Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2 - Common Core: 6th Grade English Language Arts

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Select the word that is spelled correctly.

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The word that is spelled correctly is "predict". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:

calory calorie

shalow shallow

visable visible

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The word that is spelled correctly is "visible". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:

balince balance

beond beyond

singuler singular

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The word that is spelled correctly is "achieve". The incorrectly spelled words and the corrections are as follows:

salery salary

feild field

aford afford

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The word that is spelled correctly is “Diversity”. The incorrectly spelled words are as follows:

Culturl - Cultural

Celibrate - Celebrate

Languige - Language

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The word that is spelled correctly is “Acquire”. The incorrectly spelled words are as follows:

Perdiction - Prediction

Narative - Narrative

Idenity - Identity

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The word that is spelled correctly is “Patterns”. The incorrectly spelled words are as follows:

Ansewr - Answer

Conclution - Conclusion

Presentashion - Presentation

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The correct answer is “Grateful”.

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The correct answer is “Through”.

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Select the word that correctly completes the sentence.

Greg is ________ the bed.

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The correct answer is “making”

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Select the word that correctly completes the sentence.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you ________.

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The correct answer is “lose”.

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Select the word that correctly completes the sentence.

I wish you a lifetime of _________________.

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The correct answer is “happiness”.

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I __________ there is a better way.

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The correct answer is “believe”.

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She _______________ me for the job.

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The correct answer is “recommended”.

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Select the word that correctly completes the sentence.

It was a ______________ statue.

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The correct answer is “miniature”.

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Select the answer that correctly uses commas to set off a non-restrictive or parenthetical element.

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A non-restrictive or parenthetical element is a part of a sentence that can be removed without changing the sentence’s meaning. The sentence would still make sense without the parenthetical element.

"David's wife" is the non-restrictive or parenthetical element- we don't need this information to understand the sentence. Thus, the correct answer is "We are going to go with Caroline, David's wife, to the grocery store after dinner. "

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Select the answer that correctly uses commas to set off a non-restrictive or parenthetical element.

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A non-restrictive or parenthetical element is a part of a sentence that can be removed without changing the sentence’s meaning. The sentence would still make sense without the parenthetical element.

"As I've said many times" is the non-restrictive or parenthetical element. We don't need the information to understand the sentence.

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A non-restrictive or parenthetical element is a part of a sentence that can be removed without changing the sentence’s meaning. The sentence would still make sense without the parenthetical element.

"Which were expensive" is the non-restrictive or parenthetical element. It extra information that we didn't need to understand the main point of the sentence.

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Select the answer that correctly uses commas to set off a non-restrictive or parenthetical element.

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Correct Answer: His best friend, who played the saxophone in middle school, enjoyed the symphony.

Explanation: A non-restrictive or parenthetical element is a part of a sentence that can be removed without changing the sentence’s meaning. The sentence would still make sense without the parenthetical element.

“who played saxophone in middle school” is the non-restrictive or parenthetical element. We don’t need this information to understand the sentence.

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Select the answer that correctly uses commas to set off a non-restrictive or parenthetical element.

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Correct Answer: The town, located in southern Michigan, has many historic buildings.

Explanation: A non-restrictive or parenthetical element is a part of a sentence that can be removed without changing the sentence’s meaning. The sentence would still make sense without the parenthetical element.

In this case, “located in southern Michigan” is the non-restrictive or parenthetical element. We don’t need this information to understand the sentence.

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Select the answer that correctly uses commas to set off a non-restrictive or parenthetical element.

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Correct Answer: The students ran onto the playground, which was covered in snow.

Explanation: A non-restrictive or parenthetical element is a part of a sentence that can be removed without changing the sentence’s meaning. The sentence would still make sense without the parenthetical element.

In this case, “which was covered in snow” is the non-restrictive or parenthetical element. We don’t need this information to understand the sentence.

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