Grammar Homework Week 1 (3.3 to 3.7)

Which revision that combines sentences 1 and 2 into one sentence best shows the logical relationship between the two sentences?

• Seeing the old trails, you will travel in the West in the states of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Utah.

• Traveling in the western states of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Utah, you just might see the old pioneer trails.

• When you travel in the West, you can go through the states of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Utah, and then you just might see the old pioneer trails.

• The western states of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Utah are states that are in the West, and when you visit them, you just might see the old pioneer trails.

Which is the best way to revise the sentence to remove the unnecessary word or words?

• George is on the soccer team and joins together with his fellow teammates for a snack after practice.

• George is a dedicated player on the soccer team who always joins his teammates for a snack after practice.

• Being a player on the soccer team, George always joins together with his teammates for a snack after practice.

• A dedicated player participating on the soccer team, George joins with his teammates for a snack after practice.

Which is the best way to revise the sentence to remove repetitive language?

• Our teacher keeps telling us to read carefully about character, setting, and plot.

• Our teacher keeps telling us to pay close attention to details in stories we read and to read them carefully.

• Our teacher always reminds us to read stories carefully by paying close attention to details about character, setting, and plot.

• Our teacher always reminds us, because she keeps telling us, to read stories carefully and to pay close attention to the characters, setting, and plot.

Which sentence uses punctuation correctly?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

Where should a comma be added?

• after busiest in sentence 1

• after hectic in sentence 2

• after many in sentence 3

• after helpful in sentence 4

Which change would correct the mistake in the paragraph?

• Change are to is in sentence 1.

• Change is to are in sentence 2.

• Change was to were in sentence 3.

• Change were to was in sentence 4.

Which sentence is a run-on sentence?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

Which underlined pronoun is vague or unclear?

• they

• Everyone

• their

• This

Which sentence should be revised to correct the inappropriate shift in pronoun number?

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

Read the sentence. The principal’s speech was about the new afterschool activities that he gave on Tuesday. Choose the best way to revise the sentence to correct the misplaced modifier.

• The speech by the principal on Tuesday was about the new afterschool activities he gave.

• The principal’s speech on Tuesday that he gave was about the new afterschool activities.

• The new afterschool activities that the principal’s speech was about he gave on Tuesday.

• The speech that the principal gave on Tuesday was about the new afterschool activities.