Spelling Errors

Identify and correct spelling errors.

Lesson Objective

demonstrating the ability to identify and correct spelling errors in written text

walk > walked
bike > biked
hurry > hurried
jog > jogged

Examples:

• usually tells us something that has already happened

Definition:

Verb in Past Tense

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The aunts happily

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the children's cheeks.

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The peeping chickens

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out of their eggs.

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Barbara and Ernest ​

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Michelle's courage.

• Luis did his homework. > do to did

• Nana brought pie to Thanksgiving. > bring to brought

Examples:

• some verbs are irregular in the past tense. That means you don't "add -ed" or "add -d". Instead, you must remember the past-tense of the verb.

Definition:

Irregular Past Tense

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Edward

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games to play on the long car trip.

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The mechanic started the car, let it run for awhile, and then

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down to see if any fluid was leaking.

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One of the part-time employees at the bookstore

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after she found a job much closer to her home.

Plurals of nouns ending in f, fe, o, and y

Frequently Confused Words

Multiple Choice

Complete the text with the correct word.

Researchers have found that _____ likely to remember negative experiences more accurately than positive experiences.

• you're

• your

Multiple Choice

Complete the text with the correct word.

Do you know _______ leading the discussion at next week's book club meeting?

• whose

• who's

Multiple Choice

Complete the text with the correct word.

According to the United States Constitution, the president cannot _____ a personal gift from a leader of another country without the approval of Congress.

• except

• accept

Multiple Choice

Complete the text with the correct word.

Early bathing suits were made with fabric that was ______ and heavy, unlike the material used for modern swimsuits.

• loose

• lose

• My friends and I buy lunch at school,

• Then we all eat together by the tree.

• We say bye to each other when the bell rings.

Examples:

• words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings

Definition:

Homophones

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.

The Eagles beat the Raiders, _______ they will be playing the Falcons in the Super Bowl.

• sew

• sow

• so

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.

The new trench will _______ the chance that the creek will flood into the street during heavy rains.

• lessen

• lesson

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.

When is the next membership payment for the community pool _______?

• dew

• due

• do

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct homophone.

Hazel took off her gold ______ while she was washing the dishes, and then she accidentally left It beside the sink.

• wring

• ring

• compare a thing or group of things to the larger group that it is part of.

• usually end in -est

Superlative:

• compare a thing or group to some other thing or group

• usually end in -er

Comparative:

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives

Examples:

Base Comparative Superlative
tall taller tallest

Base Comparative Superlative
intelligent more intelligent most intelligent

• I am > I'm

• you have > you've

• you will > you'll

Examples:

• a shortened form of two words

• an apostrophe (') shows where one or more letters are left out.

• can be formed from a pronoun and a verb

Definition:

Pronoun-verb contractions