Madam Rides the Bus_1

Identify the error in the following sentence:

One fine spring day the afternoon bus was just on the point of leaving the village and turning into the main highway when a small voice was heard shouting: “Stop the bus! Stop the bus!” And a tiny hand was raised commandingly.

• a. No error

• b. Change "the afternoon bus" to "an afternoon bus"

• c. Change "was heard shouting" to "shouted"

• d. Change "commandingly" to "commanding"

Identify the error in the following sentence:

And a tiny hand was raised commandingly.

• a. No error

• b. Change "raised" to "raising"

• c. Change "commandingly" to "commanding"

• d. Add a comma after "hand"

Identify the error in the following sentence:

“Stop the bus! Stop the bus!”

• a. No error

• b. Change "Stop the bus!" to "Stop the bus," (add a comma)

• c. Change "the bus" to "this bus"

• d. Change "Stop" to "Stopping"

Identify the error in the following sentence:

the afternoon bus was just on the point of leaving the village and turning into the main highway

• a. No error

• b. Change "the afternoon bus" to "an afternoon bus"

• c. Change "on the point of leaving" to "about to leave"

• d. Change "turning into" to "turned into"

Identify the error in the following sentence:

The bus slowed down to a crawl, and the conductor, sticking his head out the door, said, “Hurry then! Tell whoever it is to come quickly.”

• a. No error

• b. Change "Hurry then!" to "Hurry, then!"

• c. Change "whoever it is" to "whoever he is"

• d. Change "to a crawl" to "at a crawl"

Identify the error in the following sentence:

“It’s me,” shouted Valli. “I’m the one who has to get on.”

• a. No error

• b. Change "It’s me" to "It’s I"

• c. Change "shouted Valli" to "Valli shouted"

• d. Change "get on" to "get in"

Identify the error in the following sentence:

The bus slowed down to a crawl, and the conductor, sticking his head out the door, said, “Hurry then! Tell whoever it is to come quickly.”

• a. No error

• b. Change "sticking" to "stick"

• c. Change "head out the door" to "head out of the door"

• d. Change "Tell" to "Telling"

Identify the error in the following sentence:

“It’s me,” shouted Valli. “I’m the one who has to get on.”

• a. No error

• b. Change "It’s me" to "It’s myself"

• c. Change "I’m the one" to "I’m one who"

• d. Change "get on" to "get in"

Identify the error in the following sentence:

By now the bus had come to a stop, and the conductor said, “Oh, really! You don’t say so!”

• a. No error

• b. Change "By now" to "Now"

• c. Change "You don’t say so!" to "Do you say so?"

• d. Change "come to a stop" to "stopped"

Identify the error in the following sentence:

“Yes, I simply have to go to town,” said Valli, still standing outside the bus, “and here’s my money.” She showed him some coins.

• a. No error

• b. Change "here’s my money" to "here are my money"

• c. Change "town" to "the town"

• d. Change "showed him" to "showing him