Common Sentence Errors

Select the CORRECT sentence in regards to punctuation.

• Can you believe this is five dollar's off?

• Can you believe this is five dollars off?

• Can you believe this is five dollar's off!

• Can you believe this is five dollars off!

Which of the following is an example of a run-on?

• We have been learning about utopian and dystopian societies; soon we will be reading a self-selected dystopian novel.

• We have been learning about utopian and dystopian societies soon we will be reading a self-selected dystopian novel.

• We have been learning about utopian and dystopian societies, soon we will be reading a self-selected dystopian novel.

Which of the following is an effective characteristic/description of a fragment?

• incomplete sentence that lacks the necessary grammatical elements to make an independent clause

• two or more independent clauses (i.e. complete sentences) joined without an appropriate conjunction or mark of punctuation

• two independent clauses that are connected with only a comma

Which of the following is an effective characteristic/description of a comma splice?

• incomplete sentence that lacks the necessary grammatical elements to make an independent clause

• two or more independent clauses (i.e. complete sentences) joined without an appropriate conjunction or mark of punctuation

• two independent clauses that are connected with only a comma

Which of the following is an effective characteristic/description of a run-on?

• incomplete sentence that lacks the necessary grammatical elements to make an independent clause

• two or more independent clauses (i.e. complete sentences) joined without an appropriate conjunction or mark of punctuation

• two independent clauses that are connected with only a comma

Which of the following is an example of a comma splice?

• Students are finishing up MAP testing we can then evaluate our own data.

• Students are finishing up MAP testing, and we can then evaluate our own data.

• Students are finishing up MAP testing, we can then evaluate our own data.

Which of the following is an example of a fragment?

• Keep your eye on the weather, temperatures are dropping!

• Because the temperatures are dropping!

• Keep your eye on the weather temperatures are dropping!

Which sentence is correct?

• She has to go to the store.

• She has to go too the store.

• She has two go to the store.

• She has too go too the store.

Identify the sentence with the correct subject-verb agreement.

• A) The team are winning the match.

• B) The team is winning the match.

• C) The team were winning the match.

• D) The team be winning the match.

Choose the sentence that is free from any grammatical errors.

• A) Neither of the answers are correct.

• B) Neither of the answers is correct.

• C) Neither of the answer is correct.

• D) Neither of the answer are correct.