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Correct the grammar errors you catch in these sentences.

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Fill in the sentence with the correct preposition of time. My brother has a new job. He works ____ the evening.

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Rewrite this run-on sentence. The teacher loved the lesson the students enjoyed it too.

The teacher loved the lesson, and the students enjoyed it too. OR: The teacher loved the lesson. The students enjoyed it too.

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Correct this sentence: Do you have a pen!

Do you have a pen?

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Write/choose the irregular past tense of the verb "creep" for the following sentence: Cars ____ like snails along the crowded freeway.

Cars crept like snails along the crowded freeway.

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Write/choose the irregular past tense of the verb "keep" for the following sentence: I have ____ your secret for a whole week!

I have kept your secret for a whole week!

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Write/choose the irregular past tense of the verb "mean" for the following sentence: I ___ to bring my permission slip today.

I meant to bring my permission slip today.

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Write/choose the irregular past tense of the verb "slide" for the following sentence: Many rocks ___ down the mountain during the avalanche yesterday.

Many rocks slid down the mountain during the avalanche yesterday.

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Write/choose the irregular past tense of the verb "lay" for the following sentence: Our chicken ____ three eggs yesterday.

Our chickens laid three eggs yesterday.

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Write/choose the irregular past tense of the verb "draw" for the following sentence: The castle gates were _____ after the attack.

The castle gates were drawn after the attack.

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Rewrite this sentence with the correct capitalization: We studied president Lincoln in Social studies today.

We studied President Lincoln in Social Studies today.

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Choose only the nouns in the sentence: Harry hit the volleyball up over the net.

Harry, volleyball, net.

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Is this a complete sentence? "All my friends who live near me."

No; it is a dependent clause.

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Find the conjunction (linking word) in this sentence: Charlie likes chocolate ice cream but I prefer vanilla.

But

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Find the conjunction (linking word) in this sentence: Are you sure or are you just guessing?

Or

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Find the conjunction (linking word) in this sentence: I wore my boots because the forecast said there would be snow today.

Because

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Is this a compound or complex sentence? "Chad was eager for class to end and he kept looking at the clock."

Compound

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