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Spelling Rules
Complete and Incomplete Sentences
Subjects and Predicates
Homophones
Punctuation
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This word is always capitalized.
What is I?
100
Maria runs quickly.
What is a complete sentence?
100
Every subject has one.
What is a noun?
100
The form of the word (whose, who, whom) used in the following sentence: To _____________ did you give the letter?
What is WHOM; it is the direct object of the prepositional phrase.
100
Where commas belong in this sentence: When I think of you my heart sings.
What is after HEART? When I think of you, my heart sings.
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The rule that makes a plural out of a word ending in consonant-y (as in tardy).
What is change the Y to Iand add ES?
200
When I am alone in the shower.
What is an incomplete sentence?
200
Every predicate has one.
What is a verb?
200
The form of (there, their, they're) used in this sentence: The homework assignment is over ______________ in the red folder.
What is THERE; showing location.
200
The missing punctuation in this sentence. Maricela's favorite color is green but I prefer blue.
What is put a comma after the word green? Maricela's favorite color is green, but I prefer blue. Note that the comma is attached to the word that comes before!
300
The rule explaining which comes first, the i or the e.
What is I before E, except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh?
300
MaryBeth who is the best person on the team and should have won the race.
What is an incomplete sentence?
300
The subject of the following sentence: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
What is FOX?
300
The word used in this sentence should be (whether, weather): I don't know ____________ or not I should tell my mom about wrecking the car.
What is WHETHER; deciding between two choices.
300
Two ways to combine two independent clauses (aka, complete sentences) such as My husband plays golf. I'd rather read.
What is COMMA + FANBOY or a SEMICOLON? My husband plays golf, but I'd rather read. My husband plays golf; I'd rather read. NOTE: the FANBOYS are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
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The rule explaining how to make a plural from a word that ends in a vowel+y, as in essay.
What is leave the y alone and add s, as in essays.
400
If you love me let me know.
What is a complete sentence?
400
The verb in the following sentence: Jasmine and Joseph jumped up and joined the dance (the jitter-bug, of course).
What is JUMPED AND JOINED?
400
Which form of the words (your, you're and then,than) belong in the following sentence: ___________________ poem is much better _________ Zeke's.
What is YOUR (showing ownership) and THAN (comparing)
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Where commas belong in this sentence: Doctor Edgar Laird a professor of English at Texas State University taught me how to punctuate.
What is after LAIRD and UNIVERSITY? Doctor Edgar Laird, a professor of English at Texas State University, taught me how to punctuate. NOTE: the punctuation is ALWAYS attached to the word that comes before.
500
The rule for placement of apostrophes in contractions.
What is the apostrophe stands for the missing letters? Example: don't, isn't - the apostrophe stands for the missing O in not.
500
Because you can't control yourself I have no choice but to ground you.
What is a complete sentence?
500
The subject and the verb in the following inverted sentence: There are two toddlers taking their first steps.
What is TODDLERS (subject) and ARE TAKING (verb)? The word THERE acts as a placeholder. Remove it, and the sentence becomes: Two toddlers are taking their first steps.
500
I _________________ that _____________ upset that I (herd, heard) (your, you're) _____________ _____________ poem in front of the class. (red, read) (your, you're)
HEARD; YOU'RE; READ; YOUR
500
A way to emphasize parenthetical information, as in this sentence: No matter how hard I worked and I worked very hard indeed I still couldn't pass that test.
What is using dashes to set off AND I WORKED VERY HARD INDEED? The sentence should read: No matter how hard I worked--and I worked very hard indeed--I still couldn't pass that test.