Sentence Types + Commonly Confused Words
Complex Sentence
How can you correct the grammar of the following sentence by adding a semicolon?
We love to play sports, volleyball is the best.
We love to play sports; volleyball is the best.
All of the students needs/need to study.
need
Titles of book chapters go in...
italics
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence:
If you go around the corner you will see the boathouse near the lake.
around the corner
near the lake
I wanted too go too, accept they were already so many further down the path that it effected me negatively.
Combine the two components to make a sentence with an introductory phrase + comma
1. It's raining
2. We will stay home
Since it is raining, we will stay home.
While it is raining, we will stay home.
Because it is raining, we will stay home.
The group of scientists reviews/review the evidence.
Reviews
Titles of poems go in...
quotation marks
How can you identify an essential versus nonessential appositive phrase?
essential: no commas
nonessential: commas surrounding it
Find the commonly confused word error(s) and name the sentence type:
We could of studied harder, but there has been fewer free time lately and the number of assignments has been growing.
Compound sentence
Corrected: We could have studied harder, but there has been less free time lately and the number of assignments has been growing.
How can you edit the grammar of the following sentence to correctly use a semicolon?
I would love to play outside, however, we have class.
I would love to play outside; however, we have class.
Everybody in the class wants/want to do well.
wants
Chapters of book titles go in...
quotation marks
Identify the appositive phrase(s) in the sentences below and determine whether it is essential or nonessential:
My English teacher, Ms. Glickman, made a super fun jeopardy. She loves to make lessons for her students, all 100 of them.
Ms. Glickman---Nonessential
all 100 of them---nonessential
Find the commonly confused word error(s) and turn the comma splice into a compound sentence.
Their are to few fish in the lake, we need to stop the amount of fisherman going they're.
There are too few fish in the lake, so we need to stop the number of fisherman going there.
Edit the list of items below using semicolons:
I need to buy apples, green ones, spices, pumpkin and onion powder, and bowls, also green ones.
I need to buy apples, green ones; spices, pumpkin and onion powder; and bowls, also green ones.
Either of the students think/thinks they will succeed.
thinks
Find the error, if at all, in the following sentence's quote integration:
He writes "everyone deserves equal rights." (Author)
He writes, "everyone deserves equal rights" (Author).
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
For a short time, we lived by an abandoned house.
For a short time
by an abandoned house
Find the commonly confused word error(s) and turn the run-on sentence into a compound-complex sentence.
If the affect of the number of pollution in the ocean could be lessened their would be less deaths of sea creatures and a happier ocean.
If the effect of the amount of pollution in the ocean could be lessened, there would be fewer deaths of sea creatures, and there would be a happier ocean.
What is a conjunctive adverb?
Conjunctive adverb=transition word like however, moreover, or therefore
Can be used in the following grammatical construction: Independent clause;conjunctive adverb,Independent clause.
Neither the brother nor his sisters believe/believes in fate.
believe
Find the errors in the following sentence:
In her paper where she discusses the famous sculpture "The Thinking Man," she says "it is a fine work of art," (Author)
In her paper where she discusses the famous sculpture The Thinking Man, she says, "it is a fine work of art" (Author).
Identify the appositive and prepositional phrases in the sentence below:
John my oldest brother used to walk over a bridge to work everyday, but that bridge, Golden Gate, got torn down for repairs recently.
Appositive phrases:
my oldest brother (essential)
Golden Gate (nonessential)
Prepositional phrase: over a bridge