Set 3: Sentences Corrections 3 & 4

John Henry

An American Legend


Spelling focus: Adding the suffix [able] to complete words

(3.) John Henry was a dependible worker he builded railroads and tunnel.

SPELLING: dependable
CAPITALIZATION
First word (in sentence)
PUNCTUATION
End marks (with declaratives)
GRAMMAR & USAGE
Plurals (regular plurals) Run-on sentences (regular plurals)
Verb tense (irregular past tense)

* John Henry was a dependable worker. He buildt railroads and tunnels.

(4.) Him could swing his hammer for ten hour and not never be tired.

SPELLING: ok
CAPITALIZATION
ok
PUNCTUATION
ok
GRAMMAR & USAGE
Plurals (regular plurals) Pronoun case (of subjects)
Double negative

* He could swing his hammer for ten hours and never be tired.

* An asterick [*] before a correct sentence means the student may correct an error in more than one way, as when fixing fragments, run-ons, and double negatives.

 

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