Understanding Language Errors

What is a common grammatical error in English?

• Dangling participles

• Subject-verb agreement error

• Run-on sentences

• Misplaced modifiers

Identify the error in the sentence: 'She go to the store.'

• She going to the store.

• She gone to the store.

• She goes to the store.

• She go to store.

What is the difference between 'their', 'there', and 'they're'?

• There is a type of contraction

• Their indicates possession, there indicates a place, and they're is a contraction.

• They're refers to a group of people

• Their is a synonym for there

Correct the sentence: 'He don't like apples.'

• He doesn't like apples.

• He not like apples.

• He don't likes apples.

• He doesn't likes apple.

What is a run-on sentence?

• A run-on sentence is a type of punctuation error.

• A run-on sentence is a sentence with too many adjectives.

• A run-on sentence is a sentence that is too long.

• A run-on sentence is a sentence that improperly connects two or more independent clauses without proper punctuation or conjunctions.

Identify the error: 'Each of the students have their own book.'

• All of the students has their own book.

• Each of the students has their own book.

• Each of the students have their own books.

• Each student have their own book.

What is the correct form: 'less' or 'fewer' for countable nouns?

• fewer

• much

• more

• lesser

What is a dangling modifier?

• A dangling modifier is a sentence that lacks a subject.

• A dangling modifier is a phrase that adds unnecessary information.

• A dangling modifier is a grammatical error where a descriptive phrase is not clearly connected to the word it modifies.

• A dangling modifier is a type of punctuation error.

Correct the sentence: 'Running down the street, the dog was chased by the boy.'

• Chasing the dog, the boy ran down the street.

• The boy was running down the street, chased by the dog.

• Running down the street, the boy was chased by the dog.

• The dog chased the boy running down the street.

What is the passive voice? Give an example.

• An example of passive voice is: 'The book was read by the student.'

• The student read the book.

• The book is being read by the student.

• The student will read the book.