Name:
Date:
Leap Second
The paragraph below tells about a special date in December history. Can you find and mark ten errors
in the paragraph? You might look for errors of capitalization, punctuation, spelling, or grammar.
You may no the meaning of “leap year,” but has you herd of the leap
second. In paris, a special groop of experts tracks the rotation of Earth from day
to day. On December 31 each year, they may chose to add or subtract a second
from clock time. It is necessary to add a leap second nearly onse a year on that
day or june 30. All leap seconds since the first in 1972 have been aded to clock
time. Subtractions are unlikely, but they are possible.
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Name:
Date:
Leap Second
The paragraph below tells about a special date in December history. Can you find and mark ten errors
in the paragraph? You might look for errors of capitalization, punctuation, spelling, or grammar.
You may no the meaning of “leap year,” but has you herd of the leap
second. In paris, a special groop of experts tracks the rotation of Earth from day
to day. On December 31 each year, they may chose to add or subtract a second
from clock time. It is necessary to add a leap second nearly onse a year on that
day or june 30. All leap seconds since the first in 1972 have been aded to clock
time. Subtractions are unlikely, but they are possible.
© 2004 by Education World®. Education World grants users permission to reproduce this work sheet for educational purposes only.