Review of Section Two: Sentence Correctness

Agreement
Circle the correct word.

1. Either Dr. Jones or his many talented TAs (remind / reminds) the students to turn in their papers online.
2. The group of students (was / were) relieved to finish the First Year Experience sessions.
3. There (is / are) a bucket of cookies waiting in your room for you.
4. None of the puppies (is / are) allowed to live on campus.
5. Everybody from the Bethel soccer team (is / are) welcome to attend our breakout chapel.

Dangling, Misplaced, and Squinting Modifiers
Revise the following sentences so that the modifiers make sense and refer to the correct word or phrase.

1. While walking to class, my homework sat forgotten on my bed.
2. The student who was talking quickly disappeared behind a book.
3. Scared to death, the mother’s bed was full of children and pets during the big thunderstorm.
4. The book was on the shelf that he needed to read for his presentation.
5. Totally thrilled, the Oscar was accepted by Will Smith.

Fragmentary Sentences
Revise the following sentences so that there are no fragments among them.

1. As many people walked to chapel. The people with the cameras took their picture.
2. Dr. Jones is an understanding teacher. Because he was once a student.
3. The group of friends drove to the restaurant. Time to eat.
4. Frodo stood up and volunteered to take the ring to Mordor. His voice small but determined.
5. The ice cream shop reopened. Now with more flavors.

Run-on Sentences
Revise the following run-on (also known as “fused”) sentences.

1. She has to buy a new computer her hard drive crashed with all of her files on it.
2. There are fruit flies everywhere please wash your dishes.
3. Aslan is not a tame lion he is good.
4. Dr. Jones’ TA took his humor lit class last spring his new TA was in that class as well.
5. Our teacher accidentally called Fall Break “Spring Break” in the syllabus I noticed it this afternoon when I was doing my homework.

Adjectives/Adverbs
Circle the appropriate word in parentheses.

1. I think that the essay test that Dr. Jones gave went (real / really) (good / well).
2. Of the two novels, I think that To Kill a Mockingbird is (better / best).
3. It is difficult to know which of the many college majors is the (better / best) choice.
4. It is (good / well) for students to decide on a major eventually.
5. Last week, the soup tasted (good / well).
6. The shaggy dog needed his furry coat trimmed (bad / badly).
7. The chemistry experiment to make artificial chocolate failed (bad / badly).
8. The artificial chocolate made by the chemistry experiment tasted (bad / badly).
9. Like a (real / really) bad dream come true, that embarrassing moment was (real / really).
10. The stew that boiled over onto the burner smelled (bad / badly) to the household.

Case
Circle the appropriate word in parentheses.

1. He gave the handouts to Tiffany, Sander, and (I / me).
2. (We / Us) Northwestern students must make a good impression on prospective students.
3. (He / Him) and the detective couldn’t believe who the culprit was.
4. No one was more surprised than (I / me)!
5. The maroon minivan belongs to (I / me).
6. The conversation is between you and (I / me).
7. My relatives from Vietnam are coming to visit (I / me) in Minnesota.
8. My best friend never goes anywhere without (I / me / myself).
9. The prize was given to (she / her) last year.
10. This year, the prize was given to (us / we) juniors.
11. Jack and (I / me) went to Cub so I could buy food and he could buy a rose for his first date.
12. I am very grateful for (him / he / his) discovering the treasure.
13. Bethel students and (we / us) are competing in this weekend’s volleyball tournament.
14. (Us / Our / We) competing with one another in a friendly manner is always good fun.
15. Her neighbor can get around easier than (she / her).