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Vocabulary
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What correction should be made to this sentence? Gertrude Ederle was a great american swimmer.
American is a nationality-capitalize it!
100

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? The beekeepers was happy to have all our bees.

Should be... The beekeepers were happy to have all our bees.

100

Which punctuation can be used alone to combine sentences?

What is a semicolon? ;

100

Which punctuation should be used with a FANBOY when combining sentences?

What is a comma? ,

100

To change or improve

What is revise?

200

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? Travis Tran is known for finding ways to waist time in class.

Change waist to waste

200
What correction should be made in this sentence? She had watched skiers perform during the 2010 winter olympics at Whistler Mountain.
Change 2010 winter olympics to 2010 Winter Olympics...It's a name of an event, so capitalize it!
200

FANBOYS + a comma can be used to combine sentences. Name at least 3 FANBOYS.

for and nor but or yet so
200

The sentence at the start introduces what the paragraph will be about

What is a topic sentence?

200

Successful in producing the desired or intended response

What is effective?
300
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? Maya picked peppers watermelons and lettuce to plant in the garden.
Comma in a series...Maya picked peppers, watermelons, and lettuce to plant in the garden.
300

What change should be made? I like to read stories aloud, Sam said to his mother.

You need quotation marks around the words that Sam says! "I like to read stories aloud," Sam said to his mother.

300

Pick an appropriate transition word for following sentences.

"I woke up late; _______ I didn't eat breakfast".

Therefore, Consequently, As a result, For this reason, Hence, So

300

Pick an appropriate transition word for the following sentences:

The first test was easy. _______, the second one was difficult.


However, Whereas, But, On the other hand, Conversely, 

300

Not or no longer needed or useful; unnecessary (think: repetitive)

What is redundant?

400

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence? The silk shoots out through tiny tubes in the spiders body.

spiders should be written....spider's showing possession.

400

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? I wake up and did not remember where I was.

Change woked to woke.

400

Which word should be used to replace the word big in the following sentence: 

Although the big fields of seagrass may make some people think of underwater kelp forests, this is not the best analogy.

massive, enormous, huge, extensive

400

Which sentence connects and reflects by summarize what the paragraph is about?

What is concluding sentence (CS)?

400

Words that connect ideas, sentences, and paragraphs, improving flow and coherence in writing

What are transition words?

500

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? As there friendship grew, they became inseparable.

Change there to their

500

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? After spending all morning packing for the trip the car was loaded and ready to go.

Insert a comma after the word trip

500

You underline this in red ped. It comes straight from the text and is surrounded with quotation marks.

What is evidence? Or what are concrete details?

500

This should follow every piece of evidence and provide your own ideas about the quotation.

What is commentary? (explanations)

500

to join, unite, or merge two or more into one

What is combine?