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GRAMMAR RULE OF THE WEEK
Capitalize names of people, titles used in front
of a persons name, places, days, months,
holidays, and special events.
2
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • aborigine (n) an original inhabitant

SENTENCE CORRECTION The Pilgrims celebrated the
first thanksgiving in plymouth massachusetts
with the aborigines of the New World.
3
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • altercation (n) a noisy dispute

SENTENCE CORRECTION The altercation on tuesday
between joe and sam was recorded on cell phones
and posted on the internet.
4
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • amalgam (n) a mixture of different elements

SENTENCE CORRECTION My neighbor, ms. smith,
includes an amalgam of ingredients in her famous
apple pie that she serves for christmas.
5
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • ambrosial (adj) delicious fragrant divine

SENTENCE CORRECTION The food in athens, greece
was ambrosial.
6
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • ambulatory (n) a mixture of different elements

SENTENCE CORRECTION The doctor told mr. jones
that he would not be ambulatory after his surgery
in october.
7
GRAMMAR RULE OF THE WEEK
Capitalize names of nationalities, peoples,
languages, direction words referring to parts of
the country, and the name of a school subject
if it comes from the name of a country or is
followed by a Roman numeral.
8
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • amphibious (n) able to function on land and in
    water

SENTENCE CORRECTION Sammy was always in the
pool and was nearly amphibious while his family
was on vacation up north.
9
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • androgynous (adj) having both male and female
    characteristics

SENTENCE CORRECTION The polish public restrooms
are often androgynous in the northern part of
the country.
10
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • aperture (n) an opening a hole

SENTENCE CORRECTION In yearbook I, students
learned about the aperture of the cameras they
were using.
11
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • apex (n) the highest point

SENTENCE CORRECTION The student from Biology
fell from the apex of the mountain that was
located in the south of the country.
12
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • apparition (n) an unusual or unexpected sight

SENTENCE CORRECTION The article in the chinese
newspaper reported that an apparition caused
the uproar in chemistry III class.
13
GRAMMAR RULE OF THE WEEK
Capitalize names, the first word and all
important words in the titles of books, plays,
newspapers, articles, paintings, periodicals,
movies, musical compositions, poems, and other
works of art, references to religions,
denominations, sacred works, books of the Bible,
deities or prophets. Do not capitalize god or
goddesses when it refers to the gods of
mythology.
14
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • appendage (n) something attached to a larger
    item

SENTENCE CORRECTION In the terminator movies,
victims often lose their appendages.
15
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • arcane (adj) secret mysterious

SENTENCE CORRECTION Many methodists believe
that gods like zeus from mythology are arcane.
16
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • archetype (n) the original pattern or model

SENTENCE CORRECTION In the bible, the fall of
Adam and Eve from innocence is an example of an
archetype.
17
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • ballyhoo (n) a noisy, attention-getting
    demonstration or talk

SENTENCE CORRECTION Many religious groups
staged a ballyhoo outside the theater at the
release of Harry Potter and the order of the
phoenix.
18
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • bedlam (n) uproar confusion

SENTENCE CORRECTION The bedlam caused by Johns
altercation with Kyra upset the entire school
for the remainder of the day.
19
GRAMMAR RULE OF THE WEEK
Use apostrophes to show ownership, form
contractions, and in place of omitted numbers
in a year.
20
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • bellicose (adj) warlike quarrelsome

SENTENCE CORRECTION The students bellicose
behavior made the teacher send him out of class.
21
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • billet-doux (n) a love letter

SENTENCE CORRECTION The billet-doux taped to
Sallys locker wasnt the first one she had
received from Tom.
22
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • bizarre (adj) out of the ordinary eccentric
    freakish

SENTENCE CORRECTION Students in the class of 09
thought the new teachers cat tie that he wore
every day was very bizarre.
23
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • bombast (n) pretentious, inflated speech or
    writing

SENTENCE CORRECTION The political campaigns of
08 were full of bombast.
24
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • bona fide (adj) made in good faith genuine

SENTENCE CORRECTION The teenagers bona fide
offer to wash the dishes.
25
GRAMMAR RULE OF THE WEEK
Fragments may lack a subject, verb, or both, or
may be punctuated incorrectly to form an
incomplete thought.
26
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • boudoir (n) a womans dressing room, bedroom,
    or private sitting room

SENTENCE CORRECTION The boudoir in the mansion.
27
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • brouhaha (n) hubbub uproar furor

