What punctuation mark signals that a sentence is a question?
What is a question mark?
100
Is
"When I leave "
an independent or dependent clause?
a dependent clause
100
How many subjects and predicates are in a simple sentence?
One subject and one predicate
100
Insert any necessary letters or punctuation in the sentence below:
Mia jacket is periwinkle
Mia's jacket is periwinkle.
200
What part of speech is the word "on" in the following sentence?
The puppy sits on the floor.
What is a preposition?
200
Insert commas into the appropriate places in the sentence below. You must include the exact number of appropriate commas to win 200.
Mia was working diligently and Cole was working by her side.
Mia was working diligently, and Cole was working by her side.
200
Is the following clause independent or dependent?
Mary parachuted off the cliff.
independent
200
Is the following sentence simple or compound?
Mikaela went into the movie while her friend bought nachos.
simple sentence
200
Insert the appropriate punctuation or any necessary letters in the phrase below:
Nicholas red shirt
Nicholas's red shirt
300
What part of speech is the word "beautifully" in the following sentence?
He sings beautifully . . . SIKE!
What is an adverb?
300
What punctuation can join two independent clauses WITHOUT an accompanying conjunction word?
What is a semi colon?
300
Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentence:
When the house caught on fire I ran for my life.
When the house caught fire= dependent
I ran for my life= independent
300
Is the following sentence simple or compound?
The crew checked the ship and prepared for sea.
simple
300
Insert any necessary punctuation or letters into the sentence below.
There were probably a hundred bus!
There were probably a hundred buses!
400
What part of speech in the word "him" in the following sentence?
It was a long journey for him.
What is a pronoun?
400
Place commas in the appropriate places in the sentence below. You must include the exact number of appropriate commas to earn 400.
Mia who was working diligently asked Cole a question.
Mia, who was working diligently, asked Cole a question.
400
When a dependent clause follows an independent clause, does a comma connect them?
Nope.
A comma does not connect the two clauses when a dependent clause follows an independent clause.
400
Is the following sentence simple or compound?
Sam led his advisory in the reading of the newspaper every morning.
simple
400
Insert any needed letters or punctuation into the sentence below:
The fleet of buses have the same brightly colored wheels.The bus wheels are bright red.
The bus' wheels are bright red.
500
In the following sentence, what part of speech is the word "for?"
I was tired, for I had walked many miles.
What is a conjunction?
500
A certain type of comma is used in the following series. What kind of comma is used? Where? You must answer both questions correctly to earn 500.
Jerimaha raised his hand assuredly, swiftly, and confidently.
What is the Oxford comma?
500
What do the following words signal?
After, although, while, unless, since, until, which, whose . . .
The beginning of a dependent clause
500
Is the following sentence simple or compound?
Since the 8th graders worked so hard to gather donated materials for the Anum project, over 50 boxes of supplies were loaded to be mailed to a library in Ghana.
PS: This is the DAILY DOUBLE
simple sentence
500
Insert any necessary letters and punctuation into the sentence below.
Illinois capitol is Springfield.