after we had read the poem to a mouse and the novel of mice and men mrs preble our teacher tested we

Question

Fix the sentence grammatically and say why you made the changes

Answer 1

Here's the corrected sentence:

"After we read the poem 'To a Mouse' and the novel 'Of Mice and Men,' Mrs. Preble, our teacher, tested us."

Changes made:

1. Changed "had read" to "read": The past perfect tense ("had read") was unnecessary here since the context is clear that the action of reading occurred before the testing. The simple past tense ("read") is sufficient.

2. Added italics for titles: The titles of the poem and novel are italicized to follow standard formatting for titles of longer works (like books) and to indicate that these are distinct works.

3. Punctuation adjustments: I added a comma after "Men" to correctly separate the clauses and clarify that "our teacher" is an appositive phrase providing additional information about Mrs. Preble.

4. Added a comma after “Mrs. Preble”: This gives a slight pause in the sentence and clarifies that "our teacher" is describing Mrs. Preble, rather than indicating an action.

5. Changed "tested we" to "tested us": The correct pronoun in this context is "us" (objective case), which should be used after a verb.

Overall, the changes improve the clarity and grammatical correctness of the sentence.