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1	Text Structure	Mrs. Brantley
2	Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences	kristi harmon	This quiz contains 20 questions.
3	Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz	--	This quiz contains 20 questions.
4	English Irregular Verbs	Sarah Taylor	Learn the past tense of irregular English verbs
5	Romeo and Juliet Final Exam	Ms. Webster	This exam includes questions about Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" and expository writing using MLA format. This quiz contains 75 questions.
6	Linking Verb or Action Verb	Erin Salona	Decide if each verb is an action verb or a linking verb. Remember, a predicate noun or a predicate adjective follows a linking verb. This quiz contains 10 questions.
7	Independent simple subject and predicate	--	Follow directions and remember-the subject is who or what the sentence is about and the predicate is the verb in the sentence. Have fun and good luck!!
8	Commas Galore	--	Practice with commas.
9	Capitalization and Punctuation	--	Identify the sentence that is correct.
10	Sentence structure practice game	Mrs. Allen
11	Fragment, Comma Splice, and Run On and Complex Sentence	--	Select the ONE BEST answer. Use the arrow keys instead of the touch pad to reduce errors. This quiz contains 13 questions.
12	Infinitive Phrase Practice Quiz	Erin Salona	This quiz contains 15 questions.
13	Conjunctions; Compound Sentences	Mrs. Roberts	Choose the correct conjunction to combine the clauses into a compound sentence.
14	Context Clues	--
15	Poetry Rags to Riches	Erin Salona
16	Gerunds or Participals?	Erin Salona	Decide if each sentence contains a gerund or a participal, then locate the word which is the gerund or participle. There will either be a gerund or a participal in each sentence, never both. This quiz contains 16 questions.
17	Adjectives and Adverbs Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Erin Salona	Find that adjective or adverb in each sentence. Or, choose which word is not an adjective or adverb.
18	S-V agreement - Indefinite Pronouns	--	This quiz contains 15 questions chosen from a bank of 25.
19	Sentence structure practice game	Mrs. Rutter
20	Run On Sentences	--	Identify if each sentence is a run on sentence or a complete sentence.
21	FIGURES OF SPEECH	Mrs. Maida
22	Context Clues Quiz	English Department	Select the most accurate meaning of the capitalized word in each sentence. This quiz contains 15 questions.
23	SUBJECTS AND VERBS - Identifying Verbs 1	Sarah Gorman	Read each sentence carefully. In the space provided, type the word that is the verb of the sentence. Some of the verbs consist of more than one word. This quiz contains 20 questions.
24	Capitalization Jeopardy	Mrs. Moeller	Identify the capitalization errors by correctly writing the words in the box. Separate your answers by a comma. (Do not rewrite the sentence.)
25	Fahrenheit 451 Part ONE Practice Quiz	Erin Salona	Make sure your eyes don't wander onto another student's screen. This quiz contains 20 questions.
26	Poetry Quiz	Mrs. Kline	Take this quiz to see how well you understand the elements of poetry and the various forms of poetry! This quiz contains 20 questions.
27	Singular and Plural Nouns	--	Match the singular nouns with the correct plural nouns. Words include both regular and irregular nouns.
28	Fragments and Run-ons	Mrs. Roberts	Practice determining if the group of words is a sentence, fragment, or run-on.
29	Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions	Mrs. Polito	Determine if each sentence is punctuated correctly (true) or not (false) This quiz contains 10 questions.
30	Helping/Auxiliary Verbs	Erin Salona	This game is set up like "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Choose the correct helping verb(s) for each sentence. You may use the "hints" to help you.
31	Fahrenheit 451 Part TWO Practice Quiz- pages 71-91	Erin Salona	Use your F451 books if needed. This quiz contains 21 questions.
32	Finding Direct Objects and Indirect Objects	Mr. Shelley	In sentences 1-10 find the direct object in each sentence and write it in the space provided. For sentences 11-20 find the indirect object in each sentece and write it in the space provided. This quiz contains 20 questions.
33	Fact vs. Opinion	Mrs. Campbell	Measure your ability to distinguish fact from opinion. Are you a critical reader? This quiz contains 13 questions.
