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CAHSEE ELA: Modifiers and Passive Voice, Problem 1. How should this sentence be changed, if at all?
Writing: Modifiers and Passive Voice Drill, Problem 3. What is the best way to revise the underlined part of sentence 3?
CAHSEE ELA Writing: Modifiers and Passive Voice, Problem 2. How should this sentence be changed, if at all?
CAHSEE ELA 2.5 Writing: Modifiers and Passive Voice 217 Views
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CAHSEE Writing: Modifiers and Passive Voice Drill, Problem 5. Fix this sentence.
Transcript
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We're up all night to get shmoopy. Fix this sentence:
- 00:07
Theresa ate the burrito.
- 00:09
And here are the potential answers:
- 00:13
So... what is this question asking?
- 00:14
It's about tense -- verb tense.
Full Transcript
- 00:17
We've got our subject... Theresa.
- 00:19
We've got our dependent verb... ate...
- 00:22
...and we have our subject... the burrito.
- 00:27
Our subject is acting on our verb, so...
- 00:32
It's fine as it is. The answer is D.
- 00:34
C gets major funny points for the visual, however.
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