Roots: Cred
Parts of Speech
Identify the phrase
Columbine
Fill in the Blank
100
Someone who is an evildoer or a criminal. I wonder who the __________ is who destroyed the wheelchair ramp at the Senior Center.
What is a miscreant?
100
Collaborated in the following sentence: Mariana and Jessica collaborated on the project.
What is a intransitive verb?
100
Jan heard the howling of wolves.
What is a prepositional phrase? of wolves What is a gerund phrase? howling of wolves
100
The town where Columbine High School is located.
What is Littleton, Colorado?
100
______________ became a martyr when someone reported that she had professed her faith in God seconds before she was shot.
Who is Cassie Bernall?
200
Tendency not to believe readily. Teddy was _____ when Molly said she won a million dollars.
What is incredulous?
200
Circumference in the following sentence: Natalie found the circumference of the circle.
What is noun-direct object?
200
Jan's favorite activity is singing in the choir.
What is a gerund phrase? singing in the choir
200
One teacher died trying to save students.
Who is Dave Sanders?
200
Conflicting stories by the media and eyewitness accounts ___________ the police's efforts to find the truth about the shootings.
What is complicated?
300
A formal statement of belief. Many people have a _______ by which they live their lives.
What is creed?
300
Condone in the following sentence: Ms. Lee does not condone throwing milk in the quad.
What is a transitive verb?
300
Tylor carried the pie to the table.
What is a prepositional phrase? to the table
300
First identified the shooters as part of the Trench Coat Mafia who were bullied by jocks. They were wrong.
What is the media?
300
"Because he was angry at the world, Eric planned to bomb the school" is an example of a ______________ sentence.
What is complex?
400
Documents that prove you are who you say you are. Robert showed his ___________ before he was allowed into the lecture hall.
What are credentials?
400
Coherent in the following sentence: The teacher's lectures are interesting and coherent.
What is an adjective?
400
Speaking all at once will only complicate things.
What is a gerund phrase? Speaking all at once
400
Because of the Columbine shooting, national attention focused on raising awareness about _________.
What is bullying?
400
"The athlete won the gold medal, and he was incredulous about the honor" is an example of a ___________ sentence.
What is compound?
500
Unbelievable. The bands performance was beyond our wildest expectations; they were ___________!
What is incredible?
500
Commotion in the following sentence: The principal went into the quad to find the source of the commotion.
What is a noun--object of the preposition?
500
Running in circles, Jan fell.
What is a participial phrase? Running in circles
500
The author of the book about the Columbine shooting who spent ten years researching and writing about the community. His book became a New York Times bestseller.
Who is Dave Cullen?
500
"After the shooting occurred, families rushed to the local park, but the police had a defined perimeter beyond which no one was allowed" is an example of a ________ sentence.
What is compound-complex?