Leap Year

The paragraph below tells about a special event in February. Can you find and mark ten errors in the paragraph?
You might look for errors of capitalization, punctuation, spelling, or grammar.

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Leap Year
The paragraph below tells about a special event in February. Can you find and mark ten errors in the paragraph?
You might look for errors of capitalization, punctuation, spelling, or grammar.

Did you know that if you were born on Febuary 29, you would only have a birthday
once
On everyspring
a coool fore years
day inThats
Aprilbecause February
off the year 1910,29 is part of
William the leap
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2015 by Education World. Education World grants users permission to reproduce this worksheet for educational purposes only.