Synonyms
A synonym for "happy" that starts with the letter J.
What is joyful?
This abbreviation is used for the United States of America.
What is USA?
This is the term for a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.
What is a synonym?
This part of speech describes an action or state of being.
Verb
This word is misspelled: definately.
Definitely
A synonym for "angry" that starts with the letter F.
What is furious?
This Latin abbreviation, often seen in lists, means "for example."
What is e.g.?
This is the term for a word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
Identify the subject in this sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
What is "The quick brown fox"?
This word is misspelled: seperate.
Separate
A synonym for "tired" that starts with the letter E.
What is exhausted?
This abbreviation stands for "et cetera," meaning "and so on."
What is etc.?
This is the term for a word that imitates a sound, like "buzz" or "sizzle."
What is onomatopoeia?
This type of sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
This word is misspelled: recieve.
Receive
A synonym for "strange" that starts with the letter P.
What is peculiar?
In business emails, this abbreviation is used to indicate an additional note at the end of a message.
What is P.S.?
This is the term for a word that is formed by combining the first letters of several words, like "NASA" or "SCUBA."
What is an acronym?
A misplaced modifier is a word or phrase placed too far from the word it describes. Fix this sentence: "She found a gold man's watch in the drawer."
What is "She found a man's gold watch in the drawer"?
This word is misspelled: embarass.
Embarrass
A synonym for "quick" that starts with the letter E.
What is expeditious?
This abbreviation, used in research and writing, means "compare" and comes from Latin.
What is cf.?
This is the term for a word or phrase that is spelled the same forward and backward, like "racecar" or "level."
What is a palindrome?
This type of modifier mistake happens when the word it is meant to describe is missing from the sentence.
What is a dangling modifier?
This word is misspelled: mispell.