Common Mistakes

Choose all incorrect sentences.

• They're going to the store.

• There going to the store.

• Their going to the store.

Choose the correct sentence.

• Your eating my shorts!

• You're eating my shorts!

• Ur eating my shorts!

• U're eating my shorts x 10³⁴

Choose the correct sentence.

• I have to eggs.

• I have two eggs.

• I have too eggs.

Its is possessive (True or False)

• True

• False

Which contraction is INCORRECT?

• Doesn't

• You've

• We'ed

• I'll

The dog was tired from walking back and forth...

• and it needed a drink.

• . It needed, some H₂O

• ; it needed a drink.

• It needed some water.

Run-on sentences can be fixed by adding:

• contractions, semicolons, or commas in between clauses

• contractions, colons, or commas in between clauses

• conjunctions, semicolons, or commas in between clauses

• conjunction junction what's your function in between clauses

see & sea are:

• homogeneous

• homophones

• homosapiens

• homonyms

True or False: It is necessary to capitalize titles of books, magazines, poems, songs, etc.

• False; it is never necessary.

• False; it is sometimes necessary.

• True; it is sometimes necessary.

• True; it is always necessary

Choose the sentence with the correct usage of a homophone:

• I'll take the aisle on the way to the isle.

• Fine, I'll pay the fine.

• The sail on the ship was on sale.

• She was sitting at the bar with a chocolate bar.