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Title: Complete sentences

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S1-L1

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	We decided to bring drinks for the party they decided to bring snacks.
2	Clue	A complete sentence has a subject and predicate forming a complete thought.
3	Hint	Two independent clauses should be joined together with punctuation.
4	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?
5	Choice.A	We decided to bring drinks for the party they decided to bring snacks. The sentence is incorrect because appropriate punctuation is missing.	No change
6	Choice.B	We decided to bring drinks for the party-they decided to bring snacks. The sentence "We decided to bring drinks for the party-they decided to bring snacks." is a run-on sentence, as it combines two independent clauses with inappropriate punctuation. You can use a semicolon or separate the clauses into two sentences using a period to correct it.	party-they
7	Choice.C	We decided to bring drinks for the party. They decided to bring snacks. "We decided to bring drinks for the party. They decided to bring snacks." is correct because it consists of two complete sentences separated by a period. Each sentence has a subject (We/They) and a verb (decided to bring), forming complete and grammatically sound statements.	party. They
8	Choice.D	We decided to bring drinks for the party, they decided to bring snacks. The sentence "We decided to bring drinks for the party, they decided to bring snacks." is an example of a comma splice. In this sentence, a comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction (such as "and," "but," "or," etc.) or proper punctuation.	party, they
9	Step:	Correct sentence	We decided to bring drinks for the party. They decided to bring snacks.
10	Answer	Option	C
11	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

We decided to bring drinks for the party they decided to bring snacks.

Clue

A complete sentence has a subject and predicate forming a complete thought.

Hint

Two independent clauses should be joined together with punctuation.

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Choice.A

We decided to bring drinks for the party they decided to bring snacks.

The sentence is incorrect because appropriate punctuation is missing.

No change

Choice.B

We decided to bring drinks for the party-they decided to bring snacks.

The sentence "We decided to bring drinks for the party-they decided to bring snacks." is a run-on sentence, as it combines two independent clauses with inappropriate punctuation. You can use a semicolon or separate the clauses into two sentences using a period to correct it.

party-they

Choice.C

We decided to bring drinks for the party. They decided to bring snacks.

"We decided to bring drinks for the party. They decided to bring snacks." is correct because it consists of two complete sentences separated by a period. Each sentence has a subject (We/They) and a verb (decided to bring), forming complete and grammatically sound statements.

party. They

Choice.D

We decided to bring drinks for the party, they decided to bring snacks.

The sentence "We decided to bring drinks for the party, they decided to bring snacks." is an example of a comma splice. In this sentence, a comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction (such as "and," "but," "or," etc.) or proper punctuation.

party, they

Step:

Correct sentence

We decided to bring drinks for the party. They decided to bring snacks.

Answer

Option

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

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