A few days later we returned to the store to pick up my glasses.
What is a simple sentence?
100
A trip to the dentist, a major test, a visit with Aunt Mildred- these all turned out not to be so bad. (comma rule)
What is the comma rule for items in a series?
100
First I noticed that I could read the print on a poster across the room. (what's missing)
What is a comma?
100
has to happen; unavoidable (vocabulary word)
What is inevitable?
100
Q31 Answer C
What is a comma splice?
200
However, when I got to school the next day, I was in for a surprise.
What is a complex sentence?
200
But when I realized I was having trouble seeing the board, my heart sink. - change sink to sank
What is the verb tense?
200
After the exam, we headed straight to the store to pick out frames. (comma reason/rule)
What is the comma rule for an introductory prepositional phrase?
200
not able to allow or to permit (vocabulary word)
What is unacceptable?
200
As it has done for more than a century (what kind of error is this)
What is a fragment?
300
That's what I thought getting glasses would be like, I was certain it would be the end of life as I knew it. (error)
What is a comma splice?
300
As soon as I put them on, a new world opened up in front of me. (comma rule)
What is the comma rule for a dependent clause starting the sentence?
300
But when I realized that I was having trouble seeing the board at school, I my heart sank.
What is the comma rule for a dependent clause followed by an independent clause?
300
"Those are the ones I want."
What is dialogue/direct quote?
300
Because I was certain it would be the end of life as I knew it - Q32/H
What is a fragment/dependent clause?
400
I finally told my mom, and she took me to the eye doctor. (sentence type)
What is a compound sentence?
400
That's what I thought getting glasses would be like. (apostrophe)
What is a contraction?
400
Instead of telling my mom, I asked the teacher to move me to the front of the room. (comma reason/rule)
What is the comma rule for introductory phrase?
400
That's
What is a contraction?
400
Q35 - helped to helps
What is past to present tense?
500
I was sure that I would look terrible in glasses all the kids would tease me. (error - Q36)
What is a run-on sentence?
500
I pointed to them and said, "Those are the glasses I want". (comma rule)
What is the comma rule for a direct quotation?
500
However, when I got to school the next day, I was in for a surprise. (comma rule)
What is the comma rule for a complex sentence with the subordinating conjunction starting the sentence (dependent clause followed by an independent clause)?