editing and revising

Editing and Revising

Test Review

Multiple Choice

Most people have heard of the Grand Canyon, but many people don't know were it is.

• Change Grand Canyon to Grand canyon

• Change many to meny

• Change don't to doesn't

• Change were to where

Multiple Choice

Have you seen the book I left on the table.

• Change seen to saw

• Change I to i

• Change table to tabul

• Change the period to a question mark

Multiple Choice

The teacher said "Everybody look at the example on page 54."

• Change teacher to Teacher

• Add a comma after said

• Delete the quotation marks

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

We went for a walk along the banks of Garcia Creek in the morning, and swam in the afternoon.

• Change went to whent

• Change Garcia Creek to Garcia creek

• Delete the comma

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

My grandmother likes to work in the garden and my grandfather like to play his violin.

• Change grandmother to Grandmother

• Add a comma after garden

• Change likes to like

• Change his to hes

Multiple Choice

The children was having fun playing with their friends and climbing on the monkey bars.

• Change was to were

• Change their to they're

• Add a comma after friends

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

We were lucky because the horse knew it's way home.

• Change were to wear

• Change knew to new

• Change it's to its

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

We'll have to play indoors because its raining outside.

• Change We'll to Will

• Add a comma after indoors

• Change its to it's

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

My aunt always puts a sandwich some chips, and cookies in my cousin's lunch box.

• Change aunt to Aunt

• Add a comma after sandwich

• Change my to mi

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

There were fewer people at the carnival on Thursday than on Friday.

• Change There to Their

• Change were to where

• Change carnival to Carnival

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

The Red river serves as part of the border between Texas and Oklahoma.

• Change Red river to Red River

• Change border to boarder

• Add a comma after Texas

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

My best friend's dad always says, "getting started is the hardest part."

• Change friend's to friends

• Change dad to Dad

• Delete the comma

• Change getting to Getting

Multiple Choice

Santa Fe New Mexico is a good place to go if you want to eat good food and see interesting sites.

• Add a comma after Santa Fe

• Change place to plays

• Add a comma after and

• Change see to sea

Multiple Choice

All the students in Sammie's class thought the final exam was going to be too difficult but it was easy.

• Change students to student's

• Change thought to thougt

• Add a comma after difficult

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

The experienced cavers went in first and the beginners followed closely behind.

• Change cavers to caver's

• Add a comma after first

• Change closely to close

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

He's a good soccer player, but sometimes he like to play baseball.

• Change He's to His

• Delete the comma

• Change like to likes

• Make no change

Multiple Choice

Jamie turned around and said, "You should have went with the other children."

• Add a comma after and

• Delete the comma after said

• Change went to gone

• Change children to childrens

Multiple Select

Choose the sentences that fit with each other.

• As water evaporates, it turns into a gas known as water vapor.

• When water vapor condenses in the sky, clouds are formed.

• It hardly ever rains in the desert.

• When condensed water vapor turns back into water, precipitation occurs.

Multiple Select

Which of these sentences are considered complete?

• The massive asteroid between Mars and Saturn.

• About two tons of cosmic dust fall to Earth every year.

• Some planets have moons, while others don't.

• You can tell planets from stars in the sky because only stars twinkle.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST expresses a central idea?

• Scientists and engineers have learned ways to produce electricity, and they produce it with windmills that turn turbines.

• Scientists have learned to use windmills to turn turbines and produce electricity and also engineers.

• Scientists and engineers have learned ways to produce electricity by turning turbines with windmills.

• Scientists and engineers they use windmills to turn turbines, and that's how they have learned to produce electricity.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST introduces a central idea?

• Solomon Springs is in the desert in west Texas. It is twenty-five feet deep, and the water is crystal clear.

• Imagine a pool of crystal clear water that is twenty-five feet deep. Would you expect to find such a place in the desert of west Texas?

• Solomon Springs. It's in west Texas in the desert, and it's twenty-five feet deep and it's crystal clear.

• The water at Solomon Springs is twenty-five feet deep, and it's crystal clear. Solomon Springs is in west Texas.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could BEST replace the word funny to improve the meaning of sentence (6)?

(6) We laughed and laughed because the joke was funny.

• hilarious

• cute

• ridiculous

• clever

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could BEST be placed at the beginning of sentence (14) to help readers transition from sentence (13)?

(13) We searched everywhere for a picnic table. (14) We gave up because they were all taken.

• then

• next

• eventually

• afterward

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could BEST be used to conclude a narrative about a wonderful day spent with a loved one?

• I hope you liked my story about my dad. THE END.

• Then we went home and went to bed.

• At the end of the day, I was tired, and my dad was tired, too.

• I don't know when I've had such a great time with my dad. It was the best day ever! I hope we'll have more happy days again soon.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could BEST be used to conclude an expository essay about the city of Montreal?

• So remember, no matter what time of year you visit Montreal, there are always many fun and interesting things to see and do.

• Montreal is a fun place, and it's interesting, too. THE END.

• My teacher went to Montreal with her family.

• You should go to Montreal. You would like it.