Grammar: Week 19

Which is correct? "a lot" or "alot"

• a lot
• alot

Match the Author's Purpose with it's definition

• Teach the reader something

• Inform

• Writing for the reader to enjoy

• Persuade

• Convince the reader to feel or think

• Entertain

Choose the appropriate perfect verb tense: Sasha could not remember if she _____________ the front door earlier, so she went back to check.

• has locked

• had locked

• will have locked

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Layla my sister is having a party for Cinco de Mayo.
• Layla, my sister is having a party for Cinco de Mayo.
• Layla my sister, is having a party for Cinco de Mayo.
• Layla, my sister, is having a party for Cinco de Mayo.

We can hear the clicking of the cow's ______________.

• hoofs
• hooves
• hoofes

Is this sentence simple or compound?
Mary and Jazz are making the best commercial in class.

• simple
• compound

Mike watched basketball last night, but Jenn watched hockey. 
What type of sentence is this?

• simple
• compound
• complex

What words need to be capitalized?
the basketball player shoots like kevin durant.

• The, Kevin, Durant
• The, Basketball, Player
• The, Basketball, Kevin, Durant
• Kevin, Durant

Which sentence is incomplete

• As I was running into the kitchen yesterday.
• I drove home.
• Please leave now.
• I willed him to leave the room.

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• "Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.
• Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.
• "Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.
• Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.