Part 2: Identify and correct the sentence structure errors in the following sentences (5 marks).
1) The comedian was very funny I couldn’t stop laughing.
Error:
Revised:
2) I love superhero movies. Like Iron Man and The Avengers.
Error:
Revised:
3) I was late because I overslept, I accidentally hit snooze on my alarm clock.
Error:
Revised:
4) Writing essays is a lot of work researching and proofreading are very time consuming.
Error:
Revised:
5) My friend studies philosophy. Reading books by Kant and Socrates.
Error:
Revised:
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1) The comedian was very funny. I couldn’t stop laughing.
Error: The two independent clauses in this sentence are missing a proper punctuation mark between them.
Revised: The comedian was very funny, and I couldn’t stop laughing.
2) I love superhero movies, like Iron Man and The Avengers.
Error: The sentence is missing a comma before the word "like" to separate the main clause from the examples given.
Revised: I love superhero movies, like Iron Man and The Avengers.
3) I was late because I overslept. I accidentally hit snooze on my alarm clock.
Error: This sentence contains two independent clauses without a proper conjunction or punctuation to separate them.
Revised: I was late because I overslept, and I accidentally hit snooze on my alarm clock.
4) Writing essays is a lot of work. Researching and proofreading are very time-consuming.
Error: The sentence is missing a proper punctuation mark (period) before the coordinating conjunction "and" to separate the two independent clauses.
Revised: Writing essays is a lot of work. Researching and proofreading are very time-consuming.
5) My friend studies philosophy, reading books by Kant and Socrates.
Error: The sentence is missing a verb in the second clause, making it a sentence fragment.
Revised: My friend studies philosophy, reading books by Kant and Socrates is their favorite pastime.