Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Tallest Mountain
Proofreading for mistakes in grammar
Usage and proofreading

At 29,078 feet, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on earth. What mountain range is Mount Everest a part of?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. If the sentence is grammatically correct, write the letter for correct in the space above its number at the bottom of the page. If the sentence has a mistake, write the letter for incorrect.

1. Mount Everest is a part of a mountain chain in asia.

U. Correct

A. Incorrect

2. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

A. Correct

I. Incorrect

3. The conditions at the peak is very dangerous.

E. Correct

A. Incorrect

4. Climbers struggle against bitter cold, powerful winds, and thin air.

I. Correct

E. Incorrect

5. Do you know how many people have tried to climb Mount Everest.

C. Correct

L. Incorrect

6. Many men died in avalanches, and storms.

K. Correct

M. Incorrect

7. The top was finally reached on May 29 1953.

N. Correct

S. Incorrect

8. Sir Edmund Hillary, an Englishman led the expedition.

C. Correct

H. Incorrect

9. Other expeditions have climbed Mount Everest successfully.

Y. Correct

M. Incorrect