Question

probably think of hot places covered with sand. correct the dialogue. (only 20% of earths deserts are covered in sand) explained the teacher. fix the sentence. is it a fragment or a run - on? antarctica is always cold it is a desert because it rarely rains or snows there. use these words to answer this weeks questions. unintentional attack unify incomplete invite nontoxic atypical unicycle what is the meaning of the underlined word? deserts are arid places because they get less than 10 inches of rain a year. circle the parts of speech of the word alert. (alert) adj.1. quick to notice

Explanation:

Sub - question 1: Correct the dialogue.

The original sentence has incorrect punctuation and capitalization in the dialogue format. When a speaker is identified after the quote, we use a comma inside the closing quotation mark, and the reporting verb "explained" should be in the correct context. The correct sentence should be: "Only 20% of Earth's deserts are covered in sand," explained the teacher.

The sentence "Antarctica is always cold it is a desert because it rarely rains or snows there" is a run - on sentence because it has two independent clauses ("Antarctica is always cold" and "it is a desert because it rarely rains or snows there") joined without proper punctuation. To fix it, we can add a semicolon or a conjunction. For example: "Antarctica is always cold; it is a desert because it rarely rains or snows there."

From the context "Deserts are arid places because they get less than 10 inches of rain a year", we can infer that "arid" means dry, as deserts are places with very little rainfall, so they are dry.

Answer:

"Only 20% of Earth's deserts are covered in sand," explained the teacher.

Sub - question 2: Fix the sentence. Is it a fragment or a run - on?