Punctuation
Subjects and Verbs
Fragment/Run-on/Comma Problem
Types of Sentences
Additional Material
100
The correctly punctuated sentence is: a) Spain is a beautiful country; its beache's are warm, sandy, and spotlessly clean. b) Spain is a beautiful country: it's beaches are warm, sandy, and spotlessly clean. c) Spain is a beautiful country; it's beaches are warm, sandy, and spotlessly clean. d) Spain is a beautiful country; its beaches are warm, sandy, and spotlessly clean.
What is d.
100
The definition of a subject is this.
What is who or what is doing the action or who or what the sentence is about.
100
What type of sentence error is the following? My old apartment had a lot of problems. For example, no hot water in the morning and windows that weren't sealed well so that the cool air blew through my bedroom on a stormy winter night.
What is a fragment.
100
What type of sentence is the following? Denise wanted to go shopping, but Fred refused to drive her.
What is a compound sentence.
100
Reword the following sentence so it eliminates any confusion. This morning, I planned my day in the shower.
What is "This morning, while in the shower, I planned my day."
200
Which of the following is correctly punctuated? a) The children's books were all left in the following places: Jill's room, Mr. Powell's office, and the caretaker's cupboard. b) The children's books were all left in the following places; Jill's room, Mr. Powell's office and the caretaker's cupboard. c) The childrens books were all left in the following places: Jills room, Mr. Powells office, and the caretakers cupboard. d) The children's books were all left in the following places, Jill's room, Mr. Powell's office, and the caretaker's cupboard.
What is a.
200
In the following sentence, please identify the subject(s) and the verb(s). Last night, the security guard on duty at the bank had never noticed a suspicious person lurking outside the building.
The subject is "guard"; the verb is "had noticed".
200
What type of sentence error is the following? We usually leave at 11:00, but today is different we are leaving at 10:30.
What is a run-on.
200
These are the type of conjunctions you need to use to form a complex sentence.
What are subordinating conjunctions.
200
Reword the following to eliminate any confusion. I could hear my neighbors screaming at each other through the apartment walls.
What is "I could hear through the apartment walls my neighbors screaming at each other."
300
Which of the following is correctly punctuated? a) She always enjoyed: sweets, chocolate, marshmallows, and toffee apples. b) She always enjoyed sweets, chocolate, marshmallows, and toffee apples. c) She always enjoyed sweets chocolate marshmallows and toffee apples. d) She always enjoyed sweet's, chocolate, marshmallow's, and toffee apple's.
What is b.
300
For the following sentences, please identify the subject(s) and the verb(s): A driving rain and icy snow fell steadily all evening before we arrived home safely.
The subjects are "rain" and "snow" and "we"; the verbs are "fell" and "arrived".
300
What type of sentence error is in the following? Eric took an aisle seat on the bus. His reason being that he had more leg room.
What is a fragment.
300
What type of sentence is the following? Susan, who is my dearest friend, is traveling to Ireland to visit her relatives.
What is a complex sentence.
300
Correct use of capital letters, as necessary: "After age Eighty," grandma ida would say, "time passes very quickly. It seems as though it's time for breakfast every fifteen minutes."
Capitalize "Grandma Ida" and "Time"; lower case "eighty".
400
Which of the following is correctly punctuated? a) I can't see Tim's car, there must have been an accident. b) I cant see Tim's car; there must have been an accident. c) I can't see Tim's car there must have been an accident. d) I can't see Tim's car; there must have been an accident.
What is d.
400
For the following sentence, identify the subject(s) and the verb(s) and determine if the verb(s) agrees with each subject. If it doesn't, what should it be? The house where he was born need repair.
The first subject is "house"; the verb that goes with it is "need". The second subject is "he"; the second verb is "was born". The verb "need" does not agree with its subject -- add -s to the end so it reads "needs".
400
What kind of sentence error is in the following? When the lecture was over, everyone started packing up to go home putting their books in bags and leaving the room.
What is a comma problem.
400
What type of sentence is the following? Over the bridge and through the woods we drove, hoping to see Grandma's house from a distance.
What is a simple sentence.
400
Please make the following parallel (balanced): Andreas is known to skip classes, make excuses, and then he borrows his classmates' notes.
What is "... and borrow his classmates' notes."
500
Which of the following is correctly punctuated? a) That tall man, who is Paul's grandad, is this month's winner. b) That tall man who is Paul's grandad is this month's winner. c) That tall man, Paul's grandad, is this months winner. d) That tall man, who is Pauls grandad, is this month's winner.
What is a.
500
Please identify the subject and the verb in the following sentence. At the street corner, next to the light post and trash container, stood a tiny, elderly woman waiting for a cab.
The subject is "woman"; the verb is "stood".
500
What type of sentence error is in the following? The engineer told us "The bridge will support your truck."
What is a comma problem.
500
What type of sentence is the following? A painting which everyone dislikes was removed from the hall.
What is a complex sentence.
500
For the following, please correct any punctuation problem. The horse trainer worked tirelessly to remove splinters from horses hooves.
What is "horses' ".
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