Revising and Editing

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family
• change I to me
• change river to River
• The sentence is correct.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"

• Delete the quotation marks
• Change let's to Let's
• Remove the comma after declared
• The sentence is correct.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

• Change knew to new
• Change thrown to threw
• Change theirselves to themselves
• No change is needed.

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CCSS.L.2.1C

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1B

Mrs. Watson said that our class would go on a field trip on March, 2 2015.

• Delete the comma after March and insert it after 2
• Add quotatiion marks before our and after 2015.
• Delete the comma after March
• The sentence is correct.

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CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

The Pledge of Allegiance is an important part of our monday morning assembly.

• ^{Change important to more important}
• Change an to a
• ^{Change monday to Monday}
• The sentence is correct

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which of the following answers is the BEST way to combine these two sentences?  (Make sure you keep the meaning of the sentences in the answer you select.)
Kyle likes to play football.  Kyle likes to play baseball.

• Kyle likes to play football he also likes to play baseball.
• Kyle likes to play both football and baseball.
• Since Kyle likes to play football he likes to play baseball.
• Kyle likes to play football Kyle likes to play baseball.

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which of the following answers is the BEST way to combine these three sentences?  (Make sure you keep the meaning of the sentences in the answer you select.)
We met Cindy at the park.  We met Jan at the park.  We met Bobby at the park.

• We met Cindy at the park we met Jan and Bobby there too.
• We met Cindy and Jan at the park.
• We met Cindy, Jan, and Bobby at the park.
• At the park we met Cindy and Jan we met Bobby at the park.

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which of the following answers is the BEST way to combine these two sentences?  (Make sure you keep the meaning of the sentences in the answer you select.)
I tried strawberry ice cream.  I like chocolate better.

• While I tried strawberry ice cream, I like chocolate better.
• I tried strawberry and chocolate ice cream.
• I like strawberry and chocolate ice cream.
• I like strawberry ice cream better than chocolate ice cream.

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which of the following answers is the BEST way to divide this sentence into two sentences?  (Make sure you keep the meaning of the sentence in the answer you select.)
The wind whistled through the trees while the young girl made her way through the deep, dark forest.

• The wind whistled.  Through the trees.  While the young girl made her way through the deep, dark forest.
• The wind whistled.  Through the trees while the young girl made her way through the deep, dark forest.
• The wind whistled through the trees.  While the young girl made her way through the deep, dark forest.
• The wind whistled through the trees.  The young girl made her way through the deep, dark forest.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which of the following answers is the BEST way to divide this sentence into two sentences?  (Make sure you keep the meaning of the sentence in the answer you select.)
The first television program was fast-paced and exciting, and the second television program was rather dull.

• The first TV program was exciting.  The second TV program was rather dull.
• The first TV program  was rather dull.  The second TV program was fast-paced and exciting.
• The first TV program was fast-paced.  The second TV program was rather dull.
• The first TV program was fast paced and exciting!  The second program, however, was rather dull.

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CCSS.L.4.1F