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Bellwork 14

Bellwork 14. Bellwork 14-1. I was surprized to see so fewer people on the bus this mourning. There are 3 errors. Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

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Bellwork 14

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  1. Bellwork 14

  2. Bellwork 14-1 • I was surprized to see so fewer people on the bus this mourning. • There are 3 errors. • Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. • Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

  3. Bellwork 14-1 Answers • I was surprised to see so few people on the bus this morning. • Surprised was misspelled. • Few is the word, not fewer. Fewer is used to compare two things or people. • Morning is the correct homonym to be used here.

  4. Bellwork 14-2 • If you want too loose weight, you should eat fewer junk food. • There are 3 errors. • Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. • Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

  5. Bellwork 14-2 Answers • If you want to lose weight, you should eat less junk food. • To is the correct homonym. • Lose is the correct word. Loose means not tight. • Less is used here. Simple rule: fewer for things that you count. Less for things that you don’t count. There are some exceptions.

  6. Bellwork 14-3 • I buy less meat then before because its to expensive. • There are 3 errors. • Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. • Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

  7. Bellwork 14-3 Answers • I buy less meat than before because it’s too expensive. • Than is the correct word. Then usually relates to time. Than is generally used as a comparision. • It’s is the correct word because it stands for it is. • Too is the needed homonym here.

  8. Bellwork 14-4 • Its unusual too see Harrys’ mother hear. • There are 4 errors. • Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. • Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

  9. Bellwork 14-4 Answers • It’s unusual to see Harry’s mother here. • It’s is needed here because it is short for it is. • To is the correct homonym used here. • Harry is singular so the apostrophe is placed before the “s”. • Here is the correct homonym.

  10. Bellwork 14-5 • The boys’ coat’s are in there rooms. • There are 2 errors. • Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. • Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

  11. Bellwork 14-5 Answers • The boys’ coats’ are in their rooms. • There are more than one coat so the apostrophe is after the “s”. • Their is the possessive pronoun needed here. Click to add text

  12. Bellwork 14-6 • He didn’t stop quickly enough and hit the garages door. • There are 2 errors. • Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. • Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

  13. Bellwork 14-6 Answers • He didn’t stop quickly enough, and hit the garage’s door. • This is a compound sentence so it needs a comma at the end of the first sentence. • Garage is possessive so it needs an apostrophe.

  14. Bellwork 14-7 • She wanted too open the door so she couldn’t find the key. • There are 3 errors. • Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. • Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

  15. Bellwork 14-7 Answers • She wanted to open the door, but she couldn’t find the key. • To is the correct homonym used here. • This is a compound sentence so it needs a comma at the end of the first sentence. • So cannot be used here. You need to use a conjunction that shows a contradiction.

  16. Bellwork 14-8 • The boys played so good but they won the tornament. • There are 3 errors. • Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. • Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

  17. Bellwork 14-8 Answers • The boys played so well, and they won the tournament. • Well is used here. Generally well will answer the question how. • This is a compound sentence so we need a comma after well. • And is the conjunction needed here because it adds to the first sentence and does not contradict it.

  18. Bellwork 14-9 • He tasted the verious kinds of tea careful. • There are 2 errors. • Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. • Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

  19. Bellwork 14-9 Answers • He tasted the various kinds of tea carefully. • Various is the correct spelling. • Carefully is the word needed here because it describes how he tasted the tea. Carefully is an adverb.

  20. Bellwork 14-10 • Sara don’t move till I tell you. • There are 2errors. • Directions: Write the statement above correcting all errors. • Learning Goal: The student will be able to find the grammatical errors in the above statement.

  21. Bellwork 14-10 Answers • Sara don’t move till I tell you. • Sara is a noun of direct address, so it needs a comma after it. • Until is the correct word used here.

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