5.11(D) Conventions

A Visionary Woman

A. Gautam

The grammatical errors in this passage are intentional.

Asif’s teacher asked students to research and write about an important person. Read Asif’s rough draft and look for corrections he needs to make. When you are finished reading, answer the questions that follow.

A Visionary Woman

(1) Hypatia was a leader and a mathematician who paved the way for women. (2) She lived in ancient Egypt at a time when women didn’t have many oportunities. (3) In fact, women didn’t and couldn’t share their ideas. (4) Women were not allowed to do many things.  (5) However, Hypatia would speak to large crowds who wanted to hear her ideas. 6) In 350 ad, Hypatia was born to a Theon, famous mathematician and philosopher. (7) Historians doesn’t know about Hypatia’s mother. (8) Because of her father, Hypatia studied and taught math, astronomy, and philosophy. (9) Theon taught Hypatia math and public speaking. (10) She helped her father update old textbooks. (11) They added new information in geometry, algebra, and astronomy. (12) Hypatia had a special skill of simplifying complex ideas into smaller bits she made difficult subjects easier to understand. (13) Her notes influenced mathematicians and astronomers for hundreds of years. (14) Until Hypatia was an adult, she taught math and astronomy to students from all over the world. (15) She taught simply based on what people already knew. (16) She taught people how to use an astrolabe. (17) It is a portable device that can measure the angle between the horizon and a star or a planet. (18) Astrolabe helped sailors figure out the time of day as well as their location on the ocean. (19) It was used for over 200 years. (20) Many of her theories are still used today. 

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 3?

• Change couldn’t to can't

• Change didn’t to don’t

• Change women to woman

• No change is needed.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

Rewrite the sentence adding commas: "I like apples bananas and kiwis."

• I like apples, bananas, and kiwis.

• I like, apples, bananas and kiwis.

• I like, apples bananas, and kiwis.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

You do not need to use commas if you have _____ items in a list.

• three

• four

• two

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Rewrite the sentence correctly: "I like baseball, and football."

• I like baseball and, football.

• I like, baseball and football.

• I like baseball and football.

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Identify the list of prepositions.

• over, in, and, around, yet

• of, for, over, above, near

• soon, under, by, or, through

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CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the prepositional phrase: Jimmy sold cupcakes and brownies at the bake sale last week.

• and brownies

• at the bake sale

• last week

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the object of the preposition in the following phrase: over the magical colorful rainbow

• magical

• rainbow

• over

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which sentences use perfect verb tense?

Choose ALL of the sentences that contain perfect verb tense.

• They eat lunch.

• They had eaten lunch.

• They will eat lunch.

• They have eaten lunch.

• They will have eaten lunch.

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Match each sentence with the correct interjection.

• _____, the baby is so small and cute.

• Yikes

• _____, this tastes absolutely disgusting!

• Awww

• _____, I didn't mean to make a mess with my ice cream.

• Oops

• _____, I almost walked into some poison ivy!

• Congratulations

• _____, you have won first place in the competition!

• Yuck

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CCSS.L.5.1A

Match each sentence with the correct interjection.

• _____, getting a shot always hurts my arm.

• Ouch

• _____, did I scare you?

• Boo

• _____, there is a rare owl in the tree over there!

• Look

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CCSS.L.5.1A