EDITING Practice

EDITING

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Jaden wrote a story about a boy’s search for a gift. Read this paragraph from Jaden’s story and look for corrections Jaden needs to make. Then answer the questions that follow.

(1) Dale carefully picked up a mug, stared at it, and frowned. (2) He thought to him, “This is not good enough.” (3) He also had looked at cards, flowers, and candy. (4) Dale finded nothing that would be a wonderful gift for his favorite teacher, Mrs. Smith. (5) Nothing was special enough for someone whose words always encouraged him. (6) Suddenly Dale had a bright ideas. (7) He would write a poem about his teacher called “Our Guide.” (8) His kind words would be the best gift for Mrs. Smith. (9) He smiled as he imagined how happy his gift would make her. 

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 2?

• Change thought to thinks

• Change him to himself

• Change is to are

• Delete the period after enough

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 4?

• F Change finded to found

• Change would be to had been

• Change his to their

• Change favorite to more favorite

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 6?

• Change Suddenly to Sudden

• Change had to have

• Change bright to brightly

• Change ideas to idea

This paragraph is from Tyler’s journal. Read the paragraph and look for corrections Tyler needs to make. Then answer the questions that follow.

(1) Last spring I visited a canyon in West Texas with Mom and Dad. (2) The Palo Duro Canyon is large, so we explored it by horse. (3) At first I was nervous about riding a horse, and luckily Pepper seemed very gentle. (4) I soon relaxed and enjoyed my surroundings. (5) As we made our way up a hill, we past rocky cliffs, patches of low cactus, and tall juniper trees. (6) At last Pepper’s clopping feet came to a stop. (7) We had reached the canyon’s top after the long ride! (8) Pepper stood still as I admired the view of the red canyon against the blue sky.

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 3?

• Change nervous to nervis

• Change riding to rode

• Change and to but

• Change seemed to seems

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 5?

• Change past to passed

• Delete the comma after cliffs

• Change cactus to Cactus

• Change trees to tree

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?

• Change Pepper’s to Peppers

• Change feet to foot

• Change came to come

• No change is needed.

Jaden wrote a story about a boy’s search for a gift. Read this paragraph from Jaden’s story and look for corrections Jaden needs to make. Then answer the questions that follow.

(1) Dale carefully picked up a mug, stared at it, and frowned. (2) He thought to himself, “This is not good enough.” (3) He also had looked at cards flowers, and candy. (4) Dale found nothing that would be a wonderful gift for his favorite teacher, Mrs. Smith. (5) Nothing was speshal enough for someone whose words always encouraged him. (6) Suddenly Dale had a bright idea. (7) He would write a poem about his teacher called “our Guide.” (8) His kind words would be the best gift for Mrs. Smith. (9) He smiled as he imagined how happy his gift would make her. 

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 3?

• Change had looked to had looking

• Change at to with

• Insert a comma after cards

• Change flowers to flours

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 5?

• Change speshal to special

• Change whose to who

• Change encouraged to encourages

• Change him to he

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 7?

• Change would write to written

• Change poem to Poem

• Change about to at

• Change our Guide to Our Guide

This paragraph is from Tyler’s journal. Read the paragraph and look for corrections Tyler needs to make. Then answer the questions that follow.

(1) Last spring I visited a canyon in West Texas with Mom and Dad. (2) The palo duro Canyon is large, so we explored it by horse. (3) At first I was nervous about riding a horse, but luckily Pepper seemed very gentle. (4) I soon relaxed and enjoyed her surroundings. (5) As we made our way up a hill, we passed rocky cliffs, patches of low cactus, and tall juniper trees. (6) At last Pepper’s clopping feet came to a stop. (7) We had reached the canyons top after the long ride! (8) Pepper stood still as I admired the view of the red canyon against the blue sky. 

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 2?

• Change palo duro to Palo Duro

• Change large to larger

• Delete the word so

• Change by to from

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?

• Change relaxed to relaxing

• Change her to my

• Change surroundings to suroundings

• No change is needed.

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 7?

• Change had reached to are reaching

• Change canyons to canyon’s

• Insert a comma after top

• Change after to by