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Title: Combining and separating sentences

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S5-L3

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a sock-shaped, holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace.
2	Clue	Combining and separating a sentence helps in sentence structure variation. Period, semi-colon,comma, and coordinating conjunctions separate two independent clauses and participles combine two complete sentences.
3	Hint	A comma is more appropriate to separate the clauses in the given sentence.
4	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?
5	Choice.A	Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a sock-shaped, holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace. The sentence is grammatically sound, and it uses proper punctuation and structure to convey the intended message clearly.	No change
6	Choice.B	Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a Sock-shaped. holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace. The sentence provided is incorrect due to a capitalization error and misuse of a period after "Sock-shaped". The word "Sock-shaped" should start with a lowercase letter, as it is part of the same sentence.	Sock-shaped. holiday-specific
7	Choice.C	Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a sock-shaped; holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace. The sentence you provided is incorrect due to the use of a semicolon after "sock-shaped." A semicolon is typically used to connect independent clauses or to separate items in a complex list.	sock-shaped; holiday-specific
8	Choice.D	Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a sock-shaped. and holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace. The sentence you provided is incorrect due to the use of a period after "sock-shaped." A period indicates the end of a sentence, and starting the next word with "and" after a period is generally considered a grammatical error.	sock-shaped. and holiday-specific
9	Step:	Correct sentence	Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a sock-shaped, holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace.
10	Answer	Option	A
11	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a sock-shaped, holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace.

Clue

Combining and separating a sentence helps in sentence structure variation. Period, semi-colon,comma, and coordinating conjunctions separate two independent clauses and participles combine two complete sentences.

Hint

A comma is more appropriate to separate the clauses in the given sentence.

Sumup

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

Choice.A

Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a sock-shaped, holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace.

The sentence is grammatically sound, and it uses proper punctuation and structure to convey the intended message clearly.

No change

Choice.B

Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a Sock-shaped. holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace.

The sentence provided is incorrect due to a capitalization error and misuse of a period after "Sock-shaped". The word "Sock-shaped" should start with a lowercase letter, as it is part of the same sentence.

Sock-shaped. holiday-specific

Choice.C

Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a sock-shaped; holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace.

The sentence you provided is incorrect due to the use of a semicolon after "sock-shaped." A semicolon is typically used to connect independent clauses or to separate items in a complex list.

sock-shaped; holiday-specific

Choice.D

Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a sock-shaped. and holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace.

The sentence you provided is incorrect due to the use of a period after "sock-shaped." A period indicates the end of a sentence, and starting the next word with "and" after a period is generally considered a grammatical error.

sock-shaped. and holiday-specific

Step:

Correct sentence

Smaller gifts may be placed inside a stocking or a sock-shaped, holiday-specific piece of fabric that’s generally hung on the mantle of a fireplace.

Answer

Option

Sumup

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

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