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Word Choice
Revise/Edit Paragraph
Sentence or Fragment?
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A) Within a few days a new hole would appeer. or B) Within a few days a new hole would appear.
What is B- appear is spelled appear?
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Which sentence is written correctly? A) He doesnt like to eat chocolate, but I do! B) He doesn't like to eat chocolate, but I do!
What is B-doesn't = does + not?
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Choose! A) They left they're door unlocked last night. B) They left their door unlocked last night.
What is B-their means to belong to them - whose door? their door. they're means they are- would you say "They left they are door unlocked last night?"
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Which sentence does not belong? Have you ever lost your “little” brother? Well I did. I lost him at Walmart. Walmart is a favorite shopping place for my cousin.
What is -Walmart is a favorite shopping place for my cousin. This sentence does not connect to any other sentence and does not tell about the main idea.
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Because his car was in the shop.
What is a fragment? This is a dependent clause. It does not express a complete thought (what did the car in the shop cause him to do?)
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A) My mom decided to call some local beekeepers. or B) My mom desided to call some local beekeepers.
What is A-decided?
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Which sentence is written correctly? A) He told me that it's going to be a very stormy day. B) He told me that its going to be a very story day.
What is A- it's = it + is?
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Choose! A) My dad never likes to give us money! B) My dad he never likes to give us money!
What is A- we do not need the pronoun "he"?
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Which sentence should be deleted? My grandmother, my three brothers and I were shopping when we passed the dressing rooms. “Grandmother can I try on my new clothes?” asked my brother Jamie. My Uncle Bill makes fun of Jamie’s name all the time. “No not yet,” answered Grandmother.
What is-My Uncle Bill makes fun of Jamie's name all the time. This paragraph is not about Jamie's name, so this sentence does not belong.
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John waited for the bus all morning in the rain.
What is a sentence? It has a subject/predicate and tells a complete thought.
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A) The audience claped for the performers. or B) The audience clapped for the performers.
What is B- clapped = clap + (p) + ed? When a word ends in a short vowel followed by one consonant, double the consonant before adding a suffix.
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Which sentence is written correctly? A) The doctors hand was cold on my neck. B) The doctor's hand was cold on my neck.
What is B- The doctor's hand - the hand belongs to the doctor?
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Choose! A) People put pumpkins everywhere in October. Even businesses are decorated with them and schools, too. B) People put pumpkins everywhere in October. Even businesses and schools are decorated with them.
What is B- Even businesses and schools would be the subjects of the sentence and they have a common predicate.
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Which sentence should be deleted? Once we all had our new clothes picked out my grandmother said Jamie could go first. That’s when we noticed he wasn’t there! My other brother Cory and I started looking everywhere. Cory is taller than me and two years older.
What is-Corey is taller than me and two years older. The paragraph is all about Jamie getting lost. This sentece does not add to the main idea.
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Rain fell.
What is a sentence? Though short this sentence contains a subject/predicate and tells a complete thought.
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A) The room was so noisey that we couldn't hear the phone ring. or B) The room was so noisy that we couldn't hear the phone ring.
What is B- noisy = noise (-e) + y? When a word ends with silent e, drop the e before adding a suffix.
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Which sentence is written correctly? A) The school's library has a wonderful assortment of books. B) The schools library has a wonderful assortment of books.
What is A-The school's library- the library that belongs to the school?
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Choose! A) The festive orange fruits they are a familiar symbol of the fall season. B) The festive orange fruits are a familiar symbol of the fall season.
What is B- do not need the pronoun "they" since we have the "festive orange fruits"?
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Which sentence should be deleted? We decided to split up, but no matter where I looked I couldn’t find Jamie. I slowed down. I love trying on new clothes! Then I heard Cory shout, “Check underneath the clothes racks!” So I looked under the clothes hangars, but still couldn’t find him.
What is-I love trying on new clothes! This paragraph is all about looking for Jamie.
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Choose the sentence! A) When he finally had to take the test. B) Mark was always careful to show his work.
What is-Mark was always careful to show his work. Sentence A is a fragment. It leaves you wondering what will happen...
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A) My mom carried the baby over to the crib. or B) My mom carryed the baby over to the crib.
What is A- carried = carry (change y to i) + ed? When a word ends with -y, change the y to i before adding a suffix.
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Which sentence is written correctly? A) One example of camouflage is the colors and patterns on all snapping turtles' shells. B) One example of camouflage is the colors and patterns on all snapping turtle's shells.
What is A- turtles' shells- the shells that belongs to all snapping turtles.
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Choose! A) When we did put Rosie outside, she didn't try to escape anymore. B) When we did put Rosie outside, she didn't try to escape or she didn't try to get out anymore.
What is A- this sounds better, less wordy than the other option. Getting out and escaping are the same thing.
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Which sentence should be deleted? Suddenly the intercom came on, “Will the guardian of James Smith please come to the dressing rooms.” That’s when I knew Jamie was found. By the time I got to the dressing rooms my Grandmother and my other two brothers were there. The dressing rooms had brown curtains on each room. James had been trying on his new clothes, and things were good after all.
What is-The dressing rooms had brown curtains on each room. While this sentence describes the dressing room, it does not connect the details or tell about the main idea.
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Choose the fragment! A) I might watch the film, or I might visit my friends. B) The brown dog with the red collar.
What is B? Sentence B tells about the subject, but it does not tell a complete thought. What about the brown dog with the red collar?
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