Set 8: Sentences 1 & 2 Answers

John A. Ciardi

Spelling focus: Words with soft [g] followed by [i] or [e]

(1.) John a Ciardi was born on June 24 1916 in Boston, massachusetts.

SPELLING: ok
CAPITALIZATION Proper nouns: (places), Initials:
PUNCTUATION Periods: (with initials), Commas: (in dates)
GRAMMAR & USAGE ok

John A. Ciardi was born on June 24, 1916, in Boston, Massachusetts.

(2.) Do you think maria that this clever poet was a jenius?

SPELLING: genius
CAPITALIZATION Proper nouns: (people and animals)
PUNCTUATION Commas: (in direct address)
GRAMMAR & USAGE ok

Do you think, Maria, that this clever poet was a genius?

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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