Fixing Common Sentence Errors

Identify the error in the sentence:

There were marks on the snow but it were unrecognizable.

• were

• on

• it

• unrecognizable

Identify the error in the sentence:

He lead me to the rear of the shop where more goods were stacked.

• lead

• rear

• goods

• stacked

Identify the error in the sentence:

The branch struck him hard and lay him unconscious.

• The

• struck

• hard

• lay

Identify the error in the sentence:

The sudden noise frightened the baby and made it to cry.

• sudden

• frightened

• and

• to

Identify the error in the sentence:

The dog wagged it's tail when it saw me approaching.

• wagged

• it's

• saw

• approaching

Identify the error in the sentence:

There was signs of neglect showing that no one was living there.

• was

• of

• showing

• was

Identify the error in the sentence:

After a few moment, the woman opened the window and looked out curiously.

• moment

• opened

• looked

• out

Identify the error in the sentence:

Can you write an article to be include in the next issue of the magazine?

• Can

• article

• include

• issue

Identify the error in the sentence:

Decided to leave, I packed my clothes and left a note to say I had gone.

• Decided

• packed

• left

• I had gone

Identify the error in the sentence:

One of the former student donated a large sum of money to the school.

• of

• student

• donated

• sum