Misused words
The students were (there / their / they're) preparing for their presentation.
their
The girl (walk / walks) to school every morning.
walks
The (girls / girl's / girls') uniforms were neatly ironed.
girls’
Identify the modifier in the sentence.
The extremely tired student went home.
extremely
Select the correctly spelt word.
(a) Recieve
(b) Receive
(c) Receeve
(b) Receive
The principal gave us some useful ________ about the examination.
(a) advise
(b) advice
(b). advice
The students ________ studying for their examinations.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) was
(b) are
Fill in the blank.
The ________ bag was left in the classroom.
(a) students
(b) student's
(c) students'
student’s
Choose the correct word.
She sings (beautiful / beautifully) during the concert.
beautifully
The students were asked to ________ their essays before submitting them.
(a) revise
(b) revize
(c) reviese
(a) revise
Identify and correct the misused word.
I could not attend school because I was feeling badly.
Change badly to bad.
Identify the error and correct it.
My brother and sister goes to the same school.
Goes → Go
Correct the punctuation error.
The teachers lounge is located upstairs.
teachers’ lounge
Identify the misplaced modifier.
Walking to school, the rain soaked my uniform.
While I was walking to school, the rain soaked my uniform.
Identify and correct the spelling error.
The teacher was very dissapointed with the students' performance.
Dissapointed → Disappointed
The teacher asked the students to (accept / except) their examination results.
accept
Neither the teacher nor the students (was / were) prepared for the meeting.
were
Choose the correct sentence.
(a) The childrens books were on the table.
(b) The children's books were on the table.
(c) The childrens' books were on the table.
(b) The children's books were on the table.
Rewrite the sentence to correct the dangling modifier.
After studying for three hours, the examination seemed easy.
After studying for three hours, I found the examination easy.
Correct the two spelling errors.
The principle gave the students permission to visit the libary.
principle → principal
libray → library
Correct the two misused words in this sentence.
Your going to need more stationery if you want to complete the assignment, and I hope you don't loose your notes.
Your → You're
Loose → Lose
Rewrite the sentence correctly.
Each of the participants have submitted their assignments, but neither of the teachers were available to mark them.
Each of the participants has submitted their assignments, but neither of the teachers was available to mark them.
Rewrite the sentence using the correct possessive form.
The uniforms belonging to the two boys were hanging in the principal's office.
The two boys' uniforms were hanging in the principal's office.
Identify the error and rewrite the sentence correctly.
The teacher almost gave every student an assignment that was due on Friday.
The teacher gave almost every student an assignment that was due on Friday.
Correct all three spelling errors in the sentence.
The committee recieved a seperate document containing the neccessary information.
recieved → received
seperate → separate
neccessary → necessary