100 horrible sentence errors quiz (part 2)

My cat Buster loves to nap on warm appliances when he sleeps on top of the microwave oven, his tail swipes the glass door like a windshield wiper.

• Sentence Fragment

• Fused Sentence

• Comma Splice

• Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

My grandmother, as well as too many other Americans, believes every silly word that they reads in trashy supermarket tabloids.

• Comma Splice

• Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

• Subject Verb Agreement

• Correct

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Neither Floyd the dog nor Madison’s three cats enjoy sleeping on the hard, cold floor when he can jump onto the soft, warm bed as soon as she leaves for work.

• Subject verb agreement

• Pronoun antecedent agreement

• Misplaced modifier

• Sentence fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Neither Fred's ratty clothes nor his sullen attitude bother Esmeralda, who lets Fred pick up the check every time they dine out.

• Sentence fragment

• Subject verb agreement

• Correct

• Misplaced modifier

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

Neither the coughing muffler nor the squeaky brakes annoy Ruth as much as the broken radio in her old car

• Subject verb agreement

• Pronoun antecedent agreement

• Correct

• Fused sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.1.1C

None of these chocolate-broccoli muffins tastes good, either.

• Subject verb agreement

• Correct

• Fused sentence

• Comma Splice

None of this breakfast that Lilly Mae cooked are fit to eat.

• Subject verb agreement

• Sentence fragment

• Correct

• Fused sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Not only the crickets but also a frog chirped outside David's window for so long last night that it kept the poor boy from getting any rest before his important pronoun agreement quiz.

• Fused sentence

• Misplaced modifier

• Pronoun antecedent agreement

• Dangling modifier

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

On the hike through the forest, not only all the Girl Scouts but also Mrs. Pennington, the troop leader, looked up in surprise as a giant spaceship descended from the sky and hovered above her head.

• Pronoun antecedent agreement

• Subject verb agreement

• Fused sentence

• Correct

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Patience and compassion, in addition to a wallet bulging with money, makes everyone want Jordan as a friend.

• Subject verb agreement

• Dangling modifier

• Correct

• Comma splice

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1F