Understand and Edit for Grammar
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Select the complete sentence.
The students in the class learned about the rainforest today.
The students in the class.
The very happy students in the class.
The class and the students.
Explanation
A complete sentence expresses a complete thought. The sentence needs to have a subject and a verb. The only sentence that is a complete thought and has both a subject and a verb is "The students in the class learned about the rainforest today. " The subject is "students" and the verb is "learned". The other answer choices are sentence fragments, meaning they do not express a complete thought.
Select the sentence that has the correct punctuation.
I went to the store to get eggs, milk, and bread.
I went to the store to get eggs, milk, and bread
I went to the store to get eggs milk and bread.
I went to the store to get eggs milk and bread
Explanation
A sentence needs to end with some form of punctuation, either a period, question mark, or exclamation mark. The two choices that don't end with a punctuation mark are not correct. Also, each sentence contains a list of items, "eggs, milk, and bread". When we have a list of three or more items, a comma needs to go between the items in a list.
The correct answer is, "I went to the store to get eggs, milk, and bread."
Select the complete sentence.
Each kid on the team played.
Each kid on the team.
Each happy kid on the team.
Each and every kid on the team.
Explanation
A complete sentence expresses a complete thought. The sentence needs to have a subject and a verb. The only sentence that is a complete thought and has both a subject and a verb is "Each kid on the team played." The subject is "kid" and the verb is "played". The other answer choices are sentence fragments, meaning they do not express a complete thought.