M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES M= Mechanics U=Usage G=Grammar.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES

M= MechanicsU=UsageG=Grammar

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Directions

Every day this semester, we will start class with a M.U.G.SHOT sentence. 1. For the first 5 minutes of class, you will

attempt to correct the sentence on your own.

2. For the next 5 minutes, we will go over the mistakes.

3. Then, you will try a similar one on your own for a grade.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 1Sentence Fragments

Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.

right after the winter holidays and during the last week before school started

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 1Sentence Fragments

Correct:It snowed right after the winter holidays and during the last week before school started.Explanation: You need a subject and a verb in every sentence for it to be a sentence.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 1Sentence Fragments

Try on your own for a grade: Correct everything you can find wrong.

running to the store to get milk and bread

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 2Run-on sentences

Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.

this is going to be the most dificult semester of you’re high school career you had better study more then ever?

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 2Run-on sentences

Correct (Different Versions):This is going to be the most difficult semester of your high school career. You had better study more than ever.

This is going to be the most difficult semester of your high school career, so you had better study more than ever.

This is going to be the most difficult semester of your high school career; you had better study more than ever.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 2Run-on sentences

Explanation:When you have two independent clauses (parts that could stand on their own as a sentence), you have to include some punctuation mark between them (either a period, a comma and a FANBOYS, or a semi-colon.)

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 2Run-on sentences

Try on your own for a grade: Correct everything you can find wrong.

coming to the united states was hard on me I had to learn a new langage.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 3Affect/effect

Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.

the calcium suplemants i have been taking have not effected my mood.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 3Affect/effect

Correct:

The calcium supplements I have been taking have not affected my mood.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 3Affect/effect

Explanation:Affect usually acts like a verb (it acts on something else)Effect is usually a nounEx: Cold weather affects my emotions.Cold weather has an effect on my emotions.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 3Affect/effect

Try one on your own for a grade:

wat is the affect of coffee on people with ADHD who don’t have no medicine.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 4Misplaced modifiers

Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.

although nearly finished we left the play early because we were worried about are sick cat

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 4Misplaced modifiers

Correct:

We left the nearly-finished play early because we were worried about our sick cat.

Although the play was nearly finished, we left early because we were worried about our sick cat.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 4 Misplaced modifiers

Explanation:

“although nearly finished” modifies, or adds more information, about the play. Therefore, it should be placed as closely to the word “play” as possible. Otherwise, it looks like “we” were nearly finished because it’s closer to the modifier.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 4Misplaced modifiers

Try one on your own for a grade:

Before replacing the electricity to the wall outlet should be turned off

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 5Misplaced modifiers

Try in the first 5 minutes: fix anything you can find wrong.

while eating dinner a fly buzzed into her soup?

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 5Misplaced modifiers

Correct:

While she was eating dinner, a fly buzzed into her soup.

A fly buzzed into her soup while she was eating dinner.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 5Misplaced modifiers

Explanation:

The original sentence make it look like “while eating dinner” modifies the fly, which would make it seem like the fly was chowing down on a Big Mac while he flew into the soup.

“While eating dinner” actually modifies “she,” so the phrase needs to be closer to “she.”

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 5Misplaced modifiers

Try one on your own for a grade:

running for the bus my book fell in the mud

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 6Misplaced Modifiers

Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.

giving a cold look the poker game stopped as nick laid down his cards

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 6Misplaced Modifiers

Correct:Giving a cold look, Nick stopped the poker game as he laid down his cards.Stopping the poker game, Nick gave a cold look as he laid down his cards.The poker game stopped as Nick gave a cold look and laid down his cards.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 6Misplaced Modifiers

Explanation:The poker game did not give a cold look, but that’s what it seems like since the modifier “giving a cold look” is closest to “the poker game.” “Giving a cold look” actually modifies “Nick,” so they need to be next to one another.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 6Misplaced Modifiers

Try one on your own for a grade:

upon entering the doctors office a skeleton caught my attention

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 7Misplaced Modifiers

Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.

rolling down the hill, Sara was afeared the rocks would land on the campsight.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 7Misplaced Modifiers

Correct:Sara was afraid the rocks rolling down the hill would land on the campsite.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 7Misplaced Modifiers

Explanation:“Rolling down the hill” modifies “the rocks” not “Sara.” So, we need to place “rolling down the hill” next to what it modifies (“the rocks”).

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 7Misplaced Modifiers

Try one on your own for a grade:

though only sixteen years old, her parents divorce effected marthas trust.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 8Dangling Modifiers

Try in the first 5 minutes: fix everything you can find wrong.

many of the trustees congratulated him for his speech at the end of the meeting and promised him they’re support.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 8Dangling Modifiers

Correct:

At the end of the meeting, many of the trustees congratulated him for his speech and promised him their support.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 8Dangling Modifiers

Explanation:

It is unclear whether “at the end of the meeting” is talking about the time the speech took place or the time when the trustees congratulated the man. We call this a “dangling modifier.” It needs to be moved to make it clear that the trustees did the congratulating at the end of the meeting.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 8Dangling Modifiers

Try one on your own for a grade:

after our grammar lessons we could understand the spanish spoken by our cuban visiters easily.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 9Dangling Modifiers

Try in the first 5 minutes: fix anything you can find wrong.

by acident he poked the little girl with his finger in the eye

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 9Dangling Modifiers

Correct:By accident, he poked the little girl in the eye with his finger.

By accident, he poked the little girl’s eye with his finger.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 9Dangling Modifiers

Explanation:“in the eye” is a dangling modifier—it’s not clear whether it is modifying “finger” or “little girl.” It needs to be moved closer to what it actually modifies (“little girl”).

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 9Dangling Modifiers

Try one on your own for a grade:

i heard that my room mate wanted to throw me a surprise party while I was outside her bedroom window

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 10Dangling Modifiers

Try in the first 5 minutes: fix anything you can find wrong.

sam found a letter in a mailbox that doesnt belong to her

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 10Dangling Modifiers

Correct:

Sam found a letter that doesn’t belong to her in a mailbox.

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 10Dangling Modifiers

Explanation:

“That doesn’t belong to her” is a dangling modifier—it isn’t clear whether the “mailbox” doesn’t belong to Sam or “a letter” doesn’t belong to her, so the phrase needs to be moved closer to what it actually modifies (“a letter”).

M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 10Dangling Modifiers

Try one on your own for a grade:

plz take time to look over the brosure that is enclozed with your family