Set 3: Sentences Corrections 5 & 6

John Henry

An American Legend


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

(5.) Henry's boss buyed a steam drill to build the big bend Tunnel.

SPELLING: ok
CAPITALIZATION
Proper nouns (places)
PUNCTUATION
ok
GRAMMAR & USAGE
Verb tense (irregular past tense)

Henry's boss bought a steam drill to build the Big Bend Tunnel.

(6.) John henry said, that steam drill won't beat I!"

SPELLING: ok
CAPITALIZATION
proper nouns (people and animals), First word (in quotations)
PUNCTUATION
Quotation marks (with direct quotations)
GRAMMAR & USAGE
Pronoun case (of direct objects)

John Henry said, "That steam drill won't beat me!"

 

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