Sentence Structure and Punctuation Flashcards
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Which sentence demonstrates correct parallel structure?
Answer: She likes hiking, swimming, and running.
Parallel structure requires using the same grammatical form for items in a series.
Which sentence is a run-on sentence?
Answer: He ran to the store he bought milk.
A run-on sentence joins two independent clauses without any punctuation or conjunction.
Where should the apostrophe go in the plural possessive: 'the students essays'?
Answer: the students' essays
For plural nouns ending in -s, the apostrophe is placed after the s to show possession.
Which sentence correctly uses a dash for emphasis?
Answer: She had one goal—to win.
An em dash correctly sets off an emphatic or explanatory element at the end of a sentence.
Which is an example of a sentence fragment?
Answer: Because the storm was coming.
'Because the storm was coming' is a dependent clause and cannot stand alone as a sentence.
In which sentence are the quotation marks used correctly?
Answer: She said, "I will be there soon."
In American English, periods go inside the closing quotation marks, and a comma precedes the opening quote.
Which sentence has a misplaced modifier?
Answer: He nearly drove 200 miles to work.
'Nearly' modifies 'drove' when it should modify '200 miles,' implying he almost drove but didn't.