Renan Blake Jr.

English

2R

12/9/2020

ACTIVITIES / ASSIGNMENTS / ASSESSMENT (PER SUB-TOPIC)

Decide which parts of speech are the underlined words

1. You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect to be successful at

something.          pronoun
2. We left for the mountain just before six in the morning.          verb
3. We first went to the store to buy a few things.        preposition   
4. We had a breakfast at a café near the rail station.    noun      
5. My friend wasn't strong enough to lift
his heavy rucksack.   adjective       
6. I helped him carry it.     pronoun     
7. The weather was very cold.  adverb        
8. My friend said, "Oh! What a cold weather!"  interjection        
9. We didn't spend the night there.   adverb      
10. We got back home late at night, but we didn't go to sleep immediately. We were very
hungry.   conjunction       

Sentence Fragment Practice

Place a ( ) in the left hand column if the sentence is actually a fragment.

_( )__ 1. While they were gone to the grocery store.

_( )__ 2. Going to Florida and to Jamaica for Spring Break.

_( )__ 3. Before the children have to go to bed.

___ 4. They are beautiful.

___ 5. Three of us went on the retreat.

_( )__ 6. Because she had gone to her friend's house late at night without asking for permission.

___ 7. She won't eat them.

___ 8. I don't know when she's coming back.

_( )__ 9. Since they left early in the morning. Lone Star College—North Harris Updated Tara Edwards
5/2011

___ 10. Mike doesn't know.

___ 11. Don't go into that room alone.

_( )__ 12. After you return from the store.

_( )__ 13. Because education is important.

___ 14. We are leaving at 3:00.

_( )__ 15. Since she was dressed in white.

( )_ 16. While he is planning to be in Europe for the summer.

___ 17. There is nobody to help her.

___ 18. They are running four miles every morning.

_( )__ 19. The importance of eating a healthy diet.

_( )__ 20. When they arrive tomorrow.

Run-on Sentence Practice

Correct the following run-on sentences by dividing them into two complete sentences. Add a
period to the end of the first sentence and capitalize the first letter in the second sentence. She
wanted to go to the movie she called to find out what time the show started. Corrected: She
wanted to go to the movie. She called to find out what time the show started.
1. The red car is in the parking lot. I don't know where the van and the motorcycle are.
2. She was the best student in the class. All the study groups invited her to participate.
3. She found the house once. She didn't think she could find it again.
4. There are four possible routes. I don’t know which is the best.
5. He wanted to meet the group at the restaurant. He called to find out what time to arrive.
6. There weren't enough copies to go around. We had to share the copies that were available.
7. You finished your work early. You don't have to stay.
8. She didn't want to miss her meeting. She made sure she left early.
9. They were in a desperate situation. They didn't know what to do.
10. The children wanted to go fishing. They gathered the supplies they needed.
11. She wanted to leave right after the ceremony. Too many people were around.
12. She sang as loudly as she could. Everybody heard her.
13. There was complete silence around me. I still couldn't fall asleep.
14. She wanted to know her final grade. She was the first one waiting for the grades to be posted.
15. The cat finally fell asleep the mouse ran through the room.
16. The player attempted a final shot. He won the game for the team.
17. She didn't want to go. She had no choice.
18. He had written down his assignment. He couldn't remember where he put that piece of paper.
19. I was too sick to go. I called and cancelled the plans.
20. I might have gone later in the day. Before dawn was just too early.

Run-on Sentence Practice

Correct the following run-on sentences by using a semicolon. Semicolons may be used to join
independent clauses not joined by coordinating conjunctions. She wanted to go to the movie she
called to find out what time the show started. Corrected: She wanted
1. The red car is in the parking lot; I don't know where the van and the motorcycle are.
2. She was the best student in the class; all the study groups invited her to participate.
3. She found the house once; she didn't think she could find it again.
4. There are four possible routes; I don’t know which is the best.
5. He wanted to meet the group at the restaurant; he called to find out what time to arrive.
6. There weren't enough copies to go around; we had to share the copies that were available.
7. You finished your work early; you don't have to stay.
8. She didn't want to miss her meeting; she made sure she left early.
9. They were in a desperate situation; they didn't know what to do.
10. The children wanted to go fishing; they gathered the supplies they needed.
11. She wanted to leave right after the ceremony; too many people were around.
12. She sang as loudly as she could; everybody heard her.
13. There was complete silence around me; I still couldn't fall asleep.
14. She wanted to know her final grade; she was the first one waiting for the grades to be posted.
15. The cat finally fell asleep; the mouse ran through the room.
16. The player attempted a final shot; he won the game for the team.
17. She didn't want to go; she had no choice.
18. He had written down his assignment; he couldn't remember where he put that piece of paper.
19. I was too sick to go; I called and cancelled the plans.
20. I might have gone later in the day; before dawn was just too early.

Run-on Sentence Practice

Correct the following run-on sentences by dividing them into two complete sentences. Add a
period to the end of the first sentence and capitalize the first letter in the second sentence. She
wanted to go to the movie she called to find out what time the show started. Corrected: She
wanted to go to the movie. She called to find out what time the show started.
1. The red car is in the parking lot, but I don't know where the van and the motorcycle are.
2. She was the best student in the class, so all the study groups invited her to participate.
3. She found the house once, but she didn't think she could find it again.
4. There are four possible routes, but I don’t know which is the best.
5. He wanted to meet the group at the restaurant, so he called to find out what time to arrive.
6. There weren't enough copies to go around, so we had to share the copies that were available.
7. You finished your work early, so you don't have to stay.
8. She didn't want to miss her meeting, so she made sure she left early.
9. They were in a desperate situation, and they didn't know what to do.
10. The children wanted to go fishing, so they gathered the supplies they needed.
11. She wanted to leave right after the ceremony, but too many people were around.
12. She sang as loudly as she could, so everybody heard her.
13. There was complete silence around me, but I still couldn't fall asleep.
14. She wanted to know her final grade, for she was the first one waiting for the grades to be
posted.
15. The cat finally fell asleep, and the mouse ran through the room.
16. The player attempted a final shot, and he won the game for the team.
17. She didn't want to go, but she had no choice.
18. He had written down his assignment, but he couldn't remember where he put that piece of
paper.
19. I was too sick to go, so I called and cancelled the plans.
20. I might have gone later in the day, but before dawn was just too early