34	Direct Objects	Mrs. K. Mack
35	Differentiating Sentences, Run-ons, and Fragments	--	Identify each sentence as complete, run-on, or a fragment
36	Differentiating Sentences, Run-ons, and Fragments	--	Identify each sentence as complete, run-on, or a fragment
37	Inflectional Endings (s, ed, and ing)	Shellye Wardensky	Choose the correct inflectional ending of the words to best fit the sentence. Re-read your answer before checking your answer. Remember the rules!
38	Hangman	Cherie Dickey
39	Literary Elements	Miss Farlin	How well do you know your literary elements? Play this game to find out! Good Luck!
40	PARTS OF SPEECH - Identification 1	Sarah Gorman	Read each sentence carefully. Look at each capitalized word and identify its part of speech. This quiz contains 30 questions.
41	Simile, Metaphor, or Personification?	Mr. G	Read the sentence, then decide if it is a simile, metaphor, or personification.
42	Homographs	Tracy Boyd	Homographs are words with more than one definition. Guess which homograph is being described. Example: something used with a hammer OR part of your finger or toe. Answer: nail.
43	Sentence Types	--	Identify the four different types of sentences
44	Prefix Skills	Jose Otero	This game is here to help you in learning your prefixes.
45	Sentence Fragments and Run-ons	Sra. Mendoza
46	Noun Function Practice Quiz	Erin Salona	This quiz contains 20 questions.
47	Writing conventions practice	Ms. Wayne	This quiz contains 10 questions chosen from a bank of 29.
48	Grand Grammar Game	Mrs. Susan Butts	See if you have what it takes to win! This activity will test your prowess with adverbs, verbs, plural nouns, predicate agreement, and pronouns. Challenge someone else and find out who is the grand grammar guru!
49	Distinguishing Fact and Opinion	Ms. Moye	Identify whether the statement is fact or opinion. This quiz contains 25 questions.
50	The Things They Carried Test	Mrs. Gianfagna	This quiz contains 25 questions.
51	Face Idioms	--	Match these idioms with their definitions.
52	Verbals and Verbs Jeopardy: Gerunds, Infinitves, Participles, Linking Verbs, and Main Verbs	Erin Salona	Choose a category and find the verbal or verb in each sentence. If you choose "Gerunds," you will type in the gerund found in that sentence. If you choose "linking verbs," you will type in the linking verb found in the sentence.
53	COMMAS AND SEMICOLONS - Determining Use 1	Sarah Gorman	Read the following sentences carefully. In each sentence, a pop-up box is placed where punctuation might be needed. Determine whether to use a comma, a semicolon, or no punctuation at all. This quiz contains 20 questions.
54	Adverb or Adjective?	--	Read each sentence and identify the word as either an adjective or adverb. Be careful. Remember, adjectives modify nouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. This quiz contains 10 questions.
55	Transitive or Intransitive Verbs?	Erin Salona	Remember, a transitive verb is followed by a direct object. Find the verb in each sentence and decide if it is transitive or intransitive. This quiz contains 10 questions.
56	FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE JEOPARDY	Ms. Carpenter	Identify the different types of figurative language as similes, metaphors or personification.
57	Pronoun Battleship	Mrs. McGinn	Choose the pronoun that correctly completes each sentence.
58	A Feast of Homonyms	Mona	A matching game of homonyms.
59	Subjects and Predicates Quiz	Erin Salona	A SUBJECT names the person, place, thing, or idea the sentence is about. A PREDICATE tells something about the subject; it is the verb part of the sentence. A COMPOUND SUBJECT is two or more subjects/nouns in one sentence that have the same verb... This quiz contains 25 questions.
60	Spelling Bee	--	Choose the correct spelling for each of these commonly misspelled words.
61	Final Exam Practice Test-- Short Story Portion	Erin Salona	Read the story "On the Bridge" by Todd Strasser and answer the following questions. The story is available at http://www.toddstrasser.com/html/OnABridge.htm You may open this story in another browser window or print it off. These questions are... This quiz contains 23 questions.
62	Greek & Latin Roots Quiz	Mrs. Kline	Take this quiz to see how well you know your roots! This quiz contains 10 questions.
63	Find the Verbs Battleship Game	--	The object of this game is to find and identify the verb in each sentence. Remember, a verb is a word that shows action.
