Writing Flashcards

Which sentence corrects the run-on: "The gate closed the passenger ran."?

Answer: The gate closed; the passenger ran.

A semicolon properly separates the two independent clauses.

Choose the sentence with correct quotation punctuation.

Answer: The officer said, "Please step aside."

A comma introduces the quote and the period goes inside the quotation marks.

Which word correctly completes: "There are ____ passengers than seats."

Answer: fewer

"Fewer" is used for countable nouns like passengers.

Identify the sentence in the correct active voice.

Answer: The officer searched the bag.

Active voice places the subject before the action it performs.

Which sentence uses the correct comparative form?

Answer: This line is longer than that one.

Short adjectives form comparatives by adding -er, not by adding "more."

Choose the sentence with correct verb agreement using "each."

Answer: Each of the bags is checked.

"Each" is singular and takes the singular verb "is."

Which revision best fixes the sentence fragment: "After the security screening was complete."?

Answer: After the security screening was complete, we boarded.

Adding an independent clause completes the thought started by the dependent clause.