Identifying Tenses
What tense is this?
I will have walked the dog before six.
What is Future Perfect?
Dangling or misplaced?
The Chevrolet parked on the street is mine.
What is a Misplaced modifier?
What are dashes used for?
Dashes are used when someone is interrupting another, to emphasize something, or to separate.
Fix this sentence:
I don't want no sympathy from you.
Replace no with any.
Put the proper punctuation for this sentence:
The weather is surprisingly nice out the temperature is 72 degrees
The weather is surprisingly nice out;the temperature is 72 degrees.
What tense is this?
The washing machine ran.
What is simple past?
Identify the modifier in this sentence:
I have a yellow jacket at home.
What is yellow?
What are parentheses used for?
They can be used to add extra information to a sentence or to sight something in a research paper.
Correct this sentence:
I don't want no candy.
What is I don't want any candy.
Place the appropriate punctuation for this sentence:
Albert my childhood friend is a nice guy
Albert, my childhood friend, is a nice guy.
What is this tense?
I will have been swimming for 5 hours.
What is future perfect progressive?
Dangling or misplaced?
I only have a few minutes.
What is a misplaced modifier.
When should you use ellipses?
You should use ellipses in writing when someone cannot complete a thought, when you are trying to set a suspenseful tone or when somebody is trying to be dramatic or emotional.
Correct this sentence:
I don't want hardly any breakfast.
Take out don't.
Place the appropriate punctuation for this sentence:
Hello how are you I said to the stranger
"Hello, how are you" I said to the stranger.
Identify this tense:
I have run in my lifetime.
What is present perfect?
Dangling or misplaced?
On a trip to school, A deer was spotted.
What is dangling?
What are colons used for?
Colons are used to start a list, to emphasize something, defining words, writing time down, ratios etc. etc.
When is it ever okay to use double negatives in writing?
It is okay if you are trying to convey someone's ethnicity or characteristics when they are speaking.
Place the appropriate punctuation for this sentence:
Jeff the hard headed boy is 12 years old
Jeff, the hard-headed boy is 12-years-old.
Identify this tense:
I had been watching TV.
What is past perfect progressive?
Identify the modifier and the type of modifying error in this sentence:
The car on the street which is white is mine.
What is white and it is a misplaced modifier.
What are the 4 types of sentences and what mark do you put at the end of each?
Exclamatory!, Declarative., Interrogative?, Imperative!.
Fix this sentence:
We don't scarcely have enough apple juice.
Take out scarcely.
Place the appropriate punctuation for this sentence:
Its a stormy winter day
It's a stormy, winter day.