WorksheetseLearning #9 - Earth Day - error correction
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
What needs to be changed?
Earth is just the right distance from the sun so that its not too hot or too cold.
change its to it's
add a comma after so
Lowercase Earth
What needs changed?
Rain forests are sometimes called the “lungs of the world" .
Capitalize forests
Put the period inside the quotation marks
Change the period to a question mark.
What needs fixed?
Leaders hoped to raise public awareness of air and water pollution they thought this would make people care about the problems the planet faces.
put a comma after pollution
put a period after pollution and capitalize they
delete the word they
What needs fixed?
However an area of rain forest the size of three soccer fields is cut down every minute.
Add a comma after However
change an to a
change is to are
What needs fixed?
Some gases like carbon dioxide and methane raise the temperature of the Earths atmosphere.
Change gases to gasses
add a comma after dioxide
change Earths to Earth's
change Earths to Earths'
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
We can also recycle plastic paper metal and glass so that these materials can be used again.
We can also recycle plastic paper metal, and glass so that these materials can be used again.
We can also recycle plastic, paper, metal, and glass so that these materials can be used again.
We can also, recycle plastic paper metal and glass so that these materials can be used again.
How should the title of Rachel's book be written?
Rachel Carson's 1962 bestselling book silent spring created awareness of the dangerous effects of pesticides.
Silent spring
Silent Spring
no change needed
Where does a comma need placed here?
Until that time protecting the planet was not something people cared about very much.
after time
after until
after planet
after about
What change is needed?
Back then, not many Americans recycled.
Change Americans to American's
No change is needed
Change Americans to Americans'
What is the correct way to write this quote?
"That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day" Nelson said.
"That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day." Nelson said.
"That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day", Nelson said.
"That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day," Nelson said.
Where does another comma need to go in this sentence?
On April 22 1970, rallies were held in most American cities about climate change.
after 22
after April
after On
after most
What words need capitalized here?
The first earth day was a huge success.
success
earth
first
day
huge
