Mastering the Art of Error Detection

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English
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7th Grade
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Emily Felton
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8 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the grammatical error in the following sentence: "She don't like going to the park."
No error
Subject-verb agreement
Spelling error
Punctuation mistake
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1F
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following sentences contains a punctuation mistake?
"I can't believe it's already June!"
"Can you believe it, it's already June."
"Yes, I can believe it's already June."
"I can believe it's already June."
Tags
CCSS.L.2.2C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Find the spelling error in the following sentence: "The principle is very strict about the school's discipline policy."
Principle
Very
Discipline
Policy
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1G
CCSS.L.K.4A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence has incorrect word usage?
Their going to the museum next week.
They're going to the museum next week.
There going to the museum next week.
They are going to the museum next week.
Tags
CCSS.L.2.2C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the sentence structure issue in the following sentence: "Because she was late to school she missed the first period."
No error
Missing conjunction
Missing comma
Incorrect word usage
Tags
CCSS.L.2.1F
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.3.1I
CCSS.L.5.1E
CCSS.L.7.1B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following sentences demonstrates a subject-verb agreement error?
The books on the shelf is missing.
The books on the shelf are missing.
A book on the shelf is missing.
Books on the shelf are missing.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1F
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Find the error in the following sentence: "He wants to loose weight by exercising more."
Grammatical error
Punctuation mistake
Spelling error
No error
Tags
CCSS.L.2.2C
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence contains an error in sentence structure?
Despite the rain, the game continued.
Running towards the bus, the rain started to fall harder.
The rain did not stop the game from continuing.
The game continued despite the rain.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1F
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