Which word should replace the underlined word? “Every day after school, my sister [walk] our dog to the park.”

Use Standard Grammar, Usage, and Spelling to Edit · TELPAS Grade 3 writing. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.

Reporting category 2: find and fix an error in a short text. On the real test some of these are typed answers or sentence rewrites. Here they are multiple choice so they can be checked.

The question

Choose the best answer.

Read the sentence. The underlined word has an error. Every day after school, my sister [walk] our dog to the park. Which word should replace the underlined word?

• AwalksCorrect answer
• Bwalking
• Cwalkes
• Dto walk

Why “walks” is correct

This item tests subject–verb agreement in the present tense. The subject, my sister, is one person, so the verb needs an -s ending: she walks. A quick test is to swap in she or he and listen.

Why the other answers are wrong

• walking — Walking needs a helper verb (is walking) to be the main verb of the sentence.
• walkes — The -s ending on walk is just -s; walkes is a spelling error.
• to walk — To walk cannot be the main verb; the sentence would have no verb.

Practice more of this

More writing practice for Grade 3, or see the TELPAS practice test for 3rd grade.