Editing Review

​Editing

By Pauline Harvey

​(1)The team of soccer players were excited to play their first game. (2)They practice every day after school. (3) Yesterday, they run five laps around the field and did their warm-up exercises quickly. Coach (4)Taylor says the team is improving he wants them to focus more during drills. (5)Everyone bring their water bottles. (6)The crowd of fans were loud and cheered loudly during the match. (7)The players were happy to hear them. (8)The game started at 4:00 p.m., and it lasted for an hour. (9)The team won by three points.

Multiple Choice

​(1)The team of soccer players were excited to play their first game. (2)They practice every day after school. (3) Yesterday, they run five laps around the field and did their warm-up exercises quickly. Coach (4)Taylor says the team is improving he wants them to focus more during drills. (5)Everyone bring their water bottles. (6)The crowd of fans were loud and cheered loudly during the match. (7)The players were happy to hear them. (8)The game started at 4:00 p.m., and it lasted for an hour. (9)The team won by three points.

What change if any should be made to sentence 1?

• Change their to there

• Change were excited to was excited

• Change excited to exited.

• No change needed

Multiple Choice

​(1)The team of soccer players were excited to play their first game. (2)They practice every day after school. (3) Yesterday, they run five laps around the field and did their warm-up exercises quickly. Coach (4)Taylor says the team is improving he wants them to focus more during drills. (5)Everyone bring their water bottles. (6)The crowd of fans were loud and cheered loudly during the match. (7)The players were happy to hear them. (8)The game started at 4:00 p.m., and it lasted for an hour. (9)The team won by three points.

What change if any should be made to sentence 3?

• Change 'run' to 'ran'.
• Delete the comma after yesterday

• Delete the word and after field

Multiple Choice

​(1)The team of soccer players were excited to play their first game. (2)They practice every day after school. (3) Yesterday, they run five laps around the field and did their warm-up exercises quickly. (4)Coach Taylor says the team is improving he wants them to focus more during drills. (5)Everyone bring their water bottles. (6)The crowd of fans were loud and cheered loudly during the match. (7)The players were happy to hear them. (8)The game started at 4:00 p.m., and it lasted for an hour. (9)The team won by three points.

What change can be made to sentence 4?

• Coach Taylor says the team is improving, he wants them to focus more during drills.

• Coach Taylor says the team is improving, and he wants them to focus more during drills.

• Coach Taylor says the team is improving and, he wants them to focus more during drills.

Multiple Choice

​(1)The team of soccer players were excited to play their first game. (2)They practice every day after school. (3) Yesterday, they run five laps around the field and did their warm-up exercises quickly. Coach (4)Taylor says the team is improving he wants them to focus more during drills. (5)Everyone bring their water bottles. (6)The crowd of fans were loud and cheered loudly during the match. (7)The players were happy to hear them. (8)The game started at 4:00 p.m., and it lasted for an hour. (9)The team won by three points.

What change if any should be made to sentence 5?

• Change bring to brought

• Change their to there

• Change bring to bringed

Multiple Choice

​(1)The team of soccer players were excited to play their first game. (2)They practice every day after school. (3) Yesterday, they run five laps around the field and did their warm-up exercises quickly. Coach (4)Taylor says the team is improving he wants them to focus more during drills. (5)Everyone bring their water bottles. (6)The crowd of fans were loud and cheered loudly during the match. (7)The players were happy to hear them. (8)The game started at 4:00 p.m., and it lasted for an hour. (9)The team won by three points.

What change if any should be made to sentence 6?

• Change cheered to cheer

• Change fans to fan

• Change were loud to was loud