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Planet Grammar

Planet Grammar

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English, Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.1.2A, L.1.2B, L.1.1J

+15

Standards-aligned

Created by

Dana Wallach

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4 Slides • 18 Questions

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Planet Grammar

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Multiple Choice

You should always capitalize the first word of a sentence.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

We should always capitalize the names of planets in our solar system.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that is written correctly.

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mercury has no Atmosphere.

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Mercury has no atmosphere.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that is written correctly.

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mars has two moons called phobos and deimos. it is the 4th planet from the sun.

2

Mars has two moons called Phobos and Deimos. It is the 4th planet from the Sun.

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Multiple Choice

What correction needs to be made?


The planet i chose is Venus.

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capitalize planet

2

capitalize i

3

lowercase Venus

4

They are all correctly capitalized.

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Multiple Select

Which word is capitalized incorrectly?


Mars Has a rocky surface, and very thin atmosphere.

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Mars

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Has

3

and

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Everything is correct.

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Multiple Select

Identify the word that needs to be capitalized.


One year on Mercury is 88 earth days.

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Earth

2

Year

3

Days

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They are all correctly capitalized.

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Multiple Choice

Identify the word that needs to be capitalized.


the planet I researched is Mars.

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the

2

planet

3

is

4

They are all correctly capitalized.

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Multiple Choice

Identify the word or words that need to be capitalized.


i'm researching mars, and it is red because of rusty iron in the ground.

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i'm

2

iron

3

mars

4

i'm and mars

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Multiple Choice

Identify the word that needs to be capitalized.


Venus has a very rough surface with volcanoes and mountains.

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volcanoes

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mountains

3

surface

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They are all correctly capitalized

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

What needs to be corrected in this sentence?


People sometimes call Venus Earth's sister planet

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The first word of the sentence is not capitalized

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Venus should be lowercase

3

The sentence is missing ending punctuation.

4

The sentence is correct.

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Multiple Choice

What needs to be corrected in this sentence?


Mercurys surface is rocky, and covered with craters.

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Mercury should be lowercase, "mercury."

2

Mercurys should be written as "Mercury's."

3

crater should be capitalized, "Craters"

4

The sentence is correct.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that is written correctly.

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Venus is the hottest planet. It has a thick atmosphere of greenhouse gases.

2

venus is the hottest planet, it has a thick atmosphere of greenhouse gases.

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Multiple Choice

Identify the word or words that need to be capitalized.


scientists say mars was like earth.

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earth

2

mars

3

scientists, earth and mars

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mars and scientists

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Poll

Are you ready for the final two examples?

Yes! I am ready to show what I know.

No, I love practicing grammar! Let's do 10 more.

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

What needs to be corrected in this sentence?


The surface of Mars is very rocky and red in color.

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The first word of the sentence is not capitalized.

2

Mars should have an apostrophe.

3

The sentence is missing ending punctuation.

4

The sentence is correct.

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