Transcript Daily Revision Practice

Daily Revision Practice
Correct each of the following
sentences on your paper:
Sentence Revision #1
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2
Thebook
the
bookthe
Thereturn
Return
of the
of
native
the
Native
is considered
is considered
among the better
best ofof
hardys many
Hardy’s
novels.
novels
Proper nouns (books,
person), Underline
(book), Superlative
degree, Apostrophe
(possessive)
Several
there
aresteps
several
aresteps
necessary to repair a
broken window:
window first
first,
remove the putty;
putty second
second,
remove the points or nails;
nails
then replace
then,
replacethe
thebroken
broken
one with
glass
with
a new
a new
one
one.
Reduction (removal of
expletive), Colon (series),
Commas (after adverbs –
first, etc.), Semicolons
(separate series
containing commas),
Substitute specific noun
for unclear pronoun
Sentence Revision #2
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2
We would
we
would of
have
froze
frozen
during
the storm
during
thebut
storm,
we seen
but we
a
shelter
saw
a shelter
that protected
that
us
from the high
protected
us from
winds
the high
comingcoming
winds
off of the
off rocky
the
mountains
Rocky
Mountains.
kim was
Kim
was watching
watching the
the
movie winds
Windsofofwar
War– –atat
least iI think she said that –
when the television set
out
burned out.
Enunciation (would
have), Verbs (freeze,
see), Comma (before but
in compound sentence),
Off not off of, Proper
noun (landform)
Proper Noun (movie),
Underline (movie),
Capitalize I
Sentence Revision #3
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2
Terryrung
terry
rangthe
thebell
bellatatthe
the
gatehouse when
gatehouse;
whennoone
no one
answered he
answered,
heleft
leftinindisgust
disgust.
Verb (ring), Semicolon
(separate two main
clauses), Spelling (no
one), Comma
(introductory adverbial
clause)
iMy
andsister
my sister
and Icatched
caughtthe
bus bus
the
at twenty
at Twenty-second
second and
hamilton
and
Hamilton
streets
Streets;
unfortunately, we got off
off of
the bus too
twoblocks
blockstotoo
soon
soon.
Pronoun (order),
Capitalize I, Verb (catch),
Proper nouns (steets),
Hyphen (compound
number), Semicolon
(separate two main
clauses), Off not off of,
Homophones (two, too)
Sentence Revision #4
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2
Correct vs. Incorrect beginning,
In order toinrepair
because
order your
to
Homophone (your), Common
repair youre
battered
car,battered
I’ll have to noun, Comma (introductory
Carawhich
do
lot of is
repainting.
all banged infinitive phrase), Reduction
(elimination of redundancy),
in ill have to do alot of
Capitalize I, Apostrophe
repainting
(contraction), spelling (a lot)
Enunciation (could have),
Ii could of
have
swum
to
swam
to that
that
island,
largelarge
island
but itsbut
to it’s Verb (swim), Comma
(before but in compound
too
try that.
rainyrainy
to trytothat
sentence), Apostrophe
(contraction), Homophone
(too)