Steps-3

Title: Complete sentences

Grade 8+ Lesson s4-l3

Explanation: Hello Students, time to practice and review the steps for the problem.

Quiz: Discussion Step

Discussion: Steps1 Steps2 Steps3 Steps4 Steps5

Id Type Problem Options

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Problem

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

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Clue

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

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Hint

Two independent clauses should be joined together with punctuation.

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Sumup

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

5

Choice-A

We can rewrite the same sentence

No change

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Choice-B

We decided to bring drinks for the party-they decided to bring snacks. It is incorrect because it contains a comma splice. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are joined together with only a comma, which is considered a punctuation error.

party-they

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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

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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 a comma splice, which is a grammatical error. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses (complete sentences) are incorrectly joined with a comma.

party,they

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Step

Correct sentence - We decided to bring drinks for the party. They decided to bring snacks.

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Answer

Option C

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Sumup

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

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