Grammar Catz: Grammar Cat #89: Puppy-Chow Cat

Friday, November 28, 2014

Grammar Cat #89: Puppy-Chow Cat

Can you help this cat? Think about how to improve the English and then click "Show Correct Cat" to see a corrected version. There are some English notes at the bottom; if you have a question that is not answered there, leave a comment!

IM IN = I'm in
You need an apostrophe for the contraction: I + am = I'm

UR DININ ROOM = your dining room,
You need a comma (otherwise, it would mean the dining room is doing the eating).

EATIN = eating

UR PUPPEY CHOWW = your puppy chow.
Don't forget the final period.

CCSS: SRSLY!!!!!
Parts of Speech

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1d: Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1b: Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1d: Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1f: Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1h: Use determiners (e.g., articles, demonstratives).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1e: Use adjectives and adverbs.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1g: Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.

Punctuation, Capitalization, and Spelling

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2b: Use end punctuation for sentences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2b: Use commas in a series.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.2c: Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1f: Produce complete sentences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2a: Use correct capitalization.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2c: Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.2b: Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.2c: Use a comma to set off the words yes and no, to set off a tag question, and to indicate direct address.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.2a: Use punctuation to set off parenthetical elements.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1g: Correctly use frequently confused words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.2b ... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.2b ... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.2c ... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.2c ... CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.2b: Spell correctly.