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MostCommon Grammar
Mistakes Kids Make
Can you guess?
1.Capitals2.It’s and its3.Tense4.Homophones5.Commas
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Capitalize the first word in the greeting and closing of a letter. Capitalize the title and name of
the person addressed.
Dear Mrs. Johnson,
Dear friend,
Yours truly, Sincerely,
Capital Rule #2
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Capitalizing people’s names and titlesCapital Rule #3
Capitalize the names of people and the initials that stand for
their names.Harry Potter
Junie B. Jones
J. F. Cooper
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Capitalize the names of cities, counties, states
countries, and continents.
Capitalizing place names
Capital Rule #5
Houston Orange County
Iowa Japan
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Capitalize the names of streets and highways.
Monroe Street Route 66Mercury Boulevard
Candy Avenue
Capitalizing place names
Capital Rule #6
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Capitalize the names of celestial bodies.
Pluto North Star
the Milky Way
Capitalizing place names
Capital Rule #7
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Capital Rule #8Capitalize names of days of the week, months of the year, and holidays. Do not capitalize names of the seasons. Thursday
April
Memorial Day
summer
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And…. Capital Rule #9Capitalize the names of ethnic groups, nationalities, and languages.
Asian
German
Spanish
English
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It’s (it is) time for the dog to eat its bone.
It’s is a contraction.Its shows ownership.It’s time for its bone.
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Changing tense in the middle of a paragraph…
Tom told David to run quickly so David runs away.
What’s the problem?
so David ran away.
Homophones are words that sound alike but have different
spellings and meanings.
For example, there is a pear thatis good to eat. I use a pair ofgloves because I have two hands.
Pay attention to see how the followinghomophones are spelled.
they’re there their• They’re going to be last
if they don’t hurry.• The books are right
there.• Halloween is their
favorite holiday.
Can you find ate or nine misteaks in these sentences?
• I will chews to take the advice.• Please weight for me.• The son is very bright today.• What is the mane idea?• I knead a knew pear of shoes.
Make a list of the incorrectly spelled words on a sheet of paper. Write them correctly.
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Children often want to keep writing, and instead of using a full stop, they will
pause, with a comma, and keep
on going.
Can you turn this sentence into 3
sentences?
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Children often want to keep writing.
Instead of using a full stop, they will pause
with a comma. Then, they keep on
going.