Set 3: Sentences Corrections 9 & 10

John Henry

An American Legend

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

(9.) After the contest john falled down dead with his hammer in his hand.

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

After the contest John fell down dead with his hammer in his hand.

(10.) He were buried in an suituble place it was near the tunnel.

SPELLING: suitable
CAPITALIZATION First words: (in sentenses)
PUNCTUATION End marks (with declaratives)
GRAMMAR & USAGE Run-on sentence, Agreement (of subjects and verbs)
Articles (a vs. an)

* He was buried in an suitable place. It was near the tunnel.

* 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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