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Identify the error in this sentence: "I love reading, it's my favorite hobby."
What is a comma splice?
Choose the correct verb: "The list of items (are/is) on the desk."
What is "is"?
What punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction?
What is a semicolon?
Choose the correct word to fill in the blank: "The _____ sat on the throne." (Reign/Rain) You must spell out the word in your answer.
What is reign?
Fix this sentence: "The sun was setting, the stars began to appear."
What is:The sun was setting; the stars began to appear.
Fix the verb: "Everyone are going to the party."
What is "Everyone *is* going"?
Identify the type of phrase: "Walking down the street, I saw a friend."
What is a participial phrase?
Choose the correct word: The novel contains an _____ to Greek mythology. (Allusion/Illusion) You must spell out the word in your answer.
What is an allusion?
Which conjunction correctly fixes this splice? "I wanted to go, ___ I was too tired."
What is but?
Select the correct verb: "Neither the teacher nor the students (was/were) ready."
What is "were"
Fix the dangling modifier: "Running to the bus, the backpack fell off."
What is "Running to the bus, *I* lost my backpack"?
Choose the correct word: The new policy had a negative _____ on the budget. (Affect/Effect) You must spell out the word in your answer.
What is effect?
Rewrite this sentence to fix the splice without adding a conjunction: "She studied all night, she still failed the test."
What is "She studied all night; she still failed the test"
Identify the subject that determines the verb here: "The box of chocolates have disappeared."
What is "box" (not chocolates)?
Fix this sentence: "I love coffee it wakes me up."
What is a run-on sentence? (or: What is "I love coffee. It wakes me up."?)
Choose the correct word to fill in the blank: The red tie was a perfect _____ to his blue suit. You must spell out the word in your answer. (Complement/Compliment)
What is complement?
Identify the correct way to join these independent clauses: "The car broke down, we walked home."
What is using a semicolon, a period, or a comma with a coordinating conjunction?
Correct this sentence: "A variety of solutions has been proposed, but there are disagreements."
What is "A variety of solutions *have* been proposed" (when "variety" implies individual members)?
Edit this sentence for clarity and grammar: "Being that it was raining, the game was cancelled."
What is "Because it was raining, the game was cancelled" (or "Since it was raining...")?
Choose the correct word to fill in the blank: We agreed to the _____ of equal pay for equal work. (Principal/Principle) You must spell out the word in your answer.
What is principle?