Even though she works long hours. She keeps working hard after she gets home.
What is change the period to a comma after the word--hours and lowercase the s in --she?
Even though she works long hours, she keeps working hard after she gets home.
100
An essay that explains something
What is an expository essay?
100
Dear Mr. President,
I would like to request an interview at your company.
Sincerely,
Mr. Hamm
What is change the comma to a colon?
Dear Mr. President:
100
If you want to write a COMPOUND sentence, you must have this on both sides of the FANBOYS.
What is a complete sentence?
100
Because it requires a lot of skill and determination.
What is a fragment?
200
My sister needed help with her social study's project this week.
What is remove the apostrophe in --study's-- and change the word to --studies?
My sister needed help with her social studies project this week.
200
A thesis must contain these three parts.
What is the topic, opinion and main points? TOM
200
Dear Marsha,
Do you want to visit the museum with me?
Your best friend,
Elizabeth
What is there are no mistakes?
200
This type of coordinating conjunction is used when writing COMPOUND sentences.
What is one of the FANBOYS?
(For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
200
Water can be found in the earth's surface and it can be found under the earth's surface.
What is a run-on?
300
Its their job to let us know if the games have been rained out.
What is change --Its to It's?
It's their job to let us know if the games have been rained out.
300
Don't forget to include these words when moving from idea to idea or paragraph to paragraph.
What are transition words?
300
"That is great! Stephen did not allow any goals to be scored in tonight's game" said Coach Pringle.
What is add a comma after the word- game?
"That is great! Stephen did not allow any goals to be scored in tonight's game," said Coach Pringle.
300
Combine these into one compound sentence.
Jan left early from the party. She went to bed late.
What is
Jan left early from the party, but she went to bed late.
OR
Jan left early from the party, yet she went to bed late.
300
If you want to become famous.
What is a fragment?
400
For a majority of students, it is important to have assignments that are like real world situations.
What is add a hyphen between --real and world?
For a majority of students, it is important to have assignments that are like real-world situations.
400
When writing an example, you must remember to do these three things -- think NET.
What are NAME it, EXPLAIN it, and TIE it back to the thesis?
400
All of those long hours of practise finally paid off!
What is correct the spelling of practise --to practice?
All of those long hours of practise finally paid off!
400
A COMPLEX sentence requires that you use one of these subordinating conjunctions.
What are
after
although
as
when
while
until
because
before
if
since
400
Being a straight-A student is great, but undestanding the material is more important.
What is a sentence?
500
While I was minding my own business walking through the woods, a scorpion stung me on the foot.
What is change the period to an exclamation mark?
While I was minding my own business walking through the woods, a scorpion stung me on the foot!
500
These are the steps for writing a conclusion.
What are RESTATE the opinion, write a SIMILE, EXPLAIN the simile, and TIE UP the essay with a theme or best/worst case scenario? ReSET.
500
Repeated downpours cause out land to flood, however, the flood does not last too long.
What is change the first comma to a semicolon?
Repeated downpours cause out land to flood; however, the flood does not last too long.
500
Write a COMPLEX sentence using an AAAWWUBBIS at the beginning of the sentence.
Answers will vary, but they must include a comma.
500
When it rains, the rain forms runoff, the abundance of rain causes some areas to flood.