Sentence Revision and Editing Flashcards

Which revision best corrects the comma splice: "The lab closed early, the students finished their experiments at home"?

Answer: The lab closed early; the students finished their experiments at home.

A semicolon correctly joins two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.

Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.

Answer: Each of the players brings a water bottle.

"Each" is singular and requires the singular verb "brings."

Which revision fixes the dangling modifier: "Walking to school, the rain soaked my jacket"?

Answer: Walking to school, I got my jacket soaked by the rain.

The modifier must describe a person who can walk, so "I" must follow it.

Which word choice is correct: "The new policy will ____ how we file reports"?

Answer: affect

"Affect" is the verb meaning to influence, which fits this sentence.

Select the most concise revision: "Due to the fact that it was raining, we stayed inside."

Answer: Because it was raining, we stayed inside.

"Because" replaces the wordy phrase "due to the fact that" cleanly.

Which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?

Answer: She likes hiking, swimming, and biking.

All three items use the same -ing gerund form for parallelism.

Choose the correct pronoun: "Neither the manager nor the employees finished ____ task."

Answer: their

With "nor," the pronoun agrees with the nearer subject "employees," which is plural.