Question

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add the correct suffix from the box to the base word to complete each sentence.
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olive spoke to witnesses while her
_________________________ dusted for fingerprints.
(help)
the _________________________ crime writer didn’t
(laze)
do his research.
there are countless rules police investigations must follow but most movies ignore them to make things more exciting.
check the box that describes the error in the sentence.
subject/verb disagreement
incorrect tenses for the situation
compound sentence missing a comma
incorrect homophone spelling
check the box next to the sentence with no spelling errors. circle the two errors in the other sentences.
theres got to be evidance pointing to a suspect!
the police are searching carefully for clues.
suspitions have been high since the crime were reported.
underline the subject of the sentence. fill in the blank with the correct reflexive pronoun.
zev and paola bought _________________________ a science kit so they could pretend to be police investigators.
when a condition is likely to happen or is being spoken about like it will definitely happen, use the following tense structure: if simple present, then simple future.
complete the sentence with the correct tense of the verbs.
if dakota _______________________ to watch a crime show, her parents _______________________ it first to make sure it’s appropriate.
(want) (watch)
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Explanation:

• For the first part with suffixes:
• “helper” makes sense as it refers to a person who helps (dusting for fingerprints).
• “lazy” describes the crime writer (not doing research).
• For the error - checking sentence:
• It is a compound sentence (“There are countless rules... but most movies...”) and it is missing a comma after “them”.
• For the spelling - error checking:
• “Theres” should be “There’s” (contraction of “There is”) and “evidance” should be “evidence” in the first sentence.
• “Suspitions” is misspelled as “Suspitions” (correct spelling is “Suspicions” but it's a typo in the context of the exercise, and “were” should be “was” (subject - verb agreement as “crime” is singular) in the third sentence. The second sentence “The police are searching carefully for clues.” has no spelling errors.
• For the reflexive - pronoun part:
• “themselves” is the correct reflexive pronoun for “Zev and Paola” (plural).
• For the conditional - tense part:
• According to the rule “If [simple present], then [simple future]”, “wants” (simple present for “Dakota”) and “will watch” (simple future) are correct.

Answer:

• First suffix part: “helper”, “lazy”
• Error - checking sentence: compound sentence missing a comma
• Spelling - error checking: The police are searching carefully for clues. (with no errors). In “Theres got to be evidance pointing to a suspect!”, circle “Theres” and “evidance”. In “Suspitions have been high since the crime were reported.”, circle “Suspitions” (typo in exercise context) and “were”
• Reflexive - pronoun part: themselves
• Conditional - tense part: wants, will watch