Grammar correction for a 7-year-old: Fixing 'The frilled lizard has a scaly, spiky frill, like a magic dragon.'

Original sentence: The frilled lizard has a scaly, spiky frill, like a magic dragon.

Corrected sentence (best): The frilled lizard has a scaly, spiky frill like a magical dragon.

1. Who and what: "The frilled lizard" is who we are talking about. "Has" is the action. "A scaly, spiky frill" is what it has.
2. About the comma between words: "Scaly" and "spiky" both describe the frill. It's okay to put a comma between these two adjectives: "scaly, spiky frill."
3. About the comma before 'like': You do not need a comma before "like" here because "like a magical dragon" is part of the sentence that tells us how the frill looks. So remove the comma.
4. "Magic" or "magical": Both words can work, but "magical" sounds more natural when comparing something to a dragon from a story: "like a magical dragon."

Other simple ways to say it:

• The frilled lizard has a scaly, spiky frill like a dragon.
• The frilled lizard has a scaly, spiky frill that looks like a magical dragon's.

Nice sentence! Try writing one about another animal now.