Sentences

How should this sentence be corrected?

i miss going to the store with my Mom, because she used to buy me candy

• I miss going to the store with my mom, because she used to buy me candy.

• I miss going to the store with my Mom because she used to buy me candy.

• I miss going to the store with my mom because she used to buy me candy.

• i miss going to the store with my mom because she used to buy me candy.

Match the following to their most basic uses.

• Ends a sentence

• Semicolon

• Sets apart information in a sentence

• Question mark

• Ends an interrogative sentence

• Comma

• Used to join together two full sentences

• Period

What should be corrected in this following sentence?

Toby believes that, visiting Europe, will bring him bad luck because it happened to his dad!

• Remove the comma after 'Europe'.

• Add a question mark at the end of the sentence.
• Change 'because' to 'since'.
• Remove the comma before 'visiting'.

A(n) ________ does not rely on anything else to be understood.

It is important that a sentence has at least both a ​ (a)   and a ​ (b)   to be considered as a sentence.

• subject
• person
• word
• verb
• sentence
• exclamation mark

Answer explanation

While some of these things are technically used in a sentence, we only need to really consider if there is a subject and a verb to identify something as a sentence.

Tags

9-10.L.CSE.2

9-10.L.CSE.1

What is the correct way to rewrite the sentence?

I love playing soccer, but my brother prefers to play basketball.

• I love playing soccer, but my brother prefers playing basketball.

• I love playing soccer, but my brother prefers basketball.

• I love playing soccer, but my brother prefers to play basketball.

• I love playing soccer, but my brother prefers to play basketball.

Answer explanation

Despite not sounding incorrect, it is important that we maintain the "balance" between both sides of the sentence. "Playing" and "to play" can possibly slide in everyday conversation only because we speak somewhat informally. When writing formal or academic writing, we must take this balance into consideration.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

He don't like to eat vegetables.

• He don't like to eat vegetables.

• He doesn't like to eat vegetables.

• He don't likes to eat vegetables.

• He doesn't likes to eat vegetables.

Which sentence is a COMPOUND sentence?

• Unless you do your homework, you can not play outside.

• Go play outside.

• I want to play outside, but I have not done my homework yet.

What type of clause is in red?

When the day ends, we can all go home and make cookies.

• dependent clause

• independent clause

Which word should have an apostrophe in the sentence?
Sheer white curtains and fresh lilacs added to the rooms simple charm.

• curtain's
• lilac's
• room's
• curtains'