Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

It’s a bird! It’s a plane No, its a flying boat airplane! The first commercial airplane flight was actually a flying boat. It happen in January 1914. A former mayor of St Petersburg, Florida, paid 400 to fly from St. Petersburg to Tampa. The 18mile trip took only 23 minutes by plane. Traveling the same distance by ship would of taken over two hours. Since the flight was successful, plane trips across the Tampa Buy became popular. Passengers paid $five each way to take a trip on the special boat plain.

Multiple Choice

What punctuation should be added in this sentence?

"It's a plane"

• It's a plane.

• It' a plane?

• It's a plane!

• It' a plane;

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Where does the comma belong in the following sentence?

"No, its a flying boat airplane! "

• No, it's a flying boat airplane!

• No, its a flying, boat airplane!

• No, its a, flying boat airplane!

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What change needs to be made to this sentence?

"It happen in January 1914."

• It happens in January 1914.

• It happen and January 1914.

• It happen on January 1914.

• It happened in January 1914.

Multiple Choice

Find the 2 mistakes in the following sentence.

"A former mayor of St Petersburg, Florida, paid 400 to fly from St. Petersburg to Tampa."

• A former mayor of St Petersburg, Florida, paid 400 to fly from St. Petersburg to tampa.

• A former mayor of St Petersburg, Florida, pay 400 to flew from St. Petersburg to Tampa.

• A former mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, paid $400 to fly from St. Petersburg to Tampa.

• A former mayor of St Petersburg, florida, paid 400 to fly from St. Petersburg to Tampa.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct change in the following sentence.

"Traveling the same distance by ship would taken over two hours."

• Traveling the same distance by ship would've taken over two hours.

• Traveling the same distance by ship will taken over two hours.

• Traveling the same distance by ship won't taken over two hours.