Mug 12

MUG #12

Scan the next slide for errors. Mark them on your copy as you find them and then use the quizziz to work through the rest of the errors

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Multiple Choice

Why should ms green be capitalized?

• It is a slang term for money
• It is a misspelling of 'miss'
• It is a type of vegetable
• It is a proper noun and a title.

Drag and Drop

Drag the correct punctuation mark that should go after Ms ​

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Green.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

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Multiple Choice

ms green our Librarian used funds to buy new books for hiring an assistent and to open a computer lab.

Should the word Librarian be capitalized?

• Yes
• Sometimes
• Maybe
• No

Multiple Choice

What is an appositive phrase?

• A verb or verb phrase that renames or identifies another verb in a sentence.
• A type of punctuation used to separate items in a list.
• A noun or noun phrase that renames or identifies another noun or pronoun in a sentence.
• A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun in a sentence.

Multiple Choice

How are appositive phrases punctuated?

• with commas
• with periods
• with semicolons
• with exclamation marks

Draw

Draw commas around the section with the appositive phrase.

Multiple Choice

Select the correctly worded sentence

ms green our Librarian used funds to buy new books for hiring an assistent and to open a computer lab.

• Ms. Green, our librarian, used funds to buy new books, hire an assistant, and open a computer lab.
• Ms. Green, our librarian, used funds to buy books, to hire an assistant, and to open a computer lab in the library.

• Ms. Green, our librarian, used funds to buying new books, hiring an assistant, and opening a computer lab.

• Ms. Green, our librarian, used funds buying new books, hiring an assistant, and opening a computer lab.

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Multiple Choice

How would you mark commas around the apposite phrases in this passage? There may be more than one!

James our uber driver told us hes saving money to by an engagement ring for his beutiful girlfriend Helen.

• James our uber driver told us he's saving money to buy an engagement ring for his beautiful girlfriend Helen
• James our uber driver told us hes saving money to by an engagement ring for his beutiful girlfriend Helen.
• James, our uber driver, told us he's saving money to buy an engagement ring for his beautiful girlfriend, Helen.
• James, our uber driver told us he's saving money to by an engagement ring for his beautiful girlfriend Helen

Multiple Choice

Why should we put an apostrophe after he he in "James our Uber driver told us he's saving..."

• To indicate possession
• To indicate a plural noun
• To indicate a past tense verb
• To indicate a contraction of 'he is'

Multiple Choice

Words like buy, by, and bye are called....

• homophones
• similies

• antonyms
• synonyms

Multiple Choice

Why should "James, our Uber driver, " both be capitalized?

• James and Uber are proper nouns

• James and Uber are verbs

• James and Uber are adjectives

• James and Uber are common nouns

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