Sentence Edits Mastery

Identify the error in the following sentence: 'The dog barked loudly, and ran away.'

• The dog barked loudly and ran away.

• The dog barked loudly, and then ran away.

• The dog barked loudly and, ran away.

• No error

Which punctuation mark should be used to separate items in a list?

• Exclamation mark

• Question mark

• Semicolon

• Comma

Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence: 'The group of students ________ going on a field trip.'

• be

• is

• am

• are

Rewrite the following sentence to improve clarity: 'After the rain stopped, the children went outside to play.'

• The children went outside to play when the rain stopped.

• The children went outside to play after the rain had stopped.

• The children went outside to play after the rain stopped.

• After the rain, the children went outside to play.

Identify the subject-verb agreement error in the sentence: 'The book that I borrowed from the library are very interesting.'

• The book that I borrowed from the library were very interesting.

• The book that I borrowed from the library is very interesting.

• The book that I borrowed from the library is very interested.

• The book that I borrowed from the library is very interesting.

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• I went to the store, and then I went to the park.

• I went to the store and then, I went to the park

• I went to the store and then I went to the park.

• I went to the store and then I went to the park

Choose the best way to edit the following sentence for clarity: 'The big brown dog chased the small white cat.'

• The big brown dog chased the small black cat.

• The small white dog chased the big brown cat.

• The small white cat chased the big brown dog.

• The small white cat was chased by the big brown dog.

Identify the error in the following sentence: 'She don't like to eat vegetables.'

• She not like to eat vegetables.

• She don't likes to eat vegetables.

• She doesn't like to eat vegetables.

• She doesn't like to eat vegetable.

Which of the following sentences has the correct sentence structure?

• Ate she an apple.

• An apple she ate.

• She an apple ate.

• She ate an apple.

Choose the correct punctuation to end the following sentence: 'Please remember to turn off the lights'

• !

• ,

• ?

• .