Grammar Exercise 3 To Be Distributed to Students in Week Five
Rewrite the following sentences, focusing on the grammar area specified in the left column. To enter your answer, click next to the number and begin typing. If the sentence is already correct, write No Change.
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The goose bit the mailman on the leg.
Your answer:
1.
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With five gallons of gas.
Your answer:
2.
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Because the store was closed.
Your answer:
3.
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For the seventh time.
Your answer:
4.
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The rainbow stretched across the sky from the ice cream truck to the house down the lane.
Your answer:
5.
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Between the sixth and seventh floors of the building in the stairwell over in the corner.
Your answer:
6.
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Since I started taking college classes.
Your answer:
7.
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She drove the car right into the garage.
Your answer:
8.
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When the garage door was closed.
Your answer:
9.
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Friday nights at the diner were always busy, I prefer the activity.
Your answer:
10.
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To answer the questions, you need to focus on punctuating the sentences correctly. Here are the corrected versions of the sentences:
1. No Change.
2. With five gallons of gas, ... (add a comma at the end)
3. Because the store was closed, ... (add a comma at the end)
4. For the seventh time, ... (add a comma at the end)
5. No Change.
6. Between the sixth and seventh floors of the building in the stairwell over in the corner, ... (add a comma at the end)
7. Since I started taking college classes, ... (add a comma at the end)
8. No Change.
9. When the garage door was closed, ... (add a comma at the end)
10. Friday nights at the diner were always busy; I prefer the activity. (replace the comma with a semicolon)
I provided the corrected punctuation and explained the changes that need to be made.