SENTENCE CORRECTION Creating a brouhaha in
class.
28
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • buffoon (n) a clown, comedian, or laughable
    person

SENTENCE CORRECTION The buffoon in first
period.
29
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • buttress (n) a support

SENTENCE CORRECTION The buttress on the back of
the picture frame.
30
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • cacophonous (adj) harsh-sounding

SENTENCE CORRECTION The cacophonous music was
coming from.
31
GRAMMAR RULE OF THE WEEK
A run-on sentence is two or more complete
sentences written as though they were one
sentence. Two or more sentences may not be
written without punctuation marks or
conjunctions between them.
32
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • cadence (n) rhythm

SENTENCE CORRECTION The military marches in
cadence with each other sometimes they even sing
when they march.
33
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • cameo (n) a raised image on a precious stone a
    small role in a movie or play

SENTENCE CORRECTION Joe Flanigan had a cameo in
an episode of Warehouse 13 he did a great job as
the devil figure.
34
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • carcinogen (n) a substance that causes cancer

SENTENCE CORRECTION Cigarettes are a well-known
carcinogen the surgeon general has a warning on
each packet.
35
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • carnivore (n) a flesh-eating animal

SENTENCE CORRECTION Grizzly bears are
carnivores it is not a good idea to run from
them.
36
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • caucus (n) a closed meeting of members of a
    political party or faction

SENTENCE CORRECTION The Republican caucus was
just as large as the Democratic one they both
discussed different topics, however.
37
GRAMMAR RULE OF THE WEEK
Two or more sentences may not be connected with
a comma. This is known as a comma splice.
38
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • celestial (adj) heavenly

SENTENCE CORRECTION The celestial reflection of
the moon on the water was romantic, there were
many couples enjoying the beautiful view.
39
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • circumvent (v) to avoid by going around to
    outwit

SENTENCE CORRECTION Many people believe that
you cannot circumvent your fate, others believe
that you have no fate and can make your life
what you want it to be.
40
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • citadel (n) a fortress

SENTENCE CORRECTION The college felt like a
citadel, it was easy to get on and off campus.
41
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • cogitate (v) to ponder or think intently

SENTENCE CORRECTION The teacher encouraged the
students to cogitate about the answer to the
question,many students answered quickly.
42
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • comatose (adj) unconscious or inactive

SENTENCE CORRECTION After the surgery, Tom was
comatose and he was moved to intensive care.
43
GRAMMAR RULE OF THE WEEK
A comma is used before a coordinating
conjunction joining two main clauses.
44
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • conflagration (n) a large, destructive fire

SENTENCE CORRECTION The conflagration in the
mountains was the worst in history but the
firefighters managed to extinguish it.
45
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • contretemps (n) an embarrassing incident

SENTENCE CORRECTION Samantha thought the worst
contretemps was falling down the stairs but she
changed her mind after breaking her finger in
gym.
46
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • conveyance (n) a means of transporting a
    vehicle

SENTENCE CORRECTION Her conveyance shut down on
the highway so she called a tow truck.
47
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • corona (n) a halo of light around the sun or
    the moon

SENTENCE CORRECTION She thought she saw a UFO
but it was actually just a corona.
48
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • cryptic (adj) secret mysterious

SENTENCE CORRECTION When the old friends saw
one another, they shared a cryptic handshake and
James felt left out.
49
GRAMMAR RULE OF THE WEEK
Using the grammar rules from this quarter,
identify the errors in the following sentences.
50
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • cuisine (n) food a style of cooking

SENTENCE CORRECTION The class of 12 shared a
nice meal of german cuisine at the reunion in
seattle, washington.
51
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • debonair (adj) suave charming

SENTENCE CORRECTION The new boy at school
seemed very debonair Crystal was too nervous to
talk to him.
52
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • decanter (n) a vessel used to receive liquid
    poured from another

SENTENCE CORRECTION My grandfather wont pour
the wine from the north of japan into the
decanter, he says the bottle is so special that
is should be used.
53
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • deciduous (adj) shedding at a certain stage

SENTENCE CORRECTION In october, the leaves of
many deciduous trees.
54
  • VOCABULARY TERM
  • demagogue (n) leader who promises things to
    people to gain power

SENTENCE CORRECTION The demagogue running for
president was a liar so the public refused to
vote for him, despite his promises.
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