64	Adjective Phrase Practice	--	This quiz contains 20 questions.
65	Identifying common and proper nouns in paragraphs	--	decide which form of the word should be used in the blank
66	Roots & Prefixes	Bridget Colabello	Test your knowledge of the meanings of latin and greek roots and prefixes!
67	Text Features Quiz	Mr. Biddle	Students will analyze text features found in expository text. Please choose the best answer for each of the following questions: This quiz contains 10 questions.
68	COMMA USAGE - Essential vs. Nonessential 1	Sarah Gorman	Read the following sentences carefully. Decide whether the phrase in the sentence is essential or nonessential, and mark your answer. Then in the space provided, correct the sentence by adding any commas necessary. Remember, commas are only... This quiz contains 20 questions.
69	Subject and Predicate	--	A review for sentence structure. Remember, simple subject is a noun or pronoun (ex. he, she, dog, house) and simple predicate is a verb (ex. sit, was dancing)
70	Identifying Concrete/Abstract Nouns	--	Nouns that name people, places, or things that can be seen or recognized through any of the five senses are called concrete nouns. Nouns that name other things, such as ideas, actions, conditions, and qualities are called abstract nouns. What type... This quiz contains 10 questions.
71	Greek & Latin Roots Skills	Sarah R. Baize	These problems ask definitions on Greek & Latin Roots.
72	Reading Quiz - The Great Gatsby Ch 1-4	Mrs. Hemphill	This quiz contains 30 questions.
73	Adjectives	--	Choose the adjective for each sentence.
74	What's the Main Idea?	English Department	This quiz will determine your ability to find the main idea of a passage. This quiz contains 20 questions.
75	1984 Book II Quiz	Courtney Doyland	This quiz contains 11 questions.
76	Sentence structure practice game	Mrs. Enid Baines
77	Julius Caesar Act II Quiz: Kaminski	--	This quiz contains 16 questions.
78	Literary Elements	Bekki Adair	Students practice identifying similes, metaphors, hyperboles, personification, and onomatopoeia in text. This quiz contains 15 questions.
79	Adverbs	--	Pick out the adverb in the sentence.
80	Basic Subject - Verb Agreement	--
81	Parts of Speech review	Mrs. Kromer
82	Adverb Phrases Practice	--	Adverb phrases are prepositional phrases that modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. They answer the questions where, when, how (how long/to what degree) and why. This quiz contains 20 questions.
83	Hangman - Personality Adjectives - PI	Sarah	Guess the personality adjectives
84	Name That Part of Speech	Mrs. Underwood	This game is designed to test your knowledge on parts of speech.
85	inversion exercise	Allan Dalcher	This quiz contains 10 questions.
86	Comma Usage	Jeremy Shaner	This quiz checks that you know how to appropriately use commas based on the rules we covered last week. Read each sentence, and choose the answer that correctly adds comma(s) to each sentence. This quiz contains 10 questions.
87	Using Context Clues	Mrs. Brantley
88	Don't Use Two Negatives!	Ms. Williamson	Students will be able to recognize the grammar weakness of using two negatives in a sentence.
89	Past Simple vs Present Perfect	Sarah	Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb This quiz contains 15 questions.
90	Compound Words	--	A compound word is one made up of two separate words. In this activity, match two words together correctly to make a new word.
91	Sentence Structure	Mrs. Enid Baines	Simple, Compound, Complex sentences This quiz contains 24 questions.
92	"Quotation marks" rags to riches	Kathy Applebee
93	William Shakespeare - his life and times	Mrs. Bryant	A game to test and inform you of the life and times of William Shakespeare
94	Noun, Pronoun or Adjective?	--
95	Contractions	donna taylor	Match the contractions with their correct word pairs
96	PARTS OF SPEECH - Test 2	English Department	Read each sentence carefully. Look at each capitalized word and identify its part of speech. This quiz contains 25 questions.
97	Adjective search	--	Locate the word in each sentence that is the adjective.
98	Rise/Raise Practice Quiz	--	This quiz contains 15 questions chosen from a bank of 21.
99	Prefix and Suffix Battleship	Mrs. James
100	Noun Function Jeopardy	Erin Salona

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