Proof Reading

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English
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5th - 8th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Harrison
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is wrong with this sentence?
After school finished, i walked home with my friend.
There is no capital letter at the start of the sentence.
There is no full stop at the end .
The comma is in the wrong place.
There is no capital letter for the first person pronoun.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is wrong with this sentence?
After school I walked home with my friend.
There is no capital letter at the beginning of the sentence.
There is no full stop at the end of the sentence.
There is no comma after the fronted adverbial.
There is a spelling mistake.
Tags
CCSS.L.5.2B
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is wrong with this sentence?
After school, I walking home with my friend.
There is a spelling mistake.
There is no comma after the fronted adverbial.
There is a missing apostrophe.
The verb is in the wrong tense.
Tags
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is wrong with this sentence?
As a result of the bad weather.
There is a spelling mistake.
There is a missing comma.
There is no main clause.
The verb is in the wrong tense.
Tags
CCSS.L.5.3A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is wrong with this sentence?
Which had been closed for over three weeks, was finally reopened.
There is a verb in the wrong tense.
There is a comma missing.
The sentence has no subject.
There is a spelling mistake.
Tags
CCSS.L.5.3A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is wrong with this sentence?
We went their because it had been recommended to us.
The sentence does not have a subject.
There is a verb in the wrong tense.
There is a missing comma.
There is a spelling mistake.
Tags
CCSS.L.5.2E
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is wrong with this sentence?
Often, he had stayed with them, over the years.
The sentence has no main clause.
The syntax makes the meaning unclear.
There is a verb in the wrong tense.
The sentence has no main verb.
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