Writing Practice 2

Read the sentence written about the picture. It contains 2 errors.

The childrens is tugging the rope.

Which sentence below corrects the errors?

• The children is tugging the rope.

• The childrens are tugging the rope.

• The children are tug the rope.

• The children are tugging the rope.

Look at these two sentences.

The boys are competing against the girls. The boys and girls are on the beach.

Which sentence below BEST combines these two sentences?

• The boys and girls are competing on the beach.

• The boys are competing against the girls, but they are on the beach.

• The boys and girls are on the beach. They are competing.

• Competing on the beach are the boys and girls.

Can I come to the game, _____.

• to
• two
• too

Which sentence is written correctly?

• We stopped at the grocery store but we forgot to buy milk.
• we stopped at the grocery store, but we forgot to buy milk.
• We stopped at the grocery store, but we forgot to buy milk.
• We stopped at the grocery store but, we forgot to buy milk.

If they were in the same room, all there things could be in one place.
What change should be made?

• Change they to we
• Delete the comma
• Change there to their
• No change needed

Emily Dickinson is considered one of Americas most iconic poets.

How should this sentence be corrected?

• Changing is considered to was considered

• Changing Americas to America’s

• Changing poets to poets'

• Changing is considered to considers

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

• "Hi," Shelly replied, "my name is Shelly Rutt."

• Hi Shelly replied. My name is Shelly Rutt.

• "hi" Shelly replied "my name is Shelly Rutt

• Hi, Shelly replied "my name is Shelly Rutt."

I went to _______ house last night; ________ a really nice family. You should go over ______ sometime.

• there, they're, their

• their, they're, there

• they're, there, there

• their, there, they're

The bad weather sometimes has a bad (affect/effect) on my mood.

• affect
• effect

Amanda looked in many places for her keys, but, she never found them.

In this sentence, how is keys, but, she correctly written?

• keys but, she

• keys, but she

• keys but she

• As it is