Directions: grammatically correct the sentences below, in red: there are 2 missing commas and one missing period.
Vladimir Lenin a russian revolutionary served as the leader of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924
short biography
Suggested Answer: Vladimir Lenin, a Russian revolutionary, served as the leader of Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924.
Directions: grammatically improve the sentence below, in red. There are two missing commas, as well as proper nouns needing improvement.
the paris peace conference opened on January 18 1919 with the goal of developing a treaty that would punish germany.
video: start at 1:25
The Paris Peace Conference opened on January 18, 1919, with the goal of developing a treaty that would punish Germany
Directions: there are ten (10) missing commas in the two sentences below, in red. Also, there is a missing period separating the two sentences: make the appropriate corrections.
A Cardinal Number is a number that says how many of something there are such as one two three four five An Ordinal Number is a number that tells the position of something in a list, such as 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th etc.
Video image: Roman Numerals
Suggested answer:
A Cardinal Number is a number that says how many of something there are, such as one, two, three, four, five. An Ordinal Number is a number that tells the position of something in a list, such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.
Directions: grammatically correct the following sentences below, in red. There is a missing semicolon and two missing commas, along with five proper nouns that need to be capitalized in line 1 and four words in the last line that need to be capitalized.
during the american revolution many of the founding fathers served in the army for example, Alexander Hamilton served at the battle of trenton and the battle of yorktown.
VIDEO 1 -- military analysis
Video 2 -- Art based analysis
Suggested Correction:
During the American Revolution, many of the Founding Fathers served in the army; for example, Alexander Hamilton served at the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Yorktown.
Directions:
Grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red. There are many missing commas and a needed use of the colon ( : ).
Ancient Rome was fortunate to have agreeable geographical protections from potential enemies the Alps protected Rome from northern invaders and there were seven hills around Rome Aventine Caelian Capitoline Esquiline Palatine Quirinal Viminal.
Great Five Minute Video introduction to Rome.
Suggested Answer:
Ancient Rome was fortunate to have agreeable geographical protections from potential enemies. The Alps protected Rome from northern invaders, and there were seven hills around Rome: Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, Viminal.
Directions: There are two missing commas and a missing period.
Enlil considered one of the most powerful Mesopotamian gods was one of the three deities in their supreme triad that included Anu and Enki Enlil also acted as the patron god of the city of Nippur.
Suggested Correction:
Enlil, considered one of the most powerful Mesopotamian gods, was one of the three deities in their supreme triad that included Anu and Enki. Enlil also acted as the patron god of the city of Nippur.
VIDEO: Art Sargon
Video overview....goes through the ishtar Gate and Code of Hammurabi...so may wish to hold off.
Standard of Ur and KHAN ACADEMY on THINGLINK
Directions: Grammatically correct the sentence below, in red. There is one colon ( : ).
Ancient Mesopotamia centered between two rivers the Tigris and Euphrates.
Suggested Correction:
Ancient Mesopotamia centered between two rivers: the Tigris and Euphrates.
On the blank map, fill in the following information about the Fertile Crescent that includes....
Mediterranean Sea / Egypt / Nile River / Persian Gulf / Fertile Crescent
