Common Writing Mistakes

Common Writing Mistakes

University

10 Qs

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Common Writing Mistakes

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Assessment

Quiz

English

University

Hard

CCSS
L.4.1F, L.3.1A, L.6.1A

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

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.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

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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