Student Name: __________________________

Date: ________________________

Sentence Corrections
Directions: Correct each sentence. Think about capitalization, spelling, subject-verb
agreement, abbreviations, commas, pronouns, and end marks.

1. writters of sience fiction has to know grammer (5 errors)

Correction: ____________________________________________________________________

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2. while growing up in NY Jack Poole wanted to read about things that matterred to
hisself (7 errors)
Correction: ____________________________________________________________________

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Vocabulary: Frequently Confused Words

Directions: Circle the correct word choice to complete each sentence. Consider
context.

1. The pond water smelled (fowl, foul).

2. A hurricane is an example of (sever, severe) weather.

3. Murray needed (advice, advise) on how to build a kite.

4. The conductor (lead, led) the choir through the song.

5. I need one more (piece, peace) of fabric to complete the quilt.

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