People held on to pieces of drifting wood or were sitting on top of their houses as they were swept along at a terrifying speed.
This sentence form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent tense and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select “correct” if the sentence is free of errors.
A) correct B) inconsistent tense C) faulty parallelism
B) inconsistent tense
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Which group of transition words could show the relationship between paragraphs in an essay explaining a process?
a. first, next, then, finally b. above, across, beneath, behind c. also, in the same way, likewise, similarly d. for example, for instance, in addition, also
____________________ (se marier), c’est sérieux, mais je sais qu’ils étaient prêts à le faire.
Dans cette description d’un mariage, chacune des phrases manque (is missing) un mot ou une expression qui se traduirait en anglais par un mot en «-ing». Pour complétez chaque phrase, mettez le verbe entre parenthèses à la forme convenable. Ajoutez tout et/ou en, quand c’est approprié.
The narrator says to the sister, "after you come home with no rhyme or reason whatsoever for your __________ and no explanations for the presence of __________. What two things is the narrator talking about?
What will be an ideal response?
The first step in the writing process is to
a. write a draft. b. generate ideas. c. organize your ideas. d. proofread.