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Grade 5 Punctuation Practice


Proofreading Below is a paragraph with multiple errors on grammar,
spelling, punctuation, and more. Underline the errors

Exercise you find in each sentence and rewrite the paragraph


correctly on the space provided.

The Mysterious Card-board Box, Based on a true Story

The doorbell rang twice that rainy mourning, on top of the refridgerator so noone could
and we all looked up on the sound. Mother reach it. We went about our way after that.
rose to answered the door, and when she We went to school, came home; and had
opens it, she saw only a seeled, cardboard Box. soon forgotten all about it. Days passed, then
It was small enough for her to carry to her weeks, then years. Now, all grown--up, We
arms, so she broughth it inside and places it on still don"t know nothing that was in the box.
the dinning room table, At first, we hesitated to We've moved out of the house: started our
open it because it was neither wrapped nor own famillies. It remained a secret that has
marked. it wasnt adressed to us neither. We haunted me for so long, until, one rainy
didn't knew what to do. Father decides to tell mourning, my doorbell rings twice.
us naught to touch the box, so he had put it

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