Verbs and nouns
Types of verbs
Proofreading marks
Capitalization
Pronouns
100
What tense is this sentence in: "Or maybe she sensed that I didn’t like it."
What is past tense?
100
This type of verb connects two ideas together.
What is a linking verb?
100
Draw the proofreading mark used to insert a comma.
What is a carat with a comma underneath it.
100
Which word should be capitalized in the following sentence: The old man spoke in arabic.
What is Arabic?
100
This is the definition of "pronoun."
What is a word that stands in for a noun?
200
Write the past tense and future tense of this verb: run.
What is "ran" and "will run"?
200
This type of verb goes first in a verb phrase.
What is a helping verb?
200
Correct the following sentence, showing the proper proofreading mark: I love dog my.
What is I love my dog. (with the last words in the stairstep shape)
200
These words are capitalized when used in front of someone's name, but not when used alone.
What are titles?
200
This word refers to the word a pronoun replaces.
What is an antecedent?
300
Identify the verbs in this sentence: The final racers reached the finish line just as the three winners stepped onto the podium.
What are "reached" and "stepped"?
300
Identify the two verb phrases in this sentence: He should be staring down at his plate, rethinking his entire youth, realizing just how empty his school-age accomplishments were, since I can equal them.
What are "should be staring" and "can equal"?
300
Draw the proofreading mark needed to correct the following error: Mr. Pin ckney says, “who are you?”
What is ( )
300
These words need to be capitalized in this book title: The dangerous book for Boys
What are Dangerous and Book?
300
Identify the pronoun and its antecedent in the following sentence: My Mom loves her colored pencils.
What is Mom (antecedent) and her (pronoun)
400
These four things can be nouns.
What is a person, a place, a thing, or an idea?
400
Which two verbs in this sentence are helping verbs? I should have told you earlier.
What are "should" and "have"?
400
Draw the proofreading mark used to show a spelling error.
What is circling the word with an sp above it.
400
These five words do not get capitalized in the middle of book titles (there are more than five possibilities).
What are a, an, the, and, but, or, as, if, or prepositions such as of, over, beyond, through.
400
Fix the pronoun in this sentence so it matches its antecedent: If people want to be successful, you need to work hard.
What is "you" should be "they"?
500
Identify all the nouns in this sentence: After the princess kissed him, the frog became a handsome prince.
What are princess, frog, and prince?
500
"Became" is this type of verb.
What is an action verb?
500
This proofreading mark asks you to insert a period.
What is a period with a circle around it.
500
Capitalize this book title correctly: pretty good for a girl: the autobiography of a snowboarding pioneer
What is Pretty Good for a girl: The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer
500
Choose the correct pronoun from the following choice: All the kids at school are talking about Annie and (I / me).
What is "me"?