Editing Practice

Front

What change needs to be made in sentence 1? Options: Change grandad to Grandad, Insert a comma after grandad, Change Summer to summer, No change is needed.

Back

Change Summer to summer

Answer explanation

Seasons are not capitalized unless they are part of a title, such an an event (ex: Fall Festival).

Front

What is the correct way to write sentence 7? Options: F   Two other good singers, Jessica and Stephanie, said they wanted to be in the band., G   Two other good singers Jessica and Stephanie they said they wanted to be in the band., H   Two other good singers, Jessica and Stephanie. They said they wanted to be in the band., J   Sentence 7 is written correctly in the paper

Back

Two other good singers, Jessica and Stephanie, said they wanted to be in the band.

Front

How does sentence 9 need to be changed?

Back

Change honer to honor

Front

What change should be made in sentence 11? Options: Change were to we’re, Change pulled to pull, Insert a comma after P.A., Change closit to closet

Back

Change closit to closet

Front

How should sentence 12 be changed?

Back

Insert a comma after us

Answer explanation

Intruductory clause needs to be followed by a comma.

Front

How should sentence 19 be changed? Options: F Change That’s to That’s, G Change probably to probaly, H Change has sung to have sung, J Change started to starts

Back

Change has sung to have sung

Answer explanation

Verb tense needs to match with subject.

Front

What change needs to be made in sentence 24? Options: Insert a comma after it, Change comes to come, Insert a comma after and, Change sing to sang.

Back

Change comes to come

Answer explanation

Subject/verb agreement

Front

What is the correct way to write sentence 25?

Back

Sentence 25 is written correctly in the paper

Front

What change is needed in sentence 28?

Back

Change years to year’s

Answer explanation

This year's talent show means the talent show belongs to the year - possessive

Front

What is the correct way to write sentences 30 and 31?
Options:
F: There is still one more thing we need to come up with a name for the band.
G: There is still one more thing we need to come up with: a name for the band.
H: There is still one more thing we need to come up with, a name for the band.
J: There is still one more thing we need to come up it’s a name for the band.

Back

There is still one more thing we need to come up with: a name for the band.