Grammar Test 2 Answer 7

7. While laying underneath the dinning room table, Philip seen the build up of animal dander, and consequently he understood it was time to get his air ducts cleaned by his cousin, who had helped him before, and had just gotten out of prison.

Ans.

7. While lying underneath the dining room table, Philip saw the build up of animal dander, and consequently, he understood it was time to get his air ducts cleaned by his cousin who had helped him before and had just gotten out of prison.


1) "Lying is the correct form here because "laying" needs to have an object. [1 pt.]

2) "dinning' is misspelled, and it should be spelled "dining." [1 pt.]

3) "Saw" is the correct form of the verb "to see" in the 3rd person simple past tense. [1 pt.]

4) Insert a comma after "consequently" because it is an adverb that introduces an independent clause. Even in the second half of a compound sentence, it should have a comma after it. [1 pt.]

5) Remove the comma after cousin because the relative clause "who had helped him before and had just gotten out of prison" is identifying which of Philip's cousins he is talking about. [Note: if it had already been established that Philp had only one cousin, then the comma would remain. [1 pt.]

6) Remove the comma after "before" because the "and" is connecting two verbs—"had helped" and "had gotten." Therefore, the "and" is not connecting two indpendent clauses and the comma is not needed. [1 pt.]

Total = 6 pts.