Revising and Editing

Revising and Editing Grammar Review

By Kerri McLean

Editing is ​changing the grammar of a sentence such as capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.

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CUPS​

EDITING

Revising is changing the content, structure, or organization of a sentence or paragraph such as adding, removing, moving, or substituting words and phrases.

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ARMS​

REVISING

What is the difference between revising and editing?

Multiple Choice

True or False: Revising uses the "CUPS" strategy because of changes with capitalization and punctuation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When changing the structure of a sentence or combining two sentences, you are...

• Revising

• Editing

Multiple Choice

What is the correct capitalization for the following sentence?
donald was hurrying to get to the 4th of july party.

• Donald was hurrying to get to the 4th of july party.
• donald was hurrying to get to the 4th of July party.
• Donald was hurrying to get to the 4th of July party.
• Donald was hurrying to get to the 4th of July Party.

Multiple Choice

Which country is capitalized correctly?

• The republic of Congo
• New Zealand
• The United states of America
• dominican republic

Multiple Choice

What title below uses correct capitalization?

• Harry potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
• The lion King
• The Secret Life of Pets
• find nemo 

Multiple Choice

Correct the following: mrs. morris likes to go to starbucks on mondays.

• Mrs. Morris likes to go to Starbucks on Mondays.
• mrs. Morris likes to go to Starbucks on mondays.
• mrs. morris likes to go to starbucks on Mondays.
• Mrs. morris likes to go to Starbucks on mondays.

Multiple Choice

Where should the comma(s) go?
When Alfred finally realized the gravity of the situation it was much too late.

• after "Alfred"
• after "gravity"
• after "situation"
• no comma necessary

Multiple Choice

Where should the comma(s) go?
The giant sequoia trees have been growing for hundreds of years but they have not  been cut down because the national park system protects them.  

• after "years"
• after "years" AND after "down"
• after "down"
• no comma necessary

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake, my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is the following?

He is smart, but his friends don't like him.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

Multiple Choice

What type of sentence is the following?

When the teacher entered the classroom, the students began to work.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

Multiple Choice

Sentence Combining:
Which of these is the correct way to join two sentences:

• He was practicing his soccer skills because he found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills, there, he found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills; and then found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills when he found a stray dog. 

Multiple Choice

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 
"First you do your homework, than you can play on your phone," the exasperated mother replied.

• Change than to then
• Change your to you're
• Change mother to Mother
• Change replied to replyed

Multiple Choice

His name was given to him by his grandmother, which means “brave one” in another language.

What is the most effective revision to make?  

• His name, which means “brave one” in another language, was given to him by his grandmother.
• Since his name was given to him by his grandmother, it means “brave one” in another language.
• His name was given to him by his grandmother, it means “brave one” in another language.
• Given to him by a grandmother, in another language, his name means “brave one.”