Sentence Skills


Sentence Correction Questions: Select the best version of the underlined part of the sentence. The first choice is the same as the original sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.

1. Ms. Rose planning to teach a course in biology next summer.

    planning

    are planning

    with a plan

    plans



2. The baby was obviously getting too hot, then Sam did what he could to cool her.

    hot, then Sam did

    hot; Sam, therefore, did

    hot, Sam did

    hot; Sam, trying to do



3. She hoped to find a new job. One that would let her earn money during the school year.

    job, one that

    job. The kind that

    job. One that

    job, so that it


Construction Shift Question: Rewrite the sentence in your head, following the directions given below. Keep in mind that your new sentence should be well written and should have essentially the same meaning as the sentence given you.



4. Being a female jockey, she was often interviewed.

Rewrite beginning with She was often interviewed...

The next words will be:

    on account of she was

    by her being

    because she was

    being as she was



5. In his songs, Gordon Lightfoot makes melody and lyrics intricately intertwine.

Rewrite beginning with Melody and lyrics...

Your new sentence will include:

    Gordon Lightfoot has

    in Gordon Lightfoot's

    make Gordon Lightfoot's

    does Gordon Lightfoot



6. It is easy to carry objects without spilling them, but the same cannot be said of liquids.

Rewrite beginning with Unlike liquids, ...

The next words wil be:

    it is easy to

    we can easily

    solid objects can easily be

    solid objects are easy to be

 

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