Reasoning Through Language Arts Writing Flashcards

Which sentence uses correct subject-verb agreement?

Answer: The group of students is working on the project.

The subject is 'group,' a collective noun treated as singular, so it takes the singular verb 'is.'

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

Answer: The children played outside until dark.

'The children played outside until dark' has both a subject ('the children') and a predicate ('played outside until dark'), making it a complete sentence.

Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?

Answer: Walking to school, the new mural caught Maria's eye.

In option B, 'walking to school' modifies the wrong subject — the mural cannot walk, so the modifier dangles.

Which pronoun correctly completes the sentence? 'Between you and ___, the project still needs more work.'

Answer: me

'Me' is correct because it is the object form of the pronoun, required after the preposition 'between.'

Which sentence uses the correct verb form?

Answer: She had gone to the store before it closed.

'Had gone' is the correct past perfect form; 'gone' is the past participle of 'go,' used with a helping verb.

What type of sentence is 'Although it was raining, we still went for a walk'?

Answer: Complex sentence

This is a complex sentence because it contains one independent clause and one subordinate clause introduced by 'although.'

Which revision best corrects the sentence? 'The manager told the employees that they should try and be more productive.'

Answer: The manager told the employees that they should try to be more productive.

The correct idiom is 'try to' rather than 'try and,' which is informal and grammatically imprecise.