Capitalization
Punctuation
Spelling
Past Tense
Possessive
100

he was smelly. 

Capitalize the 1st letter of every sentence. 

He was smelly.  

100

It had skin patches

Period at the end of a statement. 

It had skin patches. 

100

Her husbend was nice. 

Her husband was nice. 

100

She drunk too much.

She drank too much. 

100

Winn Dixie smell's bad. 

No reason for 's. 

Winn Dixie smells bad. 

200

winn Dixie has spots.

Capitalize the 1st letter of every sentence. 

Winn Dixie has spots. 

200

(2) the dog was dirty

1. Capital letter at the beginning 2. Period at the end. 

The dog was dirty. 

200

The dog's vibs showed. 

The dog's ribs showed. 

200

He had never ben fed. 

He had never been fed. 

200

Opals dad was a preacher. 

Opal's dad was a preacher. 

300

he smells bad.

Capitalize the 1st letter of every sentence. 

He smells bad. 

300

(3) he smell's bad

1. Capitalization 2. no apostrophe 3. missing period.


He smells bad. 

300

The dog had no caller. 

The dog had no collar. 

300

He smelt bad. 

He smelled bad. 

300

The dogs ribs showed. 

The dog's ribs showed. 
400

her mom drank.

Capitalize the 1st letter of every sentence. 

Her mom drank. 

400

(2) Opals mom drank to much? 

1. Missing '  2. Not a question

Opal's mom drank too much. 

400

She was the prech's wife. 

She was the preacher's wife. 

400

He never been fed.

He had never been fed.  OR

He was never fed. 

400

She was the preachers wife. 

She was the preacher's wife. 

500

She hated Being the preacher's wife. 

No reason to capitalize Being. 

She hated being the preacher's wife. 

500

We dont know who the mother is? 

1. contraction '  2. not a question

We don't know who the mother is. 

500
Winn Dixie was in the grossher store. 

Winn Dixie was in the grocery store. 

500

She drunkt a lot. 

She drank a lot.   OR

She was drunk a lot. 

500

There family was different from most. 

Their family was different from most.