POV & Writing (sentence structure)

Since this sentence is incorrect, how can we fix it to be a correct, clear, well-written sentence? -

I got home, and then I cooked and then I cleaned the house.

• I got home, I cooked and cleaned the house

• I got home. I cooked and cleaned the house.

• After I got home, I cooked and cleaned the house.

• After I got home, so then I cooked and cleaned the house.

I don't understand what's going on can someone please explain?

• sentence fragment
• run-on sentence
• complete sentence

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

A fork, a spoon, a knife, a bowl, and a plate.

• sentence fragment
• run-on sentence
• complete sentence

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

My new watch has a compass, a timer, and an alarm.

• sentence fragment
• run-on sentence
• complete sentence

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

Which is the best way to combine these sentences?

Parents enjoyed the play.

Children enjoyed the play.

• Parents enjoyed the play and children enjoyed the play.

• Parents enjoyed and children enjoyed the play.

• Parents and children enjoyed the play.

Juan, a professional golfer, doesn't run into bears at work.

• adjective

• symbol

• appositive

• interrupter

What is an appositive?

• A great way to start off your day

• The right attitude

• A noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it

• A very bad mood

Which of these is an example of an appositive?

• My father, a die-hard football fan, cried when UGA lost.

• My father, a die-hard football fan, cried when UGA lost.

• My father, a die-hard football fan, cried when UGA lost.

What is the adjective in the sentence?
A volcanic eruption frightened the islanders.

• islanders
• frightened
• eruption
• volcanic

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.K.5B

Which sentence would be the best way to rewrite this sentence in red, creating adjectives and trying to be concise?

The weather will be icy over the weekend, so the trucks that carry salt will be out.

• Icy the weather will be this weekend, and so many huge trucks filled with salt will be scouring the highways.

• The weather on the weekend will be icy, so the salt-carrying trucks will be out.

• The weekend weather will be icy, so the salt trucks will be out.

• The weather on Saturday and Sunday will be icy and the trucks with salt will be out.