{
"finish": "The repair shop is closed for the day! You successfully repaired all fifteen sentences.",
"steps": [
{
"word": "Capital letter",
"say": "Amina carried the books into the classroom.",
"question": "Which sentence begins correctly?",
"card": "amina carried the books into the classroom.",
"choices": [
"amina carried the books into the classroom.",
"Amina carried the books into the classroom.",
"AMINA carried the books into the classroom."
],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct! A sentence and a person's name both begin with capital letters.",
"help": "Look at the first word. Amina is also somebody's name."
},
{
"word": "Full stop",
"say": "The old map was hidden beneath the floor.",
"question": "Which sentence has the correct ending?",
"card": "The old map was hidden beneath the floor",
"choices": [
"The old map was hidden beneath the floor?",
"The old map was hidden beneath the floor.",
"The old map was hidden beneath the floor,"
],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Exactly! This is a statement, so it ends with a full stop.",
"help": "The sentence gives information. It does not ask a question."
},
{
"word": "Question mark",
"say": "Where did you put the silver key?",
"question": "Which sentence is punctuated correctly?",
"card": "Where did you put the silver key.",
"choices": [
"Where did you put the silver key?",
"Where did you put the silver key.",
"Where did you put the silver key!"
],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Correct! A direct question ends with a question mark.",
"help": "The word where shows that somebody is asking a question."
},
{
"word": "Agreement",
"say": "The two detectives are searching the attic.",
"question": "Which sentence has correct subject–verb agreement?",
"card": "The two detectives is searching the attic.",
"choices": [
"The two detectives am searching the attic.",
"The two detectives is searching the attic.",
"The two detectives are searching the attic."
],
"answer": 2,
"good": "Well repaired! Detectives is plural, so we use are.",
"help": "There are two detectives. Which verb agrees with more than one person?"
},
{
"word": "Word order",
"say": "Whiskers quietly followed the children.",
"question": "Which sentence has the clearest word order?",
"card": "Quietly the children Whiskers followed.",
"choices": [
"Whiskers quietly followed the children.",
"Followed Whiskers the children quietly.",
"The children Whiskers quietly followed."
],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Correct! The subject comes first, followed by the action and the object.",
"help": "Begin with who performed the action: Whiskers."
},
{
"word": "Complete sentence",
"say": "The children opened the mysterious wooden box.",
"question": "Which option is a complete sentence?",
"card": "Inside the mysterious wooden box.",
"choices": [
"Inside the mysterious wooden box.",
"The mysterious wooden box.",
"The children opened the mysterious wooden box."
],
"answer": 2,
"good": "Exactly! The sentence tells us who acted and what they did.",
"help": "A complete sentence needs a subject and a complete action."
},
{
"word": "Comma",
"say": "Before we leave, we must lock the door.",
"question": "Which sentence uses the comma correctly?",
"card": "Before we leave we must lock the door.",
"choices": [
"Before, we leave we must lock the door.",
"Before we leave, we must lock the door.",
"Before we leave we, must lock the door."
],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct! The comma separates the opening phrase from the main sentence.",
"help": "The opening phrase is Before we leave. Place the comma after it."
},
{
"word": "Apostrophe",
"say": "Musa's backpack was beside the window.",
"question": "Which sentence shows that the backpack belongs to Musa?",
"card": "Musas backpack was beside the window.",
"choices": [
"Musas backpack was beside the window.",
"Musas' backpack was beside the window.",
"Musa's backpack was beside the window."
],
"answer": 2,
"good": "Well done! The apostrophe and s show that the backpack belongs to Musa.",
"help": "The owner is one person named Musa. Add an apostrophe and s."
},
{
"word": "Past tense",
"say": "Yesterday, the class visited the museum.",
"question": "Which sentence keeps the verb in the correct tense?",
"card": "Yesterday, the class visit the museum.",
"choices": [
"Yesterday, the class visits the museum.",
"Yesterday, the class visited the museum.",
"Yesterday, the class will visit the museum."
],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct! Yesterday requires the past-tense verb visited.",
"help": "Yesterday tells us that the action has already happened."
},
{
"word": "Pronoun",
"say": "Leila found the note, and she read it aloud.",
"question": "Which sentence uses the correct pronoun for Leila?",
"card": "Leila found the note, and he read it aloud.",
"choices": [
"Leila found the note, and they read it aloud.",
"Leila found the note, and it read it aloud.",
"Leila found the note, and she read it aloud."
],
"answer": 2,
"good": "Correct! The pronoun she refers clearly to Leila.",
"help": "Which pronoun can replace the name Leila?"
},
{
"word": "Conjunction",
"say": "The path was narrow, but the children continued walking.",
"question": "Which joining word shows a contrast?",
"card": "The path was narrow, ___ the children continued walking.",
"choices": [
"but",
"because",
"or"
],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Exactly! But connects two contrasting ideas.",
"help": "The narrow path could have stopped them. Instead, they continued."
},
{
"word": "Run-on sentence",
"say": "The rain stopped. The players returned to the field.",
"question": "Which option repairs the run-on sentence?",
"card": "The rain stopped the players returned to the field.",
"choices": [
"The rain stopped the players returned to the field.",
"The rain stopped. The players returned to the field.",
"The rain stopped, the players returned to the field."
],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct! The two complete thoughts are separated with a full stop.",
"help": "There are two complete ideas. Each can stand as its own sentence."
},
{
"word": "Plural noun",
"say": "The three boxes were stacked near the wall.",
"question": "Which sentence uses the correct plural form?",
"card": "The three box was stacked near the wall.",
"choices": [
"The three boxes were stacked near the wall.",
"The three box were stacked near the wall.",
"The three boxs was stacked near the wall."
],
"answer": 0,
"good": "Excellent! Three requires the plural noun boxes and the plural verb were.",
"help": "There is more than one box. Both the noun and verb must agree."
},
{
"word": "Missing subject",
"say": "The little bird landed on the fence.",
"question": "Which sentence clearly tells us who landed?",
"card": "Landed on the fence.",
"choices": [
"On the fence.",
"The little bird landed on the fence.",
"Landed the little bird."
],
"answer": 1,
"good": "Correct! The little bird is the subject performing the action.",
"help": "The sentence needs to tell us who or what landed."
},
{
"word": "Final repair",
"say": "After lunch, Sofia and Musa walked quietly to the library.",
"question": "Which sentence is completely correct?",
"card": "after lunch Sofia and Musa walks quietly to the library",
"choices": [
"After lunch Sofia and Musa walks quietly to the library.",
"after lunch, Sofia and Musa walked quietly to the library.",
"After lunch, Sofia and Musa walked quietly to the library."
],
"answer": 2,
"good": "Perfect repair! It has a capital letter, comma, correct verb and full stop.",
"help": "Check the capital letter, opening comma, verb agreement and ending punctuation."
}
]
}ENGLISH PRACTICE ROOM
Sentence Repair
Fifteen sentences have arrived at the repair shop. Fix capital letters, punctuation, agreement, word order and incomplete thoughts.
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