Pass Conventions

Read the following sentence:

Some people don't realize that video games help teens develop critical thinking skills, and make good choices, yet some parents don't allow their kids to play them.

Where should we delete a comma at?

(PUN-Punctuation/Conventions)

• NO CHANGE

• after "choices"

• after "skills"

What is it called when you tell the reader where you got evidence from?

• Demonstration

• Citation 

• Memorization 

• Analysis

Which sentence uses the correct past tense convention?

• She runned to the store yesterday.

• She ran to the store yesterday.

• She run to the store yesterday.

• She running to the store yesterday.

Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

• The group of students are going on a trip.

• The group of students is going on a trip.

• The group of students were going on a trip.

• The group of students be going on a trip.

Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

• I need to buy eggs, milk, and bread.

• I need to buy eggs milk and bread.

• I need to buy, eggs, milk and bread.

• I need to buy eggs milk, and bread.

Which word is a synonym for 'convention'?

• Tradition

• Innovation

• Disorder

• Chaos

What is the main idea of the following passage? 'The annual festival is a time-honored convention that brings the community together for celebration and reflection.'

• The festival is a new event.

• The festival is a time for solitude.

• The festival is a traditional community event.

• The festival is a time for chaos.

Identify the sentence with the correct use of 'their', 'there', and 'they're'.

• Their going to the park over there.

• They're going to the park over there.

• There going to the park over their.

• Their going to the park over they're.

Which sentence is written in passive voice?

• The cake was eaten by the children.

• The children ate the cake.

• The children are eating the cake.

• The children will eat the cake.

Choose the correct form of the verb: 'She _____ the book before the deadline.'

• finish

• finishes

• finished

• finishing