CUPS 1
in 1627, settlers landed in hartford,connecticut.
In 1627, settlers landed in Hartford, Connecticut.
Capitalize "In" because it is the beginning of a sentence.
Capitalize "Hartford" and "Connecticut" because they are names of places and proper nouns.
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
Mary tom and javier are nice peeple.
Mary, Tom, and Javier are nice people.
Capitalize proper nouns like a person's name.
Use commas when you are making a list.
Change "peeple" to "people" because it is spelled incorrectly.
You left you're book here.
Change "you're" to "your". You are not using a contraction, but showing possession.
Name the literary device used in poetry below:
The emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke from the reader through a story.
(ex. joyful, anxious, fearful, calm, resentful)
Mood
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?
Neil armstrong and buzz aldrin first landed on the moon on July 29 1969.
Capitalization and punctuation
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first landed on the moon on July 29, 1969.
How do you correct the following sentence?
me and my friend are gonna go to the beach next weekend.
My friend and I are going to go to the beach next weekend.
Change "me and my friend" to "My friend and I" because the pronoun "I" means the person speaking is also doing the action.
Change "gonna" to "going" because the verb tense is a present participle (ing-verb).
What changes, if any, should be made to this sentence?
Julia sometimes sell limonaid and snohcones on a hot day.
Change "sell" to "sells" because of subject-verb agreement and it is simple present tense.
Change "limonaid" to "lemonade" because BEYONCE!! Just kidding... "limonaid" is spelled incorrectly.
Change" snohcones" to "snow cones" because it is spelled incorrectly.
What changes should be made to this sentence, if any?
Mrs. Gomez quickly water the plants when she get home at five o'clock.
Mrs. Gomez quickly waters the plants when she gets home at five o'clock.
Change "water" to "waters" and "get" to "gets" because of subject-verb agreement in the present tense.
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
I desided to end the relationship semply because it was toxik.
desided is spelled incorrectly - decided
semply is spelled incorrectly - simply
toxik is spelled incorrectly - toxic
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?
Jimmie Hendrix, a famous musician, loved playing gitar acording to many of his piers
Spelling and punctuation
Jimmie Hendrix, a famous musician, loved playing guitar, according to many of his peers.
Change "gitar" to "guitar".
Change "acording" to "according".
Change "piers" to "peers".
Add a comma before and after the phrase, "a famous musician" to set off appositives.
Identify the prepositions in the sentence below:
The birds initially flew through the air, but then plummeted down into the sea.
Prepositions are words that show the relationship between an object and some other word in a sentence.
Through, down, into are the prepositions in the sentence.
will smith is complitely in the wrong when he slapped chris rock at the dolby theater on march 27 2022
Capitalize "Will Smith" and "Chris Rock" because they are proper nouns and names of people.
Change "complitely" to "completely" to correct spelling.
Capitalize "Dolby Theater" because it is a proper noun.
Capitalize "March" because it is a month of the year.
Place a comma when writing dates - March 27, 2022.
What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?
How many chances am I going to giver her to be a better girlfriend!
This is a question! Correct the punctuation at the end of the sentence.
How many chances am I going to giver her to be a better girlfriend?
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
Their my friends.
They’re my friends.
In this sentence, "they’re" is used as a contraction of the words "They" and "Are".
The reason or intent in writing such as to entertain, to persuade, or to inform the reader.
Author's Purpose
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence? On tuesday june 23rd the plumbers came to our house from john moore plumbing in sugarland, tx.
Tuesday is the name of a day of week. It should be capitalized!
June is a proper noun and name of a month. It should be capitalized!
There should be a comma (,) after "Tuesday" and after "23rd". This is a nonrestrictive clause.
Capitalize "John Moore" because it is a proper noun and name of a business.
Capitalize "Sugarland, TX" because it is the name of a city and a proper noun.
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?
There are to many people with the wrong pear of shoes on at star lanes bowling alley.
Change "to" to "too".
Change "pear" to "pair"
Capitalize Star Lanes Bowling Alley because it is a proper noun.
i is twulve years old in 2018.
Capitalize "I" because it is a pronoun that is used like a name/proper noun and the beginning of a sentence.
Change "is" to "was" so the verb agrees with the proper tense and date.
Correct the spelling of "twulve" to "twelve".
What correction should be made to this sentence?
i can no longer whatch the show euphoria on hbo because I believe there promoting dangerous behavur.
Capitalization, spelling, punctuation, title of a tv show, proper noun name of a channel, homophones
I can no longer watch the show Euphoria on MTV because I believe they're promoting dangerous behavior.
Name the literary device used in poetry below:
The central, deeper meaning of a written work. It is the universal truth.
(ex. love, power, redemption, revenge)
Theme
when did they arrived to toyota center.
When did they arrive to Toyota Center?
Capitalize "When" because it is the beginning of a sentence.
Change "arrived" to "arrive" because "arrived" is past tense.
Capitalize "Toyota Center" because it is a proper noun.
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?
Without intending to i sed something that hurt Carlas feelings.
Subordinate clause - Place a comma (,) after "to".
"I" is always capitalized.
Change "sed" to "said" because it is spelled incorrectly.
There should be a letter "s" in Carlas because it is a possessive noun (Carla's).
What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?
to kill a mockingbird is a novel about themes such as raysism, prejudust, and cuurage.
Titles of books/novels are italicized and capitalized - To Kill a Mockingbird
Change "raysism" to "racism" because it is spelled incorrectly.
Change "prejudust" to "prejudice" because it is spelled incorrectly.
Change "cuurage" to "courage" because it is spelled incorrectly.
Name the literary device used in poetry below:
An idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken as if it were human.
Personification
Name the literary device used in poetry below:
The comparison of two things using like or as to make a description more vivid.
Simile