Fixing Sentence Errors

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• Run-on sentence

• Comma splice

• Sentence fragment

• No error

We have cherry pie but we don't have apple pie.

• Stringy sentence

• Run-on sentence

• Wordy sentence

• Choppy sentence

Which sentence is correctly capitalized?

• My favorite Month is September because I love the Fall.

• My favorite month is september because I love the fall.

• My favorite month is September because I love the fall.

sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

I like Chinese food but she does not.

• Stringy sentence

• Run-on sentence

• Wordy sentence

• Choppy sentence

Which is guilty of a comma splice?

• Roxy is a therapy dog and she loves LHS!

• Roxy will be nine, in March.

• Dogs are great companions, and they enrich our lives.

• Dogs can decrease stress, they are great companions.

Because you are my best friend I will be loyal to you always.

Where does the comma belong?

• between friend and I

• between you and are

• between loyal and to

• This is a correctly written and punctuated complex sentence.

Identify the error in the following sentence: 'The book on the table, it is mine.'

• A) Comma splice

• B) Run-on sentence

• C) Sentence fragment

• D) No error

Which sentence is a fragment?

• A) Although she was tired.

• B) She was tired, but she kept working.

• C) She was tired.

• D) She kept working despite being tired.

Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

• A) The team are winning the match.

• B) The team is winning the match.

• C) The team were winning the match.

• D) The team has win the match.