Charles Vocab
Lemon Brown Vocab
Born Worker/Parts of a story Vocab
Subject-Verb Agreement
Comma Usage
100

The definition for "renounced" is...

What is "gave up"? 

100

The definition for "impromptu" is...

What is "made or done without preparation"?

100

The definition for "plot" is...

What is "the events that make up a story"?

100

The correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject in the sentence "Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school." is...

What is "are"?

100

The comma(s) in the sentence "Mr. Cready's ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time is I believe amazing." belong...

Where is "before I and after believe"?

200

The definition for "raucous" is...

What is "harsh, rowdy"?

200

The definition for "bodega" is...

What is "a small grocery store (from Spanish)"?

200

The definition for "setting" is...

What is "the geographic location, time, weather, and environment that an author chooses for their story"?

200

The correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject in the sentence "Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer." is...

What is "doesn't"?

200

The comma(s) in the sentence "There was no question that John's painting a huge colorful and ugly mural was the worst entry in the art exhibit." belong...

Where is "after painting, after huge, after colorful, and after mural"? 

300

The definition for "reformation" is...

What is "improvement, betterment"? 

300

The definition for "ominous" is...

What is "threatening; seeming to indicate that something bad is going to happen"?

300

The definition for "tone" is...

What is "the particular feeling that a story or novel has (e.g. humorous, joyful, sad, dark, etc.)"?

300

The correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject in the sentence "The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch. " is...

What is "takes"?

300

The comma(s) in the sentence "Gracefully lightly and daintily the ballerina moved across the stage." belong...

Where is "after gracefully, after lightly, and after daintily"?

400

The definition for "incredulously" is...

What is "with doubt or disbelief"?

400

The definition for "octave" is...

What is "a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes"?

400

The definition for "mi'jo" is...

What is "my son (from Spanish)"?

400

The correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject in the sentence "Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen." is...

What is "knows"?

400

The comma(s) in the sentence "November 11 1918 the armistice ending World War I was signed." belong...

Where is "after 11 and after 1918"?

500

The definition for "cynically" is...

What is "with disbelief about another person's honesty"?

500

The definition for "scalawags" is...

What is "people who behave badly"?

500

The definition for "genuflected" is...

What is "bent the knee, especially in worship"?

500

The correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject in the sentence "The committee (leads, lead) very different lives in private." is...

What is "leads"?

500

The comma(s) in the sentence The Valley of the Moon the name of a section in Napa County California is the heart of the state's wine producing area." belong...

Where is "after moon, county, and California"?