27 July 2013

** NUMBER CHANGE


If a sentence is singular, change it to the plural; if it is plural, change it to the singular.

The senior citizen in the nursing home looked forward to Canada Day, but he couldn’t help but remember the way it was celebrated when he was young; he felt that now the focus is on having a long weekend and a chance to drink too much alcohol.

Each student should write a slightly different answer.

2 comments:

Mike140 said...

The senior citizens in the nursing home looked forward to Canada Day, but they couldn’t help but remember the way it was celebrated when they were young; they felt that now the focus is on having long weekends and a chance to drink too much alcohol.

Andrea140 said...

I am changing the sentence back to a variation of being singular:

The senior citizen in the nursing home looked forward to Canada Day, but she couldn't help but remember the way it was celebrated when she was young; she felt that now the focus was on having a long weekend and a chance to drink too much alcohol.