What's Your Sentence Type?
Maribel searched for the vision, and she eventually found her missing uncle.
What is a compound sentence?
The U of I swimming teams enjoying a winning streak.
What is a fragment?
Do you think Pepsi is better ___ Coca Cola? We went to the store and ___ to a movie.
What is than and then?
"Than" is a conjunction used to compare two things. "Then" is usually an adverb indicating time.
"Nice" is a word with many meanings and some of them are contradictory.
What is after "meanings"?
The teacher will require a few things on the first day of class three candy bars two strawberry Snack Packs, and one enormous piping cup of coffee.
What is a colon after "class" and a comma after "bars"?
Her transformation into a red panda did not scare her friends.
What is a simple sentence?
Without her cell phone, Morgan felt abandoned from the world, she pretended to call her friends from a banana.
What is a comma splice?
I ___ you that she is a skilled technician. To ___ that the job is done, I will follow up tomorrow. You must ___ your car because the law requires it.
What is assure, ensure, and insure?
"To assure" means to promise or say with confidence. "To ensure" means to make certain. "To insure" means to protect against risk by regularly paying an insurance company.
What is after "slippers," after "stairs," and after "door"?
The TV show was very popular however the movie version was dreadfully awful.
What is a semicolon after "popular" and a comma after "however"?
After naptime, Aubrey wanted three million chocolate chips and a baker's dozen of Oreo cookies.
What is a simple sentence?
Having won the pancake challenge, Drew, who felt bloated but strangley heroic.
What is a fragment?
While the squirrel didn't see how running across the road ___ the woman's driving, the negative ___ soon became clear.
What is affected and effects?
"Affect" is a verb meaning to influence. "Effect" is a noun meaning result.
Janice was a wonderful gracious lady that worked at the diner on the square and she made the best coffee.
What is after "wonderful" and after "square"?
Elizabeth wanted to enjoy the plate of nachos that she and Jared shared, but she worried about black beans sticking to her teeth, cheese dripping from her chin, and the possibility that chip crumbs might catapult from her mouth.
What is an error in parallel structure?
Corrected Version: Elizabeth wanted to enjoy the plate of nachos that she and Jared shared, but she worried about black beans sticking to her teeth, cheese dripping from her chin, and chip crumbs catapulting from her mouth.
As I listened to her story, I realized none of it could be true, so I stared deeply into space instead of listening further.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
Mr. Heyser secretly gorged on donuts then he wiped the powdered sugar from his face and fingers before his wife got home.
What is a run-on?
He ___ from Russia to American. He ___ to America from Russia.
What is emigrated and immigrated?
"Emigrate" means to leave one country in order to live in another country. "Immigrate" means to enter a new coutnry with the intention of living there.
Because of their opposition to institutions that force creatures to live in captivity some people refuse to go to the zoo though many still frequent aquariums.
What is after "captivity" and after "zoo"?
Michael rode his bike to the beach, which was squeaky with rust.
What is a misplaced modifier?
Corrected Version: Michael rode his squeaky, rusty bike to the beach.
I leaped from my seat, raced to the front of the room, and waved my arms wildly until I scared away the bear.
What is a complex sentence?
Mercedes corrected her parents' poor grammar, however, her mom scolded her self-righteousness.
What is a comma splice?
Kim ____ down to take a nap every day at 3:30 p.m. Before falling asleep, Kim ___ her bracelet on the table.
What is lie and lays?
"Lie" is a verb meaning to recline or rest on a surface. "Lay" is a verb meaning to put or place.
Vests which were once popular have been out of vogue for several years yet many other once popular styles are making a crazy unlikely comeback.
What is after "vests," after "popular," after "years," and after "crazy."
Filling the shopping cart with D batteries and bottled water, the completion of our hurricane preparation soothed our anxiety.
What is a misplaced modifier?
Corrected Version: Filling the shopping cart with D batteries and bottled water, we finally completed our hurricane preparation.