Identifying Errors in Writing

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English
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University
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Hard
+2
Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the error in this sentence: Joe and I went to the market we bought a lot of groceries.
Run-on sentence
Comma splice
fragment sentence
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1F
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the error in this sentence: I will be starting college this fall, I will be busy.
Run-on
Fragment
Comma Splice
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1F
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the error in this sentence: The circus in town.
Comma Splice
Fragment
Run-on
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1F
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the error in this sentence: I can see the clouds in the sky they look ominous.
Run on
fragment
Incorrect subject verb usage
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1F
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The student eat in the cafeteria.
Fragment
Incorrect subject verb agreement
Incorrect pronoun use
Tags
CCSS.L.6.1D
CCSS.L.6.1A
CCSS.L.6.1C
CCSS.L.3.1A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When he finishes his homework, him eats ice cream.
Incorrect pronoun use
Run on
Comma splice
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1F
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the error in the sentence: I to the park.
Comma splice
Fragment
Incorrect subject verb agreement
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1F
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