Punctuation
Vocabulary
Sentence Structure
Usage
Transitions
100

This tool is used with two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction (fanboys). 

What is a comma?

100

The board of directors decided to repudiate the CEO's claim that the current inflation rate was the reason for the company's poor profits. 

What does repudiate most nearly mean?

What is to reject?

100

Acronym used to remember coordinating conjunctions.

What is FANBOYS?

100

The plastic hardens quickly, it/which allows the printer to build the layers of the final model.

What is "which"?

100

True or False: Transitions establish logical relationships between ideas and statements.  

What is "true"?

200

Joins independent clauses in a compound sentence without a coordinating conjunction or with a transition called a conjunctive adverb.

What is a semi-colon?

200

Connor achieved the title "Employee of the Month" because he was so diligent at his job.

What does diligent most nearly mean?

What is someone who is careful and conscientious, and does not quit before the job is done?

200

The linguistic term applied to a complete sentence. 

What is an independent clause?

200

In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as its/their preciousness and fragility.

What is "their"?

200

True or False: Transitions establish flow between sentences but not between paragraphs. 

What is "false"?

300

This punctuation mark is never paired with a comma and is used to set apart extra information

What is a dash?

300

Although they are not real, hypothetical situations can challenge scientists to explore new hypotheses about puzzling natural phenomena.

What does hypothetical most nearly mean?

What is an idea or situation that only exists as a theoretical or speculative concept?

300

The following is an example of:

Which is easier said than done.

What is an incomplete sentence, fragment, or dependent clause?

300

Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, are/is  costly for employers. 

What is "Is"?

300

Explain the difference between transitions and conjunctions.

What is "transitions do not join sentences"?

400

What change, if any, would you make to the following sentence?   According to Princeton University geologist Gerta Keller, climate-altering gas and dust clouds from these volcanic eruptions could have caused most of the extinctions during this period leaving the few surviving dinosaur species to be eliminated by the asteroid impact.

What is add a comma between "period" and "leaving"?

400

Many women in the 1800s were frustrated by their subordinate position in society. 

What does subordinate most nearly mean?

What is lower in ran, occupying an inferior position?

400

The following sentence is an example of what sentence structure:

For outdoor activities, Adele likes kayaking, hiking, and riding her bike.

What is parallel structure?

400

Clarify the pronoun.

When Iris joined Daisy on the hike, she didn't realize that she'd forgotten her water bottle.

What is:

Iris, who didn't realize that she'd forgotten her water bottle, joined Daisy on a hike.

400

Pick the correct transition:

The weather service predicted a record snowfall in the next two days; __________,  the temperatures will drop potentially allowing ice to form.

A. consequently     B. therefore     C. moreover 

What is "moreover"?

500

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?  

Acteon, the hunter, was transformed into a deer, he is now the hunted.

What is replace the comma after deer with a semi-colon?

500

Scientists are reluctant to accept a hypothesis when empirical information is not available. 

What does empirical most nearly mean?

What is a type of knowledge is derived from experiments and carefully gathered data?

500

What word must be changed to correct this sentence? 

Josh made himself a sandwich and packs it in his new lunchbox.

What is "packs"?

500

What distinguishes bottlenose dolphins from the calls of other marine mammals is how other marine mammals use their whistles.

What word could you use to substitute the underlined portion?

What is "they?"

500

Why do the transitions therefore, however, also, meanwhile, and otherwise require semicolons? 

What is "because transitions can't join two sentences"?
The semicolon is needed to join the two sentences together in one sentence.