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1 5-Minute Daily Practice BY JILL SAFRO New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney Mexico City New Delhi Hong Kong Buenos Aires

2 To Mr. Boyce, who imparted to me the power of proofreading and ultra-persnicketyness Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the reproducible activity sheets in this book for classroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc.,557 Broadway, New York, NY Cover design by Gerard Fuchs Cover art by Dave Clegg Interior design by Holly Grundon Interior illustrations by Mike Moran ISBN: Copyright 2003 by Jill Safro All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. Printed in the U.S.A

3 Introduction Capitalization Capitalization & Punctuation Punctuation, Capitalization, & Singular & Plural Nouns Pronouns Verb Tense & Verb Tense Punctuation & Quotation Marks Possessives Homophones Verb Use Subject/Verb Agreement Double Negatives Adverbs Answers Minute Daily Practice: Proofreading Scholastic Professional Books 3

4 1. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then rewrite the sentence. A camelion can moove its eyes in two diferent direcshuns at the same tyme. 2. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then rewrite the sentence. In 1899, Charles Murphy became the furst men to petal a bycicle faster then a speeding train. 3. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then say the tongue twister three times fast! Ollie s ottur eight Otto s ollive. 4. Unscramble the state name. Then correct the spelling mistake. ronht oatadc 5

5 5. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then rewrite the sentences. (The person s name is spelled correctly.) The first profesionall footboll player was Pudge Heffelfinger. In 1892, he recieved $500 too play a gayme. 6. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then rewrite the sentences. (The person s name is spelled correctly.) Lou Brock was one of the gratest base steelers in baseball historey. He stoll 938 bases in his carreer. 7. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then rewrite the sentences. Most peeple have herd of a teem called the New York Mets. But that s just a knickname. Their fool name is the New York Metropolitans. 6

6 8. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then say the tongue twister three times fast! Frank feested on flameing fish at the famus Friday fish frie. 9. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then rewrite the sentences. (The team names are spelled correctly.) The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox ones plaid basball in front of the Great Piramyds in Egipt. 10. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then rewrite the sentences. The gam of baskettball was invented in It was playd with a socker ball and peech bascets. 7

7 11. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then rewrite the sentences. Pichers are nut alowed too threw spitballs in Major Leegue Baseball. It s ilegal! 12. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then rewrite the sentences. (The person s name is spelled correctly.) William H. Taft startid a basball tradicion. He beecame the fist U.S. President to throw the seremonial first pitch at a game. 13. Find the spelling mistakes and correct them. Then say the tongue twister three times fast! The frute fly flue threw the flute and into the throte of the fritened fluteist. 8

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