Subject-Verb Agreement
What is the correct verb?
Charis (don't, doesn't) drink chocolate milk.
What is Doesn't?
Choose the correct homophone.
I want to go there (to, two, too)!
What is too?
A play on words that causes a comedic effect.
Ex) Vacuum cleaners suck!
What is a pun?
These do NOT have a subject and verb.
What is a phrase?
Pat went to the store and he bought milk.
Compound Sentence.
What is the correct subject?
(Henry, Henry and Colin) run 5 miles a day.
What is Henry and Colin?
Choose the correct homophone.
Mr. Green (writes, rights) five pages a day about rocks.
What is Writes?
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or weaknesses.
ex) Austin Powers and James Bond.
What is Satire?
What is the clause of the sentence "Wherever you go, I will follow"?
What is "I will follow"?
The man - a tall, soccer player- got a bachelor's degree.
Simple Sentence.
What is the correct verb?
My sister who has two kids (enjoy, enjoys) watching football.
What is Enjoys?
Choose the correct homophone.
Isaac knows (there, their, they're) his best friends.
What is They're?
the use of appeals to reasons, values, beliefs, and emotions to convince a listener or reader to think or act in a particular way
ex) You could use this to convince your parents not to take your phone.
What is Persuasion?
Independent or Dependent?
Although Ferris really enjoys all kinds of movies.
What is Dependent?
When I get home, I am going to drop everything and my dinner, leftover alfredo pasta, is going straight in the microwave.
Compound-Complex Sentence.
What is the correct verb here?
Allison's parents or Aunt (Go, Goes) to her band concert.
What is Goes?
(When two subjects are separated by Or or Nor, you must match the verb to the subject closest to the verb)
Choose the correct homophone.
Even after breakups, your tears will dry and your heart will (heel, heal).
What is heal?
What someone thinks will happen
What is Prediction?
Identify the prepositional phrase.
Cam and Erin fell in love in the boat.
What is "in the boat"?
Matt decided to get the x-box after doing lots of research.
Complex sentence.
What is the correct verb here?
Those five dollars (belongs, belong) on the table.
What is belongs?
Choose the correct homophone.
Don't worry, the mix up is just a (miner, minor) problem.
What is Minor?
The order in which the events occurred, from first to last.
What is Chronological?
Name the independent AND dependent clauses in this sentence.
When I went to Disney World, I talked to Peter Pan and Tinkerbell all day!
Independent: I talked to Peter Pan and Wendy all day!
Dependent: When I went to Disney World,
Shane went to look around the store, but didn't stay long.
Simple Sentence.