Grammar Review

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Is this sentence a correct compound sentence? People often say that I look like my sister; however, we don't really see a resemblance.

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yes

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Combine the sentences using a colon: Troy always talked about the same things over and over again. He always talked about baseball and football.

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Troy always talked about the same things: baseball and football.

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Identify the word acting as an adjective in the sentence: I think golden retrievers are better than greyhounds as family dogs.

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better

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John has very little money ________________ his brother Jacob is a millionaire.

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. In contrast,

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singular possessive noun the laughs of the child

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the child's laughs

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plural possessive noun the sirens of the police cars

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the police cars' sirens

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semi-colon Select the correct version of the sentence: Many companies make sugar-free soft drinks, which are flavored by synthetic chemicals the drinks usually contain only one or two calories per serving., Many companies make sugar-free, soft drinks, which are flavored by synthetic chemicals the drinks usually contain only one or two calories; per serving., Many companies make sugar-free soft drinks; which are flavored by synthetic chemicals, the drinks usually contain only one or two calories per serving., Many companies make sugar-free soft drinks, which are flavored by synthetic chemicals; the drinks usually contain only one or two calories per serving.

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Many companies make sugar-free soft drinks, which are flavored by synthetic chemicals; the drinks usually contain only one or two calories per serving.

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indefinite pronoun Each of the rabbits has ____________ own pen.

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its

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Which of the following is the correctly written sentence?
Options: I played volleyball this weekend, and tennis., I played volleyball this weekend, and my team got first place., I played volleyball this weekend, and practiced all week., I played volleyball this weekend; and, my team got first place.

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I played volleyball this weekend, and my team got first place.

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In the following sentence, what change is needed in order to create a correctly punctuated compound sentence?
He surely practices very hard, consequently, he wins most of his tennis matches.
Options: change surely to surely; change hard, to hard; change consequently, to consequently; change his to his;

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change hard, to hard;