“And Timothy died of pnemonia.” She closed the book and addressed the class, “This ends our dictation class of today. I give you ten minutes. Check your spellings and punctuation marks. Today, I’m going to award a Gold star to those who will not have any mistake in their paragraph and if I find even a single mistake, you will be getting two black stars! So, check carefully and then come for the evaluation.” Back on one of the benches, Kenny rigorously started searching for any mistake in her paragraph. Line-by-line, she read, very carefully, ensuring the commas and the full stops were present appropriately. She wanted to be the first one to get evaluated and while walking to the teacher she was already imagining her page sparkling with a Gold Star! “Kenny, are you sure that you have written everything correctly? You still have two minutes left.” “Yes Ma'am, I’m sure I’ve checked each and every line.” “Very well, then.” The teacher returned her notebook with a smile. Kenny curiously opened the page only to find a Black Star! She was devastated. Everything was correct except for the last word. “You are a brilliant student Kenny, but you need to be more careful and use the time given.”
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