PARCC Sentence Correction 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence corrects the parallel structure error: "She likes hiking, swimming, and to bike"?
- She likes hiking, swimming, and biking. (Correct answer)
- She likes to hike, swimming, and biking.
- She likes hiking, to swim, and biking.
- She likes hike, swim, and to bike.
Correct answer: She likes hiking, swimming, and biking.
All three items should be in the same -ing form for parallelism.
Question 2: Select the correctly spelled sentence.
- They received their package on Friday. (Correct answer)
- They recieved their package on Friday.
- They received they're package on Friday.
- They recieved there package on Friday.
Correct answer: They received their package on Friday.
"Received" follows "i before e except after c," and "their" shows possession.
Question 3: Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
- The children's toys were scattered everywhere. (Correct answer)
- The childrens' toys were scattered everywhere.
- The childrens toys were scattered everywhere.
- The children's toy's were scattered everywhere.
Correct answer: The children's toys were scattered everywhere.
"Children" is already plural, so possession adds apostrophe-s: "children's."
Question 4: Choose the sentence with correct comma usage in a series.
- We bought apples, oranges, and bananas. (Correct answer)
- We bought apples oranges and bananas.
- We bought, apples oranges and bananas.
- We bought apples, oranges and, bananas.
Correct answer: We bought apples, oranges, and bananas.
Items in a series are separated by commas after each item before the conjunction.
Question 5: Which sentence corrects the fragment: "Because it was raining outside"?
- Because it was raining outside, we stayed home. (Correct answer)
- Because it was raining outside.
- It was raining outside because.
- Raining outside because it was.
Correct answer: Because it was raining outside, we stayed home.
Adding an independent clause completes the thought begun by the dependent clause.
Question 6: Select the version with the correct comparative form: "This box is ___ than that one."
- heavier (Correct answer)
- more heavier
- heaviest
- most heavy
Correct answer: heavier
Comparing two items uses the comparative "heavier."
Question 7: Which sentence corrects the double negative: "I don't have no money"?
- I don't have any money. (Correct answer)
- I don't have no money at all.
- I have no money not.
- I don't never have money.
Correct answer: I don't have any money.
Standard English uses one negative, so "any" replaces the second negative.
PARCC Sentence Correction 3
Which sentence corrects the parallel structure error: "She likes hiking, swimming, and to bike"?