This board helps players review Test Prep · ACT English through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Commas, Semicolons & Colons, Agreement, Diction, Rhetoric. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.
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Use a comma before this when joining two independent clauses.
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A coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)
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Use a semicolon to join two ___ clauses.
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Independent
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Subject-verb: 'Neither the cats nor the dog ___ (is/are) here.'
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is (verb agrees with nearer subject)
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'Affect' vs 'effect' — usually verb is…
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Affect
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Best topic sentences do this.
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State the main idea of the paragraph
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Commas
- $100 — Use a comma before this when joining two independent clauses.
- A coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)
- $200 — Items in a series should be separated by these.
- Commas
- $300 — Should you put commas around an essential clause?
- No
- $400 — Should you put commas around a non-essential clause?
- Yes
- $500 — Comma after an introductory phrase: yes or no?
- Yes
Semicolons & Colons
- $100 — Use a semicolon to join two ___ clauses.
- Independent
- $200 — A colon often comes before a ___.
- List / explanation
- $300 — Can a semicolon replace a period? Generally…
- Yes, between two related independents
- $400 — Use a dash for ___.
- An emphatic break / aside
- $500 — Parentheses suggest the info is ___.
- Less important
Agreement
- $100 — Subject-verb: 'Neither the cats nor the dog ___ (is/are) here.'
- is (verb agrees with nearer subject)
- $200 — Pronoun-antecedent: 'Each student should turn in ___ paper.'
- his or her (or 'their' in modern usage)
- $300 — 'Everyone' takes a ___ verb.
- Singular
- $400 — 'Data' is traditionally ___ in formal writing.
- Plural
- $500 — 'The number of students is/are…'
- is
Diction
- $100 — 'Affect' vs 'effect' — usually verb is…
- Affect
- $200 — 'Then' vs 'than' — comparison uses…
- Than
- $300 — 'Lie' vs 'lay' — recline yourself.
- Lie
- $400 — 'Fewer' vs 'less' — for countable items.
- Fewer
- $500 — 'Who' vs 'whom' — object form.
- Whom
Rhetoric
- $100 — Best topic sentences do this.
- State the main idea of the paragraph
- $200 — Concise writing avoids…
- Wordiness / redundancy
- $300 — Transitions like 'however' show…
- Contrast
- $400 — Parallel structure means…
- Matching grammatical form in a series
- $500 — Tone should match this.
- Audience and purpose
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