Arbor Day - Proofreading for mistakes in grammar - Usage and proofreading

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Arbor Day
Proofreading for mistakes in grammar
Usage and proofreading

In 1872, Julius Sterling Morton organized the first Arbor Day. In what state did the first Arbor Day take place?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. Find the sentence’s grammatical mistake. There is no more than one mistake in each sentence. Choose your answers from the choices listed after the sentences. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. If there are no mistakes, write the letter for correct. Not all of the answers will be used.

1. Julius Sterling Morton was born on April 22, 1832 in Adams New York.

2. Mortons’ family moved west, and he was raised in Detroit.

3. He went to the University Of Michigan.

4. Morton was a newspaper editor, farmer, and politician.

5. Amanda said, Julius Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day.

6. “Arbor Day is a day for planting trees,” she said

7. The first Arbor Day is on April 10, 1872.

8. Today, all fifty states has an Arbor Day.

Answers

A. Capitalization

K. Period

B. Subject-Verb Agreement

S. Comma

R. Apostrophe

E. Quotation Marks

O. Italics

A. Correct

N. Verb Tense

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