Frag/RO/CS
Even though it is summer.
What is fragment?
Correction: Even though it is summer, we are still experiencing cold weather.
Correct this sentence:
I did not have time to stop at the store because I must have stayed late at the office to finish my work.
Correction: I did not have time to stop at the store because I had to stay late at the office to finish my work.
If the parents is too controlling, children will sometimes get out of control rather than grow up to be responsible adults.
Correction: If the parents are too controlling, children will sometimes get out of control rather than grow up to be responsible adults.
What is the adjective form of signify?
What is significant?
table, building, luggage, road, carrot, cat.
Run-on sentence errors and comma-splice errors have similar corrections.
Both error types require punctuation corrections with capitalization and/or connecting word(s).
True or False:
Modals are placed after "not" in negative sentences.
Modals are placed before "not" in negative sentences.
True or False:
An example of a verb suffix is -tion.
What is False?
Noun suffix.
Verbs suffixes are -ate, -en, -ize, and -ify.
During the middle of the semester, we will start to review this chapter and this handouts.
Correction: During the middle of the semester, we will start to review this chapter and these handouts.
What is a semicolon?
Eg. It is going to snow tonight; drivers need to be very cautious on the highways.
What is must?
The number of voters ___ increased.
What is has?
Correction: The number of voters has increased.
What is the adverb form of analyze?
What is analytically?
Some words can be both countable and uncountable.
Eg. work/works, light/lights, chicken/chickens, paper/papers
Identify the error and correct this sentence:
This weekend I went home to San Francisco I spoke no more than twenty complete sentences in English because I always communicated with my family and friends there in Mandarin.
What is a run-on sentence?
Correction: This weekend I went home to San Francisco. I spoke no more than twenty complete sentences in English because I always communicated with my family and friends there in Mandarin.
What are may, might, and could?
Uncountable nouns are followed by plural verbs.
Uncountable nouns are followed by singular verbs.
What are the comparative and superlative forms of difficult?
What is more difficult and most difficult?
My aunt will be taking a three-months vacation in Europe.