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100

Held back by ________ winds, the plane arrived at the airport two hours late.

adverse

100

Her favorite song is All You Need Is Love by the Beatles

Where do I put the quotation marks

"All You Need Is Love"

100
Quotation marks are use ...
to set off quotations and titles of shorter works
100

contemporary

belonging to the same period of time as oneself

200

You and Lucy will never settle your quarrel unless you _______  each other directly and listen to what the other person has to say.

confront

200

If I shorten 2008, to 08 where do I put the apostrophe

'08

200

An apostrophe

to show possession, indicate omission of a letter, letters, or numbers

200

groundless

without any good reason or cause

300
  • Fortunately, I was able to fight off my ____________, even though his attack took me by complete surprise.

assailant 

300

in the west the climate is arid, and water is scarce.


What do I capitalize

In

300

What do you capitalize in a sentence

first word, pronoun I and proper adjectives, title before a name, the name of a specific country, and each principal word in a title

300

hypocrite

a person who pretends to be what he or she is not

400
  • Parrots and a few other kinds of birds can ____________ sounds, particularly human speech.

mimic

400
My friend served under general Geroge Patton.


Capitalize?

General

400

When do you use commas?

separate items in a series, set off parts of a date addresses, and geographic names

400

serene

peaceful calm
500
  • I was so embarrassed by my blunder that I could do nothing but grin in a(n) ____________ and self-conscious way.

sheepish

500

Nina played volleyball tennis and soccer yesterday


commas?

volleyball, tennis, and soccer

500

When do you put your punctuation mark outside of the quotation marks?

when its the end of the sentence

500

adverse

unfavorable, negative, working against