Correcting Sentence Errors

Which errors occur in paragraph #2?

• Missing period

• Missing quotation marks.

• Missing comma

• Missing capital letter

Which errors occur in paragraph #4?

• Missing apostrophe

• Missing quotation marks.

• Any thing should be one word

• The sentence is a run-on and should be broken up

Which errors occur in paragraph #1?

• The apostrophe in "Daniels'" is in the wrong place

• Relaxes should be relaxed

• Relief is misspelled

• Breathed should be breathes

In paragraph 2, how many commas are missing in the first sentence?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

In paragraph 2 and the last sentence, which are errors that need correcting?

• There should be an apostrophe before the "s" in guests

• There should be an apostrophe after the "s" in guests

• There should be a comma after groaned

• There should be a comma after snakes

• There should be an apostrophe before the "s" in snakes

In paragraph 3, which are errors that need correcting?

• There should be a period after "odors"

• There is a missing capital letter

• There is a missing set of quotation marks

• There is a missing apostrophe

• There are no errors in this section

In paragraph 3, which words should replace "laught quiet"?

• laught quietly

• laughed quiet

• laughed quietly

• No changes are necessary

To prepare for publication by correcting errors and changing word choice for clarity. A writer does this a lot.

• edit/revise/

  proofread

• final draft

• prewrite

• final draft

he likes dogs, but he don't like cats.

• Correct

• He like dogs, but he don't likes cats.

• he like the dogs, but he don't like cat.

• He likes dogs, but he doesn't like cats.

Identify the error in the following sentence: 'Each of the students have completed their assignments.'

• A) No error

• B) Change 'have' to 'has'

• C) Change 'their' to 'his or her'

• D) Change 'students' to 'student'