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Elements of Nonfiction
Sentence/Fragments
Identifying errors in usage
Vocabulary
Homonyms
100
What three things must a sentence have?
subject, verb, predicate
100
Is this a complete sentence? If not, revise it so that it is complete. After a long life of public service, died in 1942.
No; the sentence is lacking a subject.
100
What is the error in this sentence? Their smiling because their happy.
They're smiling because they're happy.
100
What is the definition of mandatory.
Something that is required; you have to do it.
100
What is the correct answer? It's _____ cold in this house today. A. to B. too C. two
A. too
200
What is the definition of nonfiction.
Stories that are based on real events.
200
What is an interrogative sentence?
A sentence asking a question.
200
What is the error in this sentence? We are already to go.
We are all ready to go.
200
What is the definition of irrevocable?
Something that is irreversible; you can't change it.
200
We went to _________ house, but _________ stingy with _______ food.
A. their B. they're C. their
300
What point of view does an autobiography have?
First person
300
Is this a sentence or a fragment? If so identify the subject and verb. If not, revise the fragment. Eleanor Roosevelt traveled all over the world.
Yes. Subject is Eleanor Roosevelt. The verb is traveled.
300
What is the error in this sentence? He should of just gone home.
He should have just gone home.
300
What is the definition of the word colossal?
Huge;gigantic.
300
___________ too late to go to a movie. A. It's B. Its
It's too late to go to a movie.
400
When a writer records an account of his/her own life.
What is an autobiography?
400
What is a declarative sentence?
A sentence that just states an idea.
400
I used to like working, now I just want to go to sleep
What is the error in this sentence? I use to like working, now I just want to sleep.
400
What is the definition of the word peril?
Danger.
400
__________mad because she's _________happy to leave __________house. Their/there/they're To/too/two
They're mad because she's too happy to leave their house.
500
What is a memoir?What point of view does it have?A memory;
First person
500
What is an imperative sentence?
A sentence that gives a command.
500
I could have kept that vase forever, but then it burst.
What is the error in this sentence? I could of kept that vase forever, but then it busted.
500
What is the definition of the word resignation?
When you accept the inescapable.
500
______ amazing that a cat can lick _____back. It's/Its
It's amazing that a cat can lick its back.