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

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cranberry - y + ies =

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tomato + es =

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wife - fe + ves =

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Fill in the blank with the correct plural noun:

In most table settings, forks are placed to the left of the plate while

and spoons are placed to the right.

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Fill in the blank with the correct plural noun:

Modern

, which evolved from African instruments during colonial times, are frequently played in folk, country, and bluegrass music.

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Fill in the blank with the correct plural noun:

The Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts fled England so that they could follow their religious

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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

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Fix the one word that is used incorrectly.

Elise loves the outdoors so much that she would rather go camping then stay in a fancy hotel.

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Fix the one word that is used incorrectly.

We're out of eggs, so we should go to the market. Beside, we need to buy something for dinner.

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Fix the one word that is used incorrectly.

Dakota is already to graduate and has a new job lined up at a law firm in Boston.

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Fix the one word that is used incorrectly.

While I was waiting for the doctor, I read a magazine article offering tips on how to stay healthy and loose weight,

• 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

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Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adjective.

Gabrielle was surprised to discover that the loaf of bread she had just bought tasted

than the one she bought last week.

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Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adjective.

After two weeks without water, a camel can drink about one-third of its body mass, leading many to call it the

animal on the planet.

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Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adjective.

Todd's explanation of the water cycle was much

than the one in my biology textbook.

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Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adjective.

Australia is completely surrounded by water and is the

of all the world's continents.

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Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adjective.

During the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt faced many challenges, but perhaps the

was the creation of the federal relief programs.

• 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

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Complete the sentence with the correct contraction.

well known that dolphins are highly intelligent animals.

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Complete the sentence with the correct contraction.

visiting her sister in Lakeside this week.

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Complete the sentence with the correct contraction.

The museum is offering a drawing class that

going to sign up for.