Commonly Misused Words 1-5

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 3?

(3) Sometimes there are multiple animals that are very active during the daytime, but not all animals come out when it’s hotter then usual.

• delete the comma after daytime

• change then to than

• change are to our

• change it’s to its

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 3?

(3) The average bear sleeps in the forrest less than two hours at a time, but during hibernation bears sleep for more than 36 hours at a time.

• delete the comma after time

• change than to then

• change bear to bare

• change forrest to forest

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?

(10) When Levi graduated from college, mom and dad gave him their car as a congratulatory gift.

• Delete the comma

• Change mom and dad to Mom and Dad

• Change their to there

• Sentence 7 should not be changed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15?

(15) I looked at Courtney’s alarm clock and yelled, “Your going to be late if you don’t wake up right now!”

• Change Courtney’s to Courtneys

• Change your to you’re

• Change don’t to do’nt

• Make no change

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15?

(15) But it’s not easy to gather thousands of followers and subscibers on YouTube, it’s a lot of work.

• Change the 1^st it’s to its

• Change a lot to alot

• Change the comma after YouTube to a semi-colon

• No change needed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15?

(15) If I could change one thing about the world, I would create world piece.

• Change piece to peace

• Add a comma after one

• Change one to won

• Make no change

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 22?

(22) One dog in Columbus, ohio, actually dialed 911 when its owner fell out of his wheelchair.

• Change ohio to Ohio

• Change its to it’s

• Change fell to fall

• No change needed

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 9?

(3) As the students prepare for their test, they worked hard with a partner to memorize all of the vocabulary.

• Delete the comma after test

• Change prepare to prepared

• Change their to there

• No change should be made.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?

(10) They took Freya out of her cage and put her in there backyard.

• Add a comma after cage

• Change took to taked

• Change there to their

• Sentence 10 should not be changed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

What change, if any, needs to be made to sentence 2?

(2) She is nervous for the meet but she is happy to run for the school.

• Add a comma after meet

• Add a comma after but

• Change nervous to nervious

• Make no change

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D