Animals Wild and Tame

Tuesday

Comma (to separate adjectives and between independent clauses), Verb (Irregular)

Original Sentence

A beaver's teeth never stop growing but they get weared down when the beaver chews on hard rough bark.

Corrected Sentence

A beaver's teeth never stop growing, but they get worn down when the beaver chews on hard, rough bark.

Wednesday

Using the Right Word, Quotation Marks, Comma (to enclose information)

Original Sentence

A squirrel seas only in black and white, Ralph Lando PhD reported.

Using the Right Word, Dash, Subject-Verb Agreement

Original Sentence

Mail monkeys goes bald as they get older just as some men does.

Corrected Sentences

"A squirrel sees only in black and white," Ralph Lando, PhD, reported

Male monkeys go bald as they get older - just as some men do.

Thursday

End Punctuation, Spelling, Parentheses

Original Sentence

Would you beleive a snake smells with its tongue and a sense organ on the roof of its mouth Jacobson’s organ.

Corrected Sentence

Would you believe a snake smells with its tongue and a sense organ on the roof of its mouth (Jacobson's organ)?

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement, Pronoun (Reflexive)

Original Sentence

Besides panting, dogs sweat through the pads of its feet to cool their selves off.

Corrected Sentence

Besides panting, dogs sweat through the pads of their feet to cool themselves off.

Friday

Seeing Things

Subject-verb Agreement(3), Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement(2), Parentheses(1 set), Comma (Between Independent Clauses)(1), Spelling(1)

Original Paragraph

At the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, people can looks through amazing lenses that show how various animals sees.  Some animals, like squirrels, sees only in black and white.  Bees can see ultraviolet light, which is invisable to people but it cannot see red.  Crocodiles see colors as different shades of gray.  Scientists can determine whether or not an animal sees color by finding cones color vision receptors inside the retina of their eye.

Corrected Paragraph

At the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, people can look through amazing lenses that show how various animals see.  Some animals, like squirrels, see only in black and white.  Bees can see ultraviolet light, which is invisible to people, but they cannot see red. Crocodiles see colors as different shades of gray.  Scientists can determine whether or not an animal sees color by finding cones (color vision receptors) inside the retina of its eye.

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