Philippines
Set 6: Sentences Corrections 3 & 4


Spelling focus: Adding
['s] to form possessives of singular nouns

(3.) The philippine island of Luzon produces copper gold tobacco and rice.

SPELLING: ok
CAPITALIZATION
Proper adjectives
PUNCTUATION
Commas (for items in a series)
GRAMMAR & USAGE
ok

The Philippine island of Luzon produces copper, gold, tobacco, and rice.

*(4.) Manila is a important city on Luzon its the countrys capital.

SPELLING: country's
CAPITALIZATION
First word (in sentences)
PUNCTUATION
End marks (with declaratives)
GRAMMAR & USAGE
Pronouns (possessives vs. contractions), Run-on sentence,
Articles:
(a vs. an)

Manila is an important city on Luzon. It's the country's capital.

* An asterisk [*] 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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