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Colons, Commas, Semicolons
Word Choice
Revising for Clarity
Combining Sentences
Correct Spelling/Capitalization
100

What punctuation is needed in the following sentence: I need three things milk bread and eggs.

What is a colon and comma?

100

Choose the best word: The flowers smell (good/well).

What is good?

100

Why is revising for clarity important?

What is to improve sentence variation?

100

Combine these sentences: I love pizza. I can eat it every day.

I love pizza; I can eat it every day.

100

What is wrong with this sentence? "i went to the park yesterday."

"I went to the park yesterday."

200

What punctuation is needed in this sentence?: I have a big test tomorrow I can’t go to the party tonight.

What is a semicolon?

200

Replace the vague word in this sentence: The movie was (good).

What is a synonym for good or great?

200

Revise this sentence: The dog was chased by the cat across the yard.

What is The cat chased the dog across the yard?

200

Combine using a coordinating conjunction: I was tired. I went to bed early.

I was tired, so I went to bed early.

200

Correct this sentence: "The state of texas is south of oklahoma."

The state of Texas is south of Oklahoma.

300

Which sentence uses a colon correctly?

  • A. The reason I’m late: traffic.
  • B. Here’s what I saw: a fox, a deer, and a rabbit.
  • C. I: went to the store today.

What is B?

300

Name one reason to use a comma in a sentence.

What is to separate lists, to separate an introductory clause in a sentence, etc?

300
  • Which revision makes this sentence clearer? "The man in the red shirt who is tall ordered coffee."
    • A. The tall man in the red shirt ordered coffee.
    • B. The man in the red shirt, tall, ordered coffee.

What is A?

300

Combine using a subordinating conjunction: The alarm went off. I got out of bed.

When the alarm went off, I got out of bed.

300

Which spelling is correct? (accommodate/accomodate)

Accommodate

400

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

  • A. I went to the park, and played basketball.
  • B. While I was reading, my phone rang.
  • C. She likes hiking, swimming, and to run.
What is C?
400

Revise this sentence to be clearer: She did a thing that was important yesterday.

What is Yesterday, she did an important thing?

400

Rewrite this sentence for clarity: "There’s a little bit of confusion among the group about who is in charge."

What is The group is a bit confused about who is in charge?

400

Combine with proper punctuation: She loves reading. Her favorite genre is mystery.

She loves reading; her favorite genre is mystery.

400
  • Correct the capitalization and spelling: "i’m going to france in Decmber."

I’m going to France in December.

500

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

  • A. I like coffee; however, I prefer tea.
  • B. I bought milk; eggs; and bread.
  • C. I’m happy; because the test was canceled.

What is A?

500

Explain the difference between these two sentences: The book was interesting. The book fascinated me.

What is the word "fascinated" is more descriptive?

500

Find the unclear part of this sentence and revise it: "The game was canceled because of the weather, and it was disappointing."

What is It was disappointing that the game was canceled because of the weather?

500

Combine into a single sentence: I studied hard for the test. I still found it challenging. My teacher offered extra help.

Even though I studied hard for the test and still found it challenging, my teacher offered extra help.

500

Fix all errors: "The poet Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst massachusetts on december 10 1830."

The poet Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830.