Punctuation
Quotations
Homophones
Spelling
Run-on, Frag, Sentence?
100
Identify the mistake in this sentence. She works long hours, she keeps working hard after she gets home.
It's missing a conjunction (like the word "and")
100
"It's Friday! the student yelled.
Add quotation marks after the exclamation mark.
100
Their trying to buy a new house.
Their needs to be changed to They're
100
FIND THE MISTAKE: It was the first day of summer vacation, and my family was going swiming!
Swiming is spelled wrong. It should be written SWIMMING.
100
Because it requires a lot of skill and determination.
Fragment
200
IDENTIFY THE MISTAKE: My sister needed help with her social study's project this week.
study's should not have an apostrophe
200
Mrs. Sheble told her class "You need to read for homework."
Add a comma after class
200
Jennifer has too younger brothers.
Too should be spelled two
200
FIND THE MISTAKE: Of the many trucks we looked at today, Jess and I think the last one is the more suitable for hauling equiptment.
Equiptment should be spelled EQUIPMENT.
200
Water can be found in the earth's surface and it can be found under the earth's surface.
Run-on
300
FIND THE MISTAKE: Its their job to let us know if the games have been rained out.
Change its to it's
300
I pledge allegiance to the flag," the class recited.
Put quotation marks before I.
300
"I want to go, to!" wailed the little girl.
To should be spelled too
300
FIND THE MISTAKE: I raised my hand during the class disscustion.
disscustion should be spelled discussion
300
If you want to become famous.
Fragment
400
FIND THE MISTAKE: It's important for students to read at home, and at school.
Delete the comma after the word "home"
400
"Do you want to build a snowman" Anna asked.
Put a question mark between snowman and the quotation marks.
400
"Your late," the teacher said to his tardy student.
Your should be spelled You're
400
FIND THE MISTAKE: I ran down the i'll at the gas station.
i'll should be spelled AISLE
400
Being a straight-A student is great, but understanding the material is more important.
Sentence
500
FIND THE MISTAKE: I was minding my own business walking through the woods and a scorpion stung me on the foot!
Put a comma after "woods"
500
The students said "Good morning, Mrs. Sheble!"
Put a comma between said and the first set of quotes.
500
FIND THE TWO MISTAKES Their house is down they're, too streets over from mine.
they're should be spelled there too should be spelled two
500
FIND THE MISTAKE: I grabbed what we needed from the different shelfs.
shelfs should be spelled SHELVES
500
When it rains, the rain forms runoff, the abundance of rain causes some areas to flood.
run-on
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