Twin Strategy: Sentence Structure Test 2 English II

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Identify the error in this sentence: 'She promised her mother that she would succeed, consequently she walked the four-mile distance daily between her home and school.'

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Comma splice: two sentences incorrectly joined.

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Correct way to write: She promised her mother that she would succeed. Consequently, she walked the four-mile distance daily between home and school.

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D. She promised her mother that she would succeed. Consequently, she walked the four-mile distance daily between her home and school.

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Identify the issue with this sentence: 'People feel safe when confiding in their pets, without being judgmental, a pet will often sit compassionately by its owner’s side for as long as is needed.'

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The sentence has a misplaced or out-of-order phrase.

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Correct way to write: People feel safe when confiding in pets; without judgment, a pet will sit compassionately by its owner’s side as long as needed.

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People feel safe when confiding in their pets; without being judgmental, a pet will often sit compassionately by its owner’s side for as long as is needed.

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Identify the issue with this sentence: 'Most teens are absorbed with their own daily activities, they rarely think about the fact that human civilization has been around for a long time.'

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It contains a comma splice.

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Correct way to write sentence 11: Most teens are absorbed in their daily activities and rarely think about the fact that human civilization has existed for a long time.

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Most teens are absorbed with their own daily activities and rarely think about the fact that human civilization has been around for a long time.

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Problem in: Everyone communicates in person differently than over the phone, texting, or online posts.

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Repetition and multiple -ing words.

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Effective revision for sentence 16: Everyone communicates differently in person than over the phone, texting, or online posts.

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Everyone communicates differently in person than they do when speaking over the phone, sending texts, or writing online posts.

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Identify the error in this sentence: 'She promised her mother that she would succeed, consequently she walked the four-mile distance daily between her home and school.'

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Comma splice / run-on sentence joining two complete sentences with just a comma.

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Combine sentences: My sister attends an elementary school feeding into our high school. She struggles in math.

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My sister, who attends an elementary school feeding into our high school, struggles in math.