Search form

Every-Day Edit: The U.S.S. Nautilus

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

 

Uncorrected Text:

The U.SS. Nautilus submarine launch on January 21, 1954, into the Thames River in Groton CT. The sub became the U.S. navy’s first ship to run on nuclear power. Over the next several year’s, it broke records for underwater speed an distance. the Nautilus also was the first ship to cross the North Pole, something many thought was imposible. The sub spent 25 years traveling more then haf a million miles.

Answer Key:

The U.S.S. Nautilus submarine launched on January 21, 1954, into the Thames River in Groton, CT. The sub became the U.S. Navy’s first ship to run on nuclear power. Over the next several years, it broke records for underwater speed and distance. The Nautilus also was the first ship to cross the North Pole, something many thought was impossible. The sub spent 25 years traveling more than half a million miles.
 

 

Education World® 
Copyright © 2013 Education World