You Be Great Grammar

Which is a sentence fragment?

• Next Saturday, the swimming contest

• My sister won the swimming contest.

• Did you go to the swimming contest?

• Please stop asking me about the swimming contest.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Fill in the blank: I went to the store ______ get some water.

• too

• two

• to

• for

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Fill in the blank: _____ going to the mall this Friday.

• Their

• They're

• There

• None of these

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which sentence shows a misspelled word?

• I had a great Spring Break.

• I am excited for summer!

• I know that this is the write answer.

• Maggie only likes to eat pickles.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

Where should the comma go in this sentence:

However I don't think we should go.

• After HOWEVER

• After THINK

• After SHOULD

• After DON'T

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Read each sentence. Which sentence is not punctuated correctly?

• Rising sea levels--a result of global warming--threaten low-lying islands.

• Island nations in the southwest Pacific (Vanuatu is one)are losing land to sea.

• Many of these nations’ islands are very small to-begin-with.

• If sea levels rise even another foot (a likely possibility, according to some scientists), some well-populated islands will become uninhabitable.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Which of these words DOESN'T need to be capitalized?

• McDonald's

• Maine

• Manta Ray

• Mariah Carey

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What is the best way to rewrite these sentences? Sarah was great at math. Sarah was not very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math but she was not. Very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math. But not good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math, but she was not very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math but she was not very good at writing. 

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which sentence contains a grammatical error?

• A) She don't like apples.

• B) He doesn't like apples.

• C) They don't like apples.

• D) We don't like apples.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: She is the ______ of the two sisters.

• A) elder

• B) eldest

• C) older

• D) oldest

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CCSS.L.3.1G