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100

What punctuation is used to denote high emotion?

Exclamation point

100

What are the 4 main types of verbs?

Transitive, Intransitive, Linking, Auxiliary

100

What is a compound sentence?

A sentence with more than one independent clause

100

When you want to downplay the doer of an action, which voice is best to use?

Passive voice

200

Often used to create emoticons, what form of punctuation can be used to insert observations, ironies, exclamations, and other small pieces of information?

Parentheses

200

What are the 4 demonstratives?

This, that, these, those

200

How close should the subject of a sentence be to its verb?

As close as possible

200

Can you give me an example of a sentence being made into a question through intonation?

That's what you're wearing? You'll be there on time?

300

What form of punctuation is used to manage unwieldy lists or separate two relevant independent clauses?

Semi-colon

300

What are the main 5 types of phrases?

Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Preposition

300

What is a restrictive clause?

A clause that cannot be removed from a sentence without harming the point of a main clause

300

Which verb tense is best to show a continuing future action done before another?

Future Perfect Progressive

400

What is the purpose of off-setting information with commas?

To portray that information with commas is non-essential

400

What are the 6 main types of pronouns?

Personal, Possessive, Relative, Demonstrative, Reflexive, Indefinite

400

What is the 'zero relative'?

When you leave the relative pronoun out of a relative clause

400

What kind of negation is the following sentence: "The peaches are not ripe"?

Negative negation