Punctuation
Combining Sentences
Verbals/Modifiers
Verbs
Grab Bag
100
When summer begins we will go to the beach.
What is begins, we?
100
The dream of many students is to got to an elite college. Start with an infinitive.
To go to an elite college,....
100
Fix the misplaced modifier: Wearing a collar, I walked my dog.
What is I walked my dog that was wearing a collar.
100
There are several students who do / does want exams to end.
What is do?
100
The teacher told Tom to sit/set in his seat.
What is sit
200
Many people like to, run, jump, and play outside.
What is to run
200
Jim likes waffles. Jim is one of the boys in class. Use an appositive.
What is Jim, one of the boys in class,
200
Positive, comparative, or superlative? Who is the tallest girl in our class?
What is superlative.
200
The dogs (eat) their food. Future
What is will eat?
200
I will sit/set my backpack on the ground
What is set
300
Sara my sister is going to Florida.
What is Sara, my sister,
300
Many students are excited to go on vacation in summer. Start with a prepositional phrase.
What is In summer, many students....
300
Fix the sentence. Baking in the oven, the pizza smelled well.
What is smelled good.
300
The boy (run) in the race last week. (past)
What is ran?
300
The hen has laid/lain an egg.
What is laid?
400
We have two tests tomorrow religion and math.
What is tomorrow: religion
400
Many kittens and puppies are in shelters. I would like to give them a good home. Make a compound sentence.
What is Many kittens and puppies are in shelters, so I....
400
Find the participle phrase. Jumping up and down, the little boy tried to see in the window.
What is Jumping up and down....
400
The boys (run) in the race for three years in a row. (past participle)
What is have run?
400
Find the errors. Twenty five people are in this class; twelve boys and thirteen girls.
Twenty-five people are in this class: twelve boys and thirteen girls.
500
Kittens; puppies; and chicks those are my favorite animals.
What is Kittens, puppies, and chicks: those are my favorite animals
500
I would like to go to the zoo. My sister would like to go to the museum. Make a complex sentence.
What is While I would like to go to the zoo,my sister...
500
Identify the prepositional phrase and if it is used as an adjective or adverb. Susan runs in the rain.
What is In the rain - adverb
500
Correct? or fix the error. When we go to the beach, my sister likes to lay in the sun and sleep.
What is lie in the sun?
500
Find the errors. The "Taming of the shrew" is a play written by William shakespeare
What is The Taming of the Shrew (underline) is a play written by William Shakespeare.
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