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Neptune's Discovery

Hand out this printable student work sheet with the uncorrected text for students to find errors of capitalization, punctuation, spelling, or grammar.

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In September 1846, a german astronomer, Johann Galle became the first to observe the planet Neptune. The eighth plant, Neptune is named for the roman god of the Sea. Neptune is about 30 times farther from the sun then planet earth is. It is also large than our planet. Sometimes Neptunes orbit crosses that of Pluto;

Answer Key

Note: 11 errors are identified below. In the second sentence, we have added a comma after Neptune. Some students might see The Eighth planet as an introductory clause; others might see Neptune in that sentence as a parenthetical clause.

In September 1846, a German astronomer, Johann Galle, became the first to observe the planet Neptune. The eighth planet, Neptune, is named for the Roman god of the sea. Neptune is about 30 times farther from the sun than planet Earth is. It is also larger than our planet. Sometimes Neptune's orbit crosses that of Pluto.

 

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