
True or False
The sentence contains a helping verb.
"Do you smell what The Rock is cooking?
True
"is"
True or False
The below sentence should have punctuation.
Dogs which are considered to man's best friend make for great assets to therapy.
Ture
Dogs, which are considered to man's best friend, make for great assets to therapy.
True or False
Ab means "toward."
False
"away from"
An adverb meaning a short period of time
awhile
The bundle of sticks (is/are) beside the shed.
is
For a clause to be dependent, it uses a _____ conjunction.
A) coordinating
B) subordinating
C) Adverb
B) subordinating
"Eu" means _____ .
A) foreign
B) new
C) degraded
d) good
d) good
Correct the modifier or state "correct as is."
Piled up next to the washer, I began doing the laundry.
I began doing the laundry piled up next to the washer.
Make the below into one properly punctuated sentence.
We caught a very large fish. It was Swedish. It was nasty.
We caught a nasty very large Swedish fish.
Add punctuation as needed.
The man who ate my sandwich should be arrested.
No punctuation
-ic, al, -tic
A) pertaining to
B) inflammation
C) pain
D) out of / outside
pertaining to
DAILY DOUBLE!: Correct the misplaced modifier if one exists; otherwise, say, "Correct as is.": Listerine is proven to kill millions of germs that cause bad breath on contact.
On contact, Listerine is proven to kill millions of germs that cause bad breath.
Make the below into one properly punctuated sentence.
She bought some wooden clogs. They were ugly. They were red. They were old.
She bought some ugly (opinion) old (age) red(color) wooden(material) clogs.
Change from nonrestrictive to restrictive: The Russian language, which is a Cyrillic language, is difficult to learn.
The Russian language that is a Cyrillic language is difficult to learn.
Scrib or script means?
writing
Correct the sentence and state that is correct.
Pancakes dripping with syrup, coffee steaming in big mugs, and fried bacon on the stove make breakfast at Grandma’s house a real treat.
bacon frying
Swimming is fun.
What specific subcategory of a certain part of speech is "swimming"?
The kitten that we found in the dumpster has tinnitus.
"that we found in the dumpster is what type of clause?
A) adverb
B) adjective
C) independent
D) nonrestrictive
B) adjective
They opposed hearing any more logorrhea from Senator Georgensen.
What is logorrhea?
Literally "word" plus "flow" / "discharge" or, more humoring, "word diarrhea"
The head coach's comments seemed a bit to blamey, so the editor said paraphrase the below quote into passive voice.
Jack made several mistakes that costed us the game.
Several mistakes were made that costed the game.