1. Went to the Amusement Park

Good Sentences Review Test

Chapter One

Put you understanding of complete ideas to work by turning the following fragments into sentences. Capitalize the first letter, and end each of your sentences with a period.

1. went to the amusement park

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2. painted the flat

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3. helped my brother move

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4. the table

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5. cloudy all day

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6. enough snow

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1 8. the river outside town

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9. Michael Jackson

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10. left a flood

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Chapter Two

A. Some of the following sentences are incorrectly punctuated. Come are correctly punctuated. And some have no punctuation at all. Copy each sentence and punctuate it correctly.

1. Dell, and Sure like going to the baseball games.

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2. Apples bananas and tangerines are wonderful fruits.

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3. My uncle is a doctor a skilled magician a skilled amateur astronomer and a whirlwind of energy.

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2 4. Frederic’s grandfather worked as a cowboy a soldier a pilot and an investment banker.

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5. Natalie found herself thinking more deeply and looking outward with fewer prejudices.

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6. Indra was definitely excited, and pleased when John asked her out.

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Chapter Three

A. Put your connective sentence skills to work by writing out each of the following examples and punctuating those sentences which express two complete ideas. Draw a line though the examples that only have one complete idea followed by a phrase.

1. The class nearly missed their deadline for putting out the newspaper but they made it by a single hour.

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2. The road was long and dusty yet we enjoyed driving along it.

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3 3. On weekends Stacy lives with her dad and during the week she stays with her mom.

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4. Karen thought Donny would ask her to the prom moreover she expected Donny to hire a limousine to transport them.

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5. Drugs are a concern for young people however each year fewer and fewer teenagers become users.

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6. David has cut too many classes so he won’t graduate.

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7. Jim is an easy-going, sensitive man with a lot of self-doubts that he handles well furthermore he has learned to take his self-doubts as fuel for his courage and integrity.

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4 8. That car is too expensive besides the brakes are shot.

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9. Marianne thinks she’s hot and the best thing ever to walk the earth.

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10. Jewelle wants to take a train or a bus to Las Vegas.

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Chapter Four

A. Try your hand at some more punctuation. Copy the following sentences, putting in punctuation where needed. Remember to use the reversal check to test for regular introductory clauses.

1. Climbing the cliff Ike nearly slipped.

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2. When I’m angry I control myself pretty well.

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3. As Mara rode home she saw the oddest scene.

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4. Unless Bill asks her out she’s going to scream.

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5 5. If you ask politely you just might get a yes.

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6. Despite Michael’s smile he’s often moody.

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7. Retyping the paper Danielle found numerous errors.

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8. Reading the fine print of the contract Marilee found she was being charged nearly 20% interest.

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9. When Perry finds himself getting really depressed it’s hard for him to figure out what to do.

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10. As they rounded the corner they were shocked to discover Les standing there, directing traffic.

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6 11. Because Silvia is so nice to her friends they decided to throw a surprise party for her.

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12. Even though it’s hard for Tee to actually sit down and study he’s decided there’s no way he wants to be out on the streets, running around aimlessly, letting his friends think for him.

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13. Getting the paper done taking a long shower and feeling utterly relieved Racine finally plopped into bed and fell asleep.

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