Transcript Sentences

Day 1
The Monkey’s Paw was published in 1902, the story was made into a play a
year later.
The author of the story was born in London England.
Use of comma to separate parts of a place name
Use of quotation marks with title of a short story
Use of separate sentences to correct run-on sentences
Day 1
“The Monkey’s Paw” was published in 1902. The story was made into a play a
year later.
Use of quotation marks with title of a short story
Use of separate sentences to correct run-on sentences
The author of the story was born in London, England.
Use of comma to separate parts of a place name
Day 2
“The Monkey’s Paw” is set in the home of Mr and Mrs White.
Other characters in the story are: Herbert and sergeant major Morris.
Capitalization of title before person’s name
Elimination of colon after verb
Use of a period after abbreviations of title
Day 2
“The Monkey’s Paw” is set in the home of Mr. and Mrs. White.
Use of a period after abbreviations of title
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Other characters in the story are Herbert and Sergeant Major Morris.
Elimination of colon after verb
Capitalization of title before person’s name
Day 3
Mr. White examined the monkey’s paw. Asked why it was special.
Morris said, It had a spell put on it by a old fakir.
Use of quotation marks to show a speaker’s exact words
Correct use of indefinite article
Correction of sentence fragment
Day 3
Mr. White examined the monkey’s paw and asked why it was special.
Correction of sentence fragment
Morris said, “It had a spell put on it by an old fakir.”
Use of quotation marks to show a speaker’s exact words
Correct use of indefinite article
Day 4
Money was what Mr. White first wished for.
200 pounds was alot of money to him.
Correction of commonly misspelled words
Spelling out numbers at the beginning of a sentence
Revision of a sentence ending with a preposition
Day 4
Mr. White first wished for money.
Revision of a sentence ending with a preposition
Two hundred pounds was a lot of money to him.
Spelling out numbers at the beginning of a sentence
Correction of commonly misspelled words
Day 5
At the end of the story Mr. White wished that his son was dead again.
Do you agree that fate ruled peoples lives.
Use of end punctuation: question marks
Use of apostrophe to show possession
Use of a comma after introductory phrase
Use of a verb in the subjunctive mood
Day 5
At the end of the story, Mr. White wished that his son were dead again.
Use of a comma after introductory phrase
Use of a verb in the subjunctive mood
Do you agree that fate ruled people’s lives?
Use of apostrophe to show possession
Use of end punctuation: question marks