Find the mistake in each sentence:
1. You can have an apple or an orange.
simple sentence
2. You can have an apple, or you can have an orange.
compound sentence sv, or sv
3. The English teacher began talking/ to talk right at 10:20.
4. The small children are playing in the park.
The small child is playing in the park.
5. They are going to see a movie.
preposition- to of in over under beside at
going
6. Can I have your old phone if you buy that new one?
complex sentence
7. She is in the park by the tree over there.
8. He can go to Science World.
modals- can, could, might, should
9. He has a coat, and the coat is red.
He has a red coat.
He has a coat that/which is red.
sentence combining
10. My aunt was a good student when she was a child.
11. His daughter is a five years girl.
His daughter is five years old.
His daughter is a five-year-old girl.
This class is two hours long.
This is a two-hour class.
hyphen
12. She asks him to help her to fold the laundry.
13. The boxes of photographs are stored in the attic.
passive voice verb
He drank the coffee.- active voice
The coffee was drunk by him.- passive voice
14. Because it’s supposed to rain today.
sentence fragment
It’s supposed to rain today.
Sarah has her umbrella because it’s supposed to rain today.- complex sentence
15. She wants to go, but she has to work. Maybe she’ll be late.
run-on sentence
16. This is the happiest day of my life!
adjective form
beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful
big, bigger,biggest
17. Shelley, my best friend, has two dogs.
appositive
My sister, Kathy, is a nurse.
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