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These OWL resources offer information and exercises on how to clarify sentences and specifically discuss sentence clauses, sentence fragments, sentence structure, and subject-verb agreement. Please use the navigation bar on the left or the links below to access the individual exercises.
Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences. This exercise asks you apply your knowledge of run-ons, comma splices, and fused sentences by joining two independent clauses. Click the link at the bottom of the page to see the answers.
These OWL resources contain information on how to write clear and strong sentences and include exercises on how to eliminate wordiness. Please use the navigation bar on the left or the links below to access the individual exercises.
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. 1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school. 2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting. 3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside. 4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
These OWL resources contain grammar exercises about adjectives, adverbs, appositives, articles, count and noncount nouns, prepositions, and tense consistency. Please use the navigation bar on the left or the links below to access the individual exercises.
Welcome to the OWL Exercise Pages. To navigate the OWL exercises, please use the navigation bar on the left. You may also print the exercises and the exercise answers by using the "Print this Resource" bottom at the bottom of this page.
Exercise : Sentence Fragments Exercise 1. The sentences below appeared in papers written by students. Act as their editor, marking a C if the sentences in the group are all complete and an F if any of the sentences in the group is a fragment.
This resource includes three exercises on fragments of increasing difficulty that ask you to identify and correct sentence fragments. You may print the exercises and correct the errors by filling in the blank with the appropriate ending.
Exercise : Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences. Run-ons, comma splices, and fused sentences are all names given to compound sentences that are not punctuated correctly. The best way to avoid such errors is to punctuate compound sentences correctly by using one or the other of these rules.
Choose action verbs over forms of to be. When possible, avoid using forms of be as the main verbs in your sentences and clauses. This problem tends to accompany nominalization (see above). Instead of using a be verb, focus on the actions you wish to express, and choose the appropriate verbs.