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Editing Quiz 1 Directions: Read the paragraph and find the mistakes. The paragraph has some mistakes in capital letters and punctuation. Some sentences may have no mistakes. There are no mistakes in spelling. Draw a line through each mistake in the paragraph. Then write the correction above it. Paragraph 1: Manatees are large water mammals. They have lived in the

atlantic Ocean near Florida for millions of years. But manatees

are in danger of dying out? Many manatees get hit by motorboats.

Others get tangled in fishing nets. Some Scientists in Florida

are trying to save the manatees.

Paragraph 2: Do you think tarantulas are scary Don’t worry, tarantulas

should be more worried about humans. Tarantula spiders are in

trouble. Some people take these spiders from the wild to sell

them as Pets. Now, scientists hope to save these tarantula

spiders? They think that a tarantula’s venom might be used to

Cure certain diseases in humans.

A. Zimmerman

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