Shark Week Revising and Editing

Shark Week Revising and Editing

Multiple Choice

1. The writer has included an extraneous sentence in

the second paragraph (sentences 4-7). Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph?

• a. The ultimate edge for most shark species is their size and power.

• b. Additionally, sharks are known to be skilled hunters.

• c. If they sneak up on a dolphin while it’s crater feeding (dolphins bury their beaks in the sand to dig for prey), it can mean game over for the dolphin.

• d. Sharks don’t appear to be picky eaters.

Multiple Choice

2. What change needs to be made in sentence 3?

• a. Delete the comma after However

• b. Change strikking to striking

• c. Change battle to batle

• d. Change animals to animals’

Multiple Choice

3. What change needs to be made in sentence 9?

• a. Change than to then

• b. Add a comma after species

• c. Change usually to usualy

• d. Change to to too

Multiple Choice

4. What change needs to be made in sentence 14?

• a. Change they’re to their

• b. Delete comma after advantages

• c. Change always to allways

• d. No change should be

  made in sentence 14.

Multiple Choice

1. The meaning of sentence 4 is unclear. What change can the writer make to improve the clarity of the sentence?

• a. Change OCEARCH to They

• b. Change device to thing

• c. Change shark to animal

• d. Change it to the ocean

Multiple Choice

2. How can sentence 6 be changed?

• a. Change threw to through

• b. Change tracks to track

• c. Change Twitter to twitter

• d. Sentence 6 does not need to be changed.

Multiple Choice

3. What change needs to be made in sentence 7?

• a. Change since to sense

• b. Delete comma after tagged

• c. Change east coast to East Coast

• d. No change needs to be made

Multiple Choice

4. What change needs to be made in sentence 11?

• a. Change too to to

• b. Change cruising to cruiseing

• c. Change using to useing

• d. No change needs to be made