4-18-23

4-18-23

Grammar Review ​

​Read the following sentence and look for errors.

In the final seconds of the game Craig past the ball to Travis, and then he tripped over his shoelace and broke his arm.

Drag and Drop

What piece of punctuation should go in this place?



In the final seconds of the game​

Placeholder

Craig past the ball to Travis

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

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" "

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Multiple Choice

Select the version of the sentence with the most clarity

• In the final seconds of the game Craig past the ball to Travis. He tripped and broke his arm.

• In the final seconds of the game, Craig passed the ball to Travis, and then he tripped and broke his arm.

• In the final seconds of the game, Craig passed the ball to Travis, who tripped and broke his arm.

• In the final seconds of the game, Craig past the ball to Travis, but he tripped and broke his arm.

​Explanation

​In the final seconds of the game, Craig past the ball to Travis, who tripped and broke his arm.

​This is the most clear sentence because the word "who" refers back to Travis. If you put "he," that pronoun could refer back to either Craig or Travis.

Dropdown

Brody spotted ​Mom's triple-layer birthday cake sitting on the top shelf of the ​ ​

Select answer

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Multiple Choice

Is this form of the possessive correct?

Mom's triple-layer birthday cake

• Yes

• No

​Read the following sentence and look for errors.

ms moon our Principal requested funds from the rotary club to buy computers for hiring a computer specialist and to open a computer center.

Multiple Choice

Let's focus on the first part of the sentence. What's the correct punctuation for

ms moon our Principal

• ms Moon, our Principal,

• Ms Moon, our principal,

• Ms. Moon, our principal,

• Ms moon our Principal

• correct as is

Dropdown

Ms. Moon, our principal, requested funds from the ​

Select answer

Multiple Select

Identify the verbs in this sentence

Ms. Moon, our principal, requested funds from the Rotary Club to buy computers for hiring a computer specialist and to open a computer center.

• principal

• requested

• to buy

• hiring

• to open

Multiple Choice

Which of the following verbs from the sentence is different than the others

• to buy

• hiring

• to open

​To open= an infinitive

To Hire= an infinitive

Hiring= participle

When you use a list of verbs, they all must match. ​

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How can we make all of the verbs match to maintain parallel structure? ​

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Dropdown

Ms. Moon, our principal, requested funds from the Rotary Club ​

Select answer

computers ​

Select answer

a computer specialist and ​

Select answer

a computer center.