Using the Right Word Spring 2020

After we talked, the police officers, who looked nervous and agitated, said we needed to report back to the station.

What change needs to be made in this sentence?

• Change we to they

• Delete the comma after agitated

My friend Jose rode her new bike to Grulla Middle School.

How should this sentence be changed?

• Change her to his

• Change to to too

Tia Olga, who is filthy rich and lives in Monterrey, invited me to spend the summer with them.

What change should be made to this sentence?

• Delete both commas

• Change them to her

Juan and Angel, who hardly get along with each other and are stingy, will have to share the computer their parents bought for themselves.

How should this sentence be changed?

• Insert a comma after other

• Change themselves to them

Derrick, Jake, and me need to work on our class project tonight.

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

• Change me to I

• No change should be made in this sentence.

Don’t forget to tell the librarian about my friend and I.

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

• Change I to me

• No change should be made in this sentence.

We and our neighbors want too plant new trees in the park.

What change should be made in this sentence?

• Insert a comma after want

• Change too to to

Exhausted but determined, Mother packed lunches for Rico and I.

What change needs to be made in this sentence?

• Delete the comma

• Change I to me

(25) Because of it's location, I would be able to study and play my trumpet at night without bothering Jamal.

How should this sentence be changed?

• Change it's to its

• Insert a comma after study

(12) I signed up for the program, and by the time it was over, I had not only experienced a adventure but had also learned that there’s a lot more to working at a zoo than just feeding animals.

How should this sentence be changed?

• Insert a comma after adventure

• Change a to an