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Geography Facts

Tuesday

Original Sentences

Using the Right Word, Subject-Verb Agreement, Numbers, Capitalization

date-palm trees, a source of wealth, is past down from 1 generation too the next in iraq.

Misplaced Modifier, Comma(Series)

Most of the people are farmers who raise wheat barley cotton and rice who live in Iraq.

Corrected Sentences

Date-palm trees, a source of wealth, are passed down from one generation to the next in Iraq.

Most of the people who live in Iraq are farmers who raise wheat, barley, cotton, and rice.

 

Thursday

Original Sentences

Using the Right Word, Capitalization, Combining Sentences

hawaii is further South than florida. Florida is farther south then california.

Subject-Verb Agreement, Comma (Dialogue and Direct Address), Quotation Marks

Class people who live in Argentina eats more meat than people anywhere else in the world said Ms. Latitude to the students.

Corrected Sentences

Hawaii is farther south than Florida, which is farther south than California.

"Class, people who live in Argentina eat more meat than people anywhere else in the world," said Ms. Latitude to the students.

 

Friday

Original Sentence

Capitalization, Apostrophe (Possessives), Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

indias real name is bharat, and their capital is new dehli.

Corrected Sentence

India's real name is Bharat, and its capital is New Dehli.

Friday - Test

Original Paragraph

Using the Right Word (2), Subject-Verb (2), Comma (Series)(2), Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (2), Combining Sentences (1)

In Iraq, date-palm trees is a source of wealth.  And it are passed down from one generation to the next.  European families often passes down its jewelry or art.  American families may save their fine furniture dishes and silverware for generations to come.  No matter where families live, it seems, people enjoy giving they're children keepsakes from the past, and there heirs are grateful to receive these mementoes.

Corrected Paragraph

 

 

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