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1	Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz	--	This quiz contains 20 questions.
2	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.
3	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!!
4	Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences	kristi harmon	This quiz contains 20 questions.
5	Sentence structure practice game	Mrs. Allen
6	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.
7	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.
8	English Irregular Verbs	Sarah Taylor	Learn the past tense of irregular English verbs
9	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.)
10	Fragments and Run-ons	Mrs. Roberts	Practice determining if the group of words is a sentence, fragment, or run-on.
11	Text Structure	Mrs. Brantley
12	Commas Galore	--	Practice with commas.
13	Parts of Speech - Level 2	Liz Flynn	Can you identify nouns, verbs, and adjectives? Try it! Think about each question carefully.
14	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.
15	Conjunctions; Compound Sentences	Mrs. Roberts	Choose the correct conjunction to combine the clauses into a compound sentence.
16	Context Clues	--
17	Run On Sentences	--	Identify if each sentence is a run on sentence or a complete sentence.
18	Literary Elements	Miss Farlin	How well do you know your literary elements? Play this game to find out! Good Luck!
19	Capitalization and Punctuation	--	Identify the sentence that is correct.
20	Sentence Types	--	Identify the four different types of sentences
21	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.
22	FIGURES OF SPEECH	Mrs. Maida
23	Differentiating Sentences, Run-ons, and Fragments	--	Identify each sentence as complete, run-on, or a fragment
24	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.
25	Context Clues Quiz	English Department	Select the most accurate meaning of the capitalized word in each sentence. This quiz contains 15 questions.
26	Sentence structure practice game	Mrs. Rutter
27	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.
28	Hangman	Cherie Dickey
29	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.
30	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)
31	Identifying common and proper nouns in paragraphs	--	decide which form of the word should be used in the blank
32	Basic Subject - Verb Agreement	--
33	"Bio" Vocabulary Quiz	Mrs. Brantley	Bio is a root that is assessed in Kansas during 7th grade. How familiar are you with the vocabulary words that contain the root bio? This quiz contains 15 questions.
34	Differentiating Sentences, Run-ons, and Fragments	--	Identify each sentence as complete, run-on, or a fragment
35	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.
36	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.
37	Greek & Latin Roots Skills	Sarah R. Baize	These problems ask definitions on Greek & Latin Roots.
38	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.
39	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.
40	Spelling Bee	--	Choose the correct spelling for each of these commonly misspelled words.
41	Fahrenheit 451 Part TWO Practice Quiz- pages 71-91	Erin Salona	Use your F451 books if needed. This quiz contains 21 questions.
42	Parts of Speech review	Mrs. Kromer
43	Singular and Plural Nouns	--	Match the singular nouns with the correct plural nouns. Words include both regular and irregular nouns.
44	Infinitive Phrase Practice Quiz	Erin Salona	This quiz contains 15 questions.
45	Noun, Pronoun or Adjective?	--
46	Pronoun Battleship	Mrs. McGinn	Choose the pronoun that correctly completes each sentence.
47	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.
48	Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions	Mrs. Polito	Determine if each sentence is punctuated correctly (true) or not (false) This quiz contains 10 questions.
49	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.
50	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!
51	S-V agreement - Indefinite Pronouns	--	This quiz contains 15 questions chosen from a bank of 25.
52	Simile, Metaphor, or Personification?	Mr. G	Read the sentence, then decide if it is a simile, metaphor, or personification.
53	#1 Verb Tense Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Erin Salona	Choose the correct verb tense for each question. Remember to use the "hints."
54	Sentence Fragments and Run-ons	Sra. Mendoza
55	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!
56	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.
57	Idioms	--
58	MLA format, Quiz 1	Ms. Webster	Assessment for MLA format - heading, header, title. This quiz contains 10 questions.
59	A Feast of Homonyms	Mona	A matching game of homonyms.
60	Distinguishing Fact and Opinion	Ms. Moye	Identify whether the statement is fact or opinion. This quiz contains 25 questions.
61	Fact vs. Opinion	Mrs. Campbell	Measure your ability to distinguish fact from opinion. Are you a critical reader? This quiz contains 13 questions.
62	Name That Part of Speech	Mrs. Underwood	This game is designed to test your knowledge on parts of speech.
63	Noun Function Jeopardy	Erin Salona
64	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.
65	Face Idioms	--	Match these idioms with their definitions.
66	Sentence structure practice game	Mrs. Enid Baines
67	FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE JEOPARDY	Ms. Carpenter	Identify the different types of figurative language as similes, metaphors or personification.
68	Adjective Phrase Practice	--	This quiz contains 20 questions.
69	Prefix Skills	Jose Otero	This game is here to help you in learning your prefixes.
70	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.
71	Verb To Be - Present	--
72	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.
73	Writing conventions practice	Ms. Wayne	This quiz contains 10 questions chosen from a bank of 29.
74	Ch.1-12 summary of Freak the Mighty	--	Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.
75	Linking Verbs and Action Verbs	Mr. Shelley	Identifying linking verb and action verbs. This quiz contains 15 questions.
76	Adjectives	--	Choose the adjective for each sentence.
77	Literary terms Quiz	evelyn rodd	Choose the term that best matches the definition. This quiz contains 26 questions.
78	Direct Objects	Mrs. K. Mack
79	Literary Elements	Bekki Adair	Students practice identifying similes, metaphors, hyperboles, personification, and onomatopoeia in text. This quiz contains 15 questions.
80	Filling in gaps	--	Chose the correct word from the list to complete the story.
81	Using Context Clues	Mrs. Brantley
82	Poetic Terms Game II	Mrs. Enid Baines	Play this game to review poetry terms pertaining to symbolism, irony, rhythm, rhyme, and other sound devices. Spelling counts!
83	Sentence Structure	Mrs. Enid Baines	Simple, Compound, Complex sentences This quiz contains 24 questions.
84	Sentence building, word order, and punctuation	--	Put these punctuation marks, words, phrases, and clauses in order to make a sentence.
85	inversion exercise	Allan Dalcher	This quiz contains 10 questions.
86	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.
87	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.
88	Rise/Raise Practice Quiz	--	This quiz contains 15 questions chosen from a bank of 21.
89	Measuring Time	--	Cloze activity
90	Grammar battle	--
91	Subjects and Predicates II - Halloween Style	Mr. Siemers	Get all the answers correct and you could win a 1959 toaster! Life is good! So is the book "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving.
92	Fragment, Comma Splice, and Fused Sentences Quiz - 2014	8th Grade ELA	This is a quiz on fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences. It also includes some questions about subject-verb agreement and sentence types. This quiz contains 20 questions.
93	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.
94	Prefix and Suffix Battleship	Mrs. James
95	12 common Idioms Illustrated by Bruegel	Ms Maufroid
96	Contractions	donna taylor	Match the contractions with their correct word pairs
97	Reading Quiz - The Great Gatsby Ch 1-4	Mrs. Hemphill	This quiz contains 30 questions.
98	Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots	Mrs. Rodrigues	Define the prefix, suffix, roots of each of the following words
99	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.
100	Find the Nouns	--	The object of this game is to find and identify naming words for people, places, animals, and things (Nouns).

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