Unt Review

Which answer shows the correct way to write the sentence?

• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the the surface. And have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface then we would have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, and we would have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, we would have a big mess to clean up then.

Sentence Combining:
Which of these is the correct way to join two sentences:

• He was practicing his soccer skills because he found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills, there, he found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills; and then found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills when he found a stray dog. 

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

After a few more questions and a breif pause, the quiz continued.

• Change few to fewer
• Change breif to brief
• Change the , to a ;
• No change needs to be made

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

When I opened my present I let out a yell.

• Delete When
• Change I to we
• Change I let out to and yell out
• Insert a comma after present.

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

"It's to bad you were late to class," he said, "because I brought candy."

• Change It's to Its
• Change to to too
• Change he to He
• Change because to Because

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

After I went to the store I went shoe shopping with my friends.

• Change friends to friend's
• Insert a comma after After
• Insert a comma after shopping
• Insert a comma after store

Dan and his wife Lisa have invented a new way of celebrating thanksgiving.

• Change Dan to dan

• Change invented to inventing

• Change celebrating to celabrating

• Change thanksgiving to Thanksgiving.

Because a severe earthquake hit China many homes were destroyed.

• Delete the word Because

• Change China to china

• Insert a comma after the word China

• Change were to is

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Our new teacher is an expert on jazz he also plays in a band.

• Our new teacher is an expert on jazz; he also plays in a band.

• Our new teacher is an expert on jazz, but he plays in a band.

• When our new teacher is an expert on jazz, he also plays in a band.

What type of irony is this?

A couple appears in court to finalize a divorce, but during the proceeding, they reconcile and decide to remarry instead.

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Verbal