CGMSN DOL Review Week 1

DOL Review

DOL Facts:

There may be MANY ways to fix a sentence, but with DOL, you MUST fix them the exact way we do in class. Why?? Because this is the only correct way that will show up on your quiz!
However, the good news is that if you forget which one, just use what you know about grammar to choose the only correct option.

me and her went to the indiana state fair we rode so many rides that we got dizzy

Sentences to Correct

Pronouns (switch to subject pronoun)
Switch subjects around ("I" always comes 2nd)
Proper noun (capitalize name of SPECIFIC fair)
Separate the run-on sentence (period after fair)
Capitalize the first word of the sentence
Anything else?

Skills Covered

Review skills covered, then correct the sentence.

Corrected sentence MUST look like this

She and I went to the Indiana State Fair. We rode so many rides that we got dizzy.

that lawn moreover has the greener grass in greenwood

Sentences to Correct

Commas (interrupter)
Superlative degree -est
Proper noun (city)
Anything else?

Skills Covered

Review skills covered, then correct the sentence.

Corrected sentence MUST look like this

That lawn, moreover, has the greenest grass in Greenwood.

wont you give kim and i there popcorn we are so hungry

Sentences to Correct

Apostrophe (contraction)
Homonym (their)
Proper noun (person)
Separate the run-on sentence (question mark after "popcorn" & capitalize the first word of the sentence (we))
Anything else?

Skills Covered

Review skills covered, then correct the sentence.

Corrected sentence MUST look like this

Won't you give Kim and me their popcorn? We are so hungry.

we have knew that prof bagley plays golf real good

Sentences to Correct

Verb (known)
Proper nouns (title, person)
Period (abbreviation)
Adjective (very vs. real)
Adverb (well replaces "good")
Anything else?

Skills Covered

Review skills covered, then correct the sentence.

Corrected sentence MUST look like this

We have known that Prof. Bagley plays golf very well.

yesterday, i rested in the hammock and read tom sawyer a novel by mark twain

Sentences to Correct

Capitalize I
Underline (book title)
Comma (appositive)
Proper Nouns (book, person)
Anything else?

Skills Covered

Review skills covered, then correct the sentence.

Corrected sentence MUST look like this

Yesterday, I rested in the hammock and read Tom Sawyer, a novel by Mark Twain.

their was not enough water for the Grass too grown more tall

Sentences to Correct

Homonyms (there, to)
Common noun (not capitalized)
Comparative degree -er
Anything else?

Skills Covered

Review skills covered, then correct the sentence.

Corrected sentence MUST look like this

There was not enough water for the grass to grow taller.

me and my family had went to chicago illinois to visit my grandparents

Sentences to Correct

Pronoun (subject pronoun)
Switch subject and pronoun in compound subject (I always comes 2nd)
Verb (go)
Proper noun (city and state)
Comma (between city and state)
Anything else?

Skills Covered

Review skills covered, then correct the sentence.

Corrected sentence MUST look like this

My family and I went to Chicago, Illinois to visit my grandparents.

my and him both won our tennis matches in the sunkist open tennis tournament for juniors in franklin

Sentences to Correct

Pronoun (subject pronouns)
Switch subject and pronouns in compound subject
Proper nouns (name of tournament, city)
Anything else?

Skills Covered

Review skills covered, then correct the sentence.

Corrected sentence MUST look like this

He and I both won our tennis matches in the Sunkist Open Tennis Tournament for juniors in Franklin.