Editