Language Skills Flashcards
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Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?
Answer: The list of supplies are on the desk.
The subject is "list," which is singular, so the verb should be "is," not "are."
Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?
Answer: The storm passed; the sky cleared quickly.
A semicolon correctly joins two related independent clauses without a conjunction.
Which word is the correct homophone for: "They left ____ books on the bus."?
Answer: their
"Their" is the possessive form showing the books belong to them.
Which sentence avoids a misplaced modifier?
Answer: I ate the cake covered in chocolate.
The modifier "covered in chocolate" sits next to "cake," the noun it describes.
Which sentence is a run-on?
Answer: The bell rang we left class.
Two independent clauses are joined with no punctuation or conjunction, making it a run-on.
Choose the correctly spelled word.
Answer: definitely
"Definitely" is spelled with "finite" in the middle.
Which sentence uses the correct verb tense?
Answer: Yesterday she walked to school early.
"Yesterday" signals past time, so the past tense "walked" is correct.