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Where in the World?

Tuesday

Using the Right Word, Plurals, Subject-Verb Agreement, Abbreviations, Capitalizations, Adjective (Comparative/Superlative), Double Subject

Original Sentences

There is a dessert in AK that have sand dunes more than 100 foot high.

the ice cap of antarctica it is the world's plentifulest supply of fresh H2O.

Corrected Sentences

There is a desert in Alaska that has sand dunes more than 100 feet high.

The ice cap of Antarctica is the world's most plentiful supply of fresh water.

 

Wednesday

Capitalization, Subject-Verb Agreement, End Punctuation

Original Sentence

In the Country of Bangladesh, many people lives to be only about 61 years old

Corrected Sentence

In the country of Bangladesh, many people live to be only about 61 years old. or !

 

Thursday

Subject-Verb Agreement, Comma (To Separate Adjectives), Using the Right Word

Original Sentence

Greenland is covered buy a thick hard layer of ice that never melt.

Corrected Sentence

Greenland is covered by a thick, hard layer of ice that never melts.

 

Friday

Capitalization, Verb (Tense), Rambling Sentence, Quotation Marks

Original Sentence

My grandmother in California made jewelry and she tells me, pure Gold, like clay, is so soft that it can be molded with your hands and it is mixed with harder metals to make jewelry and other items.

Corrected Sentence

My grandmother in California makes jewelry.  She tells me, "Pure gold, like clay is so soft that it can be molded with your hands.  It is mixed with harder metals to make jewelry and other items."

Live it Up!

End Punctuation, Quotation Marks, Adjective (Comparative/Superlative), Verb (Tense), Abbreviations

Original Paragraph

The life span of people is increasing in most countries of the world A girl born in 1994 in Japan or France can expect to live 82.3 years - until 2076! The European country of Georgia claims to have many people who are more than 110 yrs. old.  What's the secret!  When one old man was asked how he managed to live so long, he replies, I sleep with my hat on.  That is probably not what helped him have a more long life span.

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