Sentence Skills Flashcards
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Identify the error: "Each of the students have submitted their essay."
Answer: Verb agreement
"Each" is singular, so it requires "has" rather than "have."
Which word correctly completes the sentence: "The committee made ___ decision quickly."
Answer: its
"Committee" is a singular collective noun, so the possessive "its" is correct.
Choose the best revision: "He ran quickly to the store, he forgot his wallet."
Answer: He ran quickly to the store, but he forgot his wallet.
Adding "but" after the comma fixes the comma splice and shows contrast.
Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
Answer: The dog's bowl was empty.
"Dog's" shows singular possession of the bowl.
Select the correct verb tense: "By next year, she ___ here for a decade."
Answer: will have worked
The future perfect "will have worked" describes an action completed by a future point.
Which is the clearest rewrite of: "The book that was written by the author who won the prize sold well."
Answer: The prize-winning author's book sold well.
Condensing the clauses into a possessive phrase makes the sentence clear and concise.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
Answer: My favorite subjects are math, science, and art.
No colon is needed when the list directly follows the verb "are."