English Conventions Practice

Which of the following changes would make the sentence below correct?

Geocaching is a type of global treasure hunt of people looking for caches; or hidden stashes of objects, where hiders provide online clues for seekers.

• Capitalize “treasure”

• Change the semicolon after “caches” to a comma

• Remove the comma after “objects”

• Add a comma after “hunt”

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which of the following changes would make the sentence below correct?

The first city in Canada to use the 911 system for emergencies was London, ontario, which first began using the system in 1974.

• Capitalize “city”

• Remove the capital letter in “Canada”

• Capitalize “ontario”

• Capitalize “system”

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which of the following changes would make the sentence below correct?

Paulette Bourgeois has written over twenty children’s books about a young turtle named Franklin. These books have been adapted into two television shows, Franklin and Franklin and Friends.

• Replace the comma after “shows” with a colon

• Add a comma after “books”

• Capitalize “twenty”

• Capitalize “turtle”

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following changes would make the sentence below correct?

Although lacrosse has been played for century, professional leagues for the sport did not begin until the 1980s.

• Change “sport” to “sports”

• Change “begin” to “began”

• Change “played” to “plays”

• Change “century” to “centuries”

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which of the following changes would make the sentence below correct?

The Canada Summer Games were held in Niagara in August 2022; the provinces with the highest medal count was Ontario, with 86 gold, 60 silver, and 52 bronze.

• Change the semicolon to a period

• Remove the capital letters for “Summer” and “Games”

• Change “provinces” to "province"

• Change the period to a question mark

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which sentence below is written correctly?

• What does Andrew want to order for dinner!

• What time is Andrew coming over for dinner.

• Is Andrew allergic to any foods?

• Did you bring the napkins for dinner.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Which sentence below is written correctly?

• Viktor and Sukrita competes in the badminton finals tomorrow.

• The team play against Ethan and Ayesha.

• The winning team receives a trophy and tickets to the awards banquet.

• Only competitors is allowed at the awards banquet.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Which sentence below is written correctly?

• I invited friends to come over to study, and play video games.

• We want to study for next week’s test on fractions.

• To help us study, I have sticky notes, highlighters, and the Textbook.

• Once we have finish studying we can relax with some video games.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

Which sentence below is written correctly?

• Don’t forget to pack you’re umbrella.

• The weather forecast is predicting alot of rain.

• Having wet clothes can make your day uncomfortable.

• Its always good to check the forecast before leaving for the day.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

Which sentence below is written correctly?

• Jessica’s new puppy loves chewing shoe’s.

• The puppy is learning its commands at obedience school.

• Going to obedience school with the puppy helps Jessicas family practice commands.

• Soon, the puppy will learn not to chew the familys sneakers.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D