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What is the purpose of the apostrophe in:

  1. The woman’s heart.
  2. The man’s crazy.
A
  1. Possession

2. Omission

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What is concord?

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Agreement between the subject and the verb.

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Correct and name the error: 🍉

The man with his dog are going to the gym.

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Concord

The man with his dog is going to the gym.

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What is an idiom?

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Sayings that have different figurative meanings to their literal meanings.

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What is a proverb?

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Well-known sayings that give advice.

          🎓
          🤓
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Name and correct the error: 🍉

None of us want to go.

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None of us wants to go.

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What does it mean to say that a rolling stone gathers no moss?

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Someone who never settles in one place or who often changes his job will not succeed in life.

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Name and correct the error: 🍉

Either the roses or the water lily have been chosen.

A

Concord

Either the roses or the water lily has been chosen.

(Verb takes form of last noun)

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What does it mean if you are wet behind the ears?

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You are young and without experience.

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Name and correct the error: 🍉

We all crept towards the noise coming from the center of the abandoned house.

A

Americanism

Centre

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What word can be used for adding extra information?

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Parenthesis

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Fill in apostrophes for:

  1. Rock n roll.
  2. Mr Reess policy.
    🌕
  3. Id love to dance! 💃🏻💃🏼💃🏿💃🏽
A
  1. Rock ‘n’ roll. 🎸🎶
  2. Mr Rees’s policy. 👨🏻
  3. I’d love to dance! 🌹
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Name and correct the error: 🍉

I wanted to quickly hide the evidence.

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Split infinitive

To hide

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Name the verb, auxiliary verb, linking verb and/or participle of:

She is seeking a new village.

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Is: auxiliary verb

Seeking: participle

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Name the verb, auxiliary verb, linking verb and/or participle of:

Seeing the dog, she ran.

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Ran: verb

seeing isn’t a verb

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Name the verb, auxiliary verb, linking verb and/or participle of:

The man is an accountant.

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Is: linking verb

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Name and correct the error: 🍉

I am going to really try hard.

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Split infinitive

I am going to try really hard.

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What are the 7 co-ordinating conjunctions?

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FANBOYS

For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
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What does it mean to be full of airs and graces?

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You are arrogant and believe you are better.

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What do you call language used by experts in a certain field.

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Jargon

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What is pretty ugly an example of?

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Oxymoron

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Name and correct the error: 🍉

Mumps are very painful.

A

Concord

Mumps is very painful.

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When something connected with an object or a person takes the place of the object or person.
e.g. the crown of England.

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Metonymy

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Name and correct the error: 🍉

It ocurred to me that the painting had been replaced.

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Spelling

Occurred

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What is irony?
When you intentionally say one thing but the opposite is true.
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What is sarcasm?
A bitter or cutting remark meant to hurt.
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Correct and name the error: 🍉 The woman wanted to be part of the dolphin commitee. 🐬
Spelling Committee
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What is metonymy?
When something connected with an object or a person takes the place of the object or person. e.g. the crown of England.
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What is jargon?
Language used by experts in a certain field.
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 The light came from underneath the door that was small in size.
Verbosity Omit "in size"
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What are paronyms?
Words with similar pronunciations but different spellings and meanings.
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What are homonyms?
Words with identical spellings and pronunciations but different meanings.
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Name the part of speech: Complained
Verb
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Name the part of speech: Badly
Adverb
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Name the part of speech: My
Pronoun
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 Her garden is so wierd.
Spelling weird
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Name the part of speech: Warning
Abstract noun
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 Either the roses or the water lily has been chosen.
No error
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Name the part of speech: Tournament
Abstract noun
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 I had a brief opportunity to escape within a short space of time.
Tautology/ redundancy Omit "within a short space of time"
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Name the part of speech: Herd
Collective noun
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 More than one were found.
Concord More than one was found.
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Name the part of speech: Freedom
Abstract noun
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Name the part of speech: Lucy
Proper noun
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 The man tried to grab my sleeve, he knew I had taken the emerald.
Comma splice The comma should be a full stop.
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 I was always suspicious of the the accountant in the cuticle next to mine.
Malapropism Cubicle
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Name the part of speech: Photograph
Common noun
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Name the part of speech: Plan
Abstract noun
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Name the part of speech: Need
Verb
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 None of us wants to go.
No error
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Name the part of speech: News
Abstract noun
52
Name 2 subordinating conjunctions.
When, because, although, if ➕Add if you know more.
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What does it mean to bury the hatchet?
To make peace after an argument.
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 It is a priveledge to be here.
Spelling Privilege
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 I tried to seperate the rusks.
Spelling Separate
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What is the difference between due to and owing to?
Due to: caused by Owing to: because of
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When something connected with an object or a person takes the place of the object or person. e.g. the crown of England.
Metonymy
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What is usually the purpose of an ellipses?
It allows the reader to first think about what has just been said before continuing.
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Give an example of a compound-adjective.
(A hyphenated adjective) E.g. Preservative-free, colourant-free etc.
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What is antithesis?
When 2 ideas in a sentence are compared and contradict each other. E.g. The internet is a MASTER of technology and a THIEF of time.
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 The man with his dog is going to the gym.
No error
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What is a paradox?
A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement which, when analysed, is found to be true.
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Name and correct the error: 🍉 I want to develop my own interests.
No error

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