Sentence Fixers
A group of words that looks like a sentence but is missing something important.
What is a sentence fragment?
Which punctuation should go at the end of this sentence: “Watch out”
What is an exclamation mark?
“Jump,” “run,” and “think” are examples of what part of speech?
What are verbs?
What part of writing helps you stay organized before you start?
What is an outline or a graphic organizer?
Fix the contraction: “It doesnt make sense.”
What is “It doesn’t make sense.”?
“I read the book, I liked it a lot.” What kind of error is this?
What is a comma splice?
Where’s the comma? “Yes I finished my homework.”
What is “Yes, I finished my homework.”?
Find the noun: “My sister loves to paint.”
What is “sister”?
What’s the job of a body paragraph?
What is to explain and support the main idea?
Choose the correct word: “We’re going to (there / their / they’re) house.”
What is “their”?
Combine these: “The lights went out. We lit a candle.”
What is “The lights went out, so we lit a candle.”?
Choose the correct punctuation: “I have a test tomorrow I need to study.”
What is a semicolon or a period?
Choose the correct word: “They (is / are) ready to go.”
What is “are”?
What does it mean to “edit” your writing?
What is to fix spelling, punctuation, and grammar mistakes?
What’s wrong here: “I goed to the store.”
What is “goed” should be “went”?
What makes a sentence a run-on?
What is when two or more sentences are joined without proper punctuation?
Why do we use commas in a list?
What is to separate each item so it's easier to read?
What’s wrong here: “Him and I went to the store.”
What is it should be “He and I went to the store.”?
What kind of sentence grabs the reader’s attention at the beginning?
What is a hook?
Fix this sentence: “Do you know were the library is?”
What is “Do you know where the library is?”
Rewrite this fragment to make it complete: “When I finished my homework.”
What is “When I finished my homework, I went outside.”
Fix this: “Before the bell rings put your name on your paper.”
What is “Before the bell rings, put your name on your paper.”?
What is a preposition?
What is a word that shows direction, place, or time (like under, before, with)?
What do you call writing that explains how to do something or gives facts?
What is informational or explanatory writing?
Identify and fix: “Me and Sarah plays basketball.”
What is “Sarah and I play basketball.”?