Sentence problems
Prepositions
Appositives
Phrases
Word Choice
100
The dog ran outside and never came back which caused our father to spend time trying to find it around our neighborhood. What is wrong with this sentence?
What is a run on sentence
100
We walked the dog around our neighborhood. What is the preposition?
What is "around"
100
The cat, angry from being woken up, chased the small dog What kind of phrase is shown?
What is appositive
100
To the store What kind of phrase is this?
What is a prepositional phrase
100
_____ dog went outside, and brought back a dead bird. Choose the correct word: they're, their, and there
What is their
200
No one had seen our poor dog, who had been missing for four days, our father then decided to give up hope on finding him. What is wrong with this sentence
What is a comma splice
200
The dog spotted a cat and barked loudly to scare it. What is the infinitive phrase?
To scare it
200
A bald eagle, known for it's white head, is easily spotted flying through the sky. What is the appositive phrase?
Known for it's white head
200
Looking around What kind of phrase is this?
What is participial
200
"The cats are hungry," commented my brother. "_____ turn is it to feed them?" Choose the correct word: who's, or whose
What is whose
300
My brother, who looked like a rock star. What is wrong with this sentence?
What is a fragment
300
My friends and I walked through the snow outside. What is the prepositional phrase?
Through the snow outside
300
Most of my friends are from Anchorage, a city in Alaska. What is the appositive phrase?
A city in Alaska
300
Bringing the equipment to practice What kind of phrase is this?
What is gerund
300
I pulled on a pair of old jeans and found they were too _____. Choose the correct word: loose, lose
What is loose
400
The cat hissed at the dog who decided to get to close to it's food dish and then batted the poor dog on the nose for growling. What is wrong with this sentence?
What is a run on
400
Our cat was not afraid to attack our large pitbull. What is the preposition?
To
400
Cupcakes with fondant, a shaped candy topping, are my favorite. What is the appositive phrase?
A shaped candy topping
400
The second planet from the sun What kind of phrase is this?
What is appositive
400
The dog's chain was too lose, so we had to buy another chain for it. What's wrong with the sentence?
The word lose should be changed to loose
500
The cat and the dog never got along well and we were surprised to find the house in one piece when we got home and they were both asleep on the couch together. How can this sentence be corrected?
The cat and the dog never got along well and we were surprised to find the house in one piece when we got home. They were bother asleep on the couch together.
500
We told the teacher about our ideas for the paper, and she said to look in the library for information. What is the prepositional phrase?
About our ideas; to look in the library; for information
500
Our mother, a very patient person, couldn't stand my brother's loud rock music. What is the appositive phrase?
A very patient person.
500
To find a job What kind of phrase is this?
What is infinitive
500
"Its time for American Idol!" Shouted my sister from the other room. What's wrong with this sentence?
The word its should be changed to it's
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