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Fix the capitalization: my dog likes to play outside.

What is: My dog likes to play outside.

100

Is this a complete sentence or a fragment? “Because I was late.”

What is: Fragment

100

What punctuation mark belongs at the end of this sentence? “I love reading books”

What is: Period

100

Identify the 2 nouns: “The cat slept on the couch.”

What is: cat and couch

100

Replace the word good with a stronger word: “The food was good.”

What is: delicious, excellent, amazing, etc

200

Add the missing punctuation: Where are you going

What is: Where are you going?

200

Is this a complete sentence or a run-on? “I like soccer I play every weekend.”

What is: Run-on

200

Which word needs a capital letter? “my sister lives in georgia.”

What is: Georgia

200

Identify the verb: “The students laughed at the joke.”

What is: laughed

200

Add an adjective to make this sentence more descriptive: “The dog ran across the yard.”

What is: brown, fast, etc

300

Fix the capitalization and punctuation: on saturday we went to the park

What is: On Saturday, we went to the park. 

300

What is missing from this fragment? “Went to the store after school.”

What is: The subject. (Who went to the store?)

300

Add the missing punctuation: “Wow that was amazing”

What is: Wow! That was amazing!

300

Which word is the adjective? “The tall boy ran quickly.”

What is: tall

300

Combine these sentences into one: “I was tired. I went to bed early.”

I was tired, so I went to bed early. 

400

Fix the sentence: She walk to school every morning.

What is: She walks to school every morning. 

400

Fix this run-on: “The dog barked loudly the baby woke up.”

What is: The dog barked loudly, and the baby woke up.

400

Correct the capitalization and punctuation: “we visited my aunt on monday”

What is: We visited my aunt on Monday.

400

Which word is the adverb? “She carefully opened the box.”

What is: Carefully

400

Add details to improve this sentence: “The girl walked into the room.”

What is: (Ex) The nervous girl walked into the crowded room. 

500

Find and correct all the errors: my brother dont like scary movies because they is too frightening

What is: My brother doesn't like scary movies because they are too frightening. 

500

Rewrite this fragment as a complete sentence: “When the movie finally ended.”

What is: When the movie finally ended, we went home. 

500

Correct the capitalization and punctuation: “after school i went home ate a snack and finished my homework”

What is: After school, I went home, ate a snack, and finished my homework.

500

Identify the noun, verb, and adjective: “The hungry puppy chased the ball.”

What is: puppy, chased, and hungry

500

Rewrite this sentence to make it more interesting: “The boy saw something outside.”

What is: Example: “The scared boy spotted a strange shadow moving outside his window.”