Click a row to see which paragraphs the student missed. Unlock lets that student take the practices again; ✕ deletes that student's scores.
Read the paragraph. The green sentence is the topic sentence. Also called the thesis, controlling idea, main idea, or central idea.
Click each sentence to mark it: yellow = connects or red = does not connect. Click a sentence again to switch its color.
Mark every sentence, then press the button. One sentence mentions the topic but does not support the main idea.
5 fresh paragraphs, just like Deletion Practice. Every one counts toward your new grade.
The green sentence is the topic sentence.
Click each sentence: yellow = connects or red = does not connect. One sentence mentions the topic but does not support the main idea.
Read the paragraph. The green topic sentence hides one vague word. A vague word — like stuff or things — tells the reader almost nothing.
Tap the vague word to highlight it, then press the button.
Found it? Pick the one word out of four that the paragraph's details prove.
This is a quiz — 25 questions, and every one counts toward your grade.
Comma questions — tap the word the comma belongs after, and it appears for you. Tap a different word to move it.
If you think a sentence is correct without a comma, press No comma needed.
Fill in the blank — choose the one word that best completes the sentence.
Rebuild the sentence — the clauses are out of order. Tap or drag them into the correct order, and add the comma and period chips where they belong. Tap a placed chip to send it back.
Which word completes the sentence?
green = independent clause (can stand alone) · yellow = dependent clause
You will see four versions of the same sentence. Only one is written correctly. The wrong ones hide comma splices, run-ons, wrong joining words (FANBOYS / AAAWWUBBIS), flipped clauses, fragments, misplaced modifiers, stringy and…and…and sentences, or an -ing verb missing its helping verb.
Tap the sentence you think is correct, then press Next → to lock it in. Every right answer adds a checkmark ✓ to your board, and every wrong answer takes one away. If you think a sentence is wrong, tap its ✕ to cross it out (tap ↩ to bring it back).
Get 6 checks on the board to finish. Your grade is the questions you got right out of the questions you answered — and you can retake the test as many times as you want. Your highest grade is the one that counts.
Tap the sentence that is written correctly, then press Next →.
Each question shows two ideas run together with the punctuation missing. It is either two complete sentences — they need a period between them — or a dependent clause (it starts with an AAAWWUBBIS word) followed by a complete sentence — they need a comma between them.
Tap the word where the first idea ends, and two buttons appear — , comma and . period. Choose one, and the sentence shows your fix. Check that it looks right, then press Next → to lock it in.
Every right answer adds a checkmark ✓ to your board, and every wrong answer takes one away. Get 10 checks to finish. Your grade is the questions you got right out of the questions you answered — and you can retake the test as many times as you want. Your highest grade counts.
Tap the word where the first idea ends, then choose the comma or the period. Press Next → to lock it in.
An appositive is a noun phrase that renames the noun right beside it — My dog, a lazy old beagle, sleeps all day. Each sentence here has an appositive in the middle or at the end, but its commas are missing.
Tap the word each comma comes after. A middle appositive needs commas on both sides — that's two taps. An appositive at the end needs one comma in front of it. Tap a word again to take its comma back, then press Next → to lock it in.
Every fully correct sentence adds a checkmark ✓ to your board, and every wrong one takes one away. Get 6 checks to finish. Your grade is the sentences you got right out of the sentences you answered — and you can retake it as many times as you want. Your highest grade counts.
Tap the word each comma comes after — tap again to remove it. Middle appositives need two commas, end appositives need one. Press Next → to lock it in.
Each question shows a sentence and a box of extra info — an appositive that renames one noun in the sentence. Example: sentence My dog sleeps all day + extra info a lazy old beagle.
Tap the word the extra info belongs after. The sentence shows your fix with the commas added, so read it back — the appositive must sit right beside the noun it renames. Tap a different word to move it, then press Next → to lock it in.
Every correct placement adds a checkmark ✓ to your board, and every wrong one takes one away. Get 6 checks to finish. Your grade is the questions you got right out of the questions you answered — and you can retake it as many times as you want. Your highest grade counts.
Tap the word the extra info belongs after — the commas are added for you. Press Next → to lock it in.
Read a short passage of two paragraphs, then ask yourself: why did the author write this? To persuade you of an opinion, to inform you with facts, to entertain you with a story, or to explain how to do something.
Tap the one purpose out of four that fits the whole passage, then press Next → to lock it in. If you think a choice is wrong, tap its ✕ to cross it out.
Every right answer adds a checkmark ✓ to your board, and every wrong answer takes one away. Get 5 checks to finish. Your grade is the questions you got right out of the questions you answered — and you can retake it as many times as you want. Your highest grade counts.
Read the passage. Why did the author most likely write it? Tap your answer, then press Next →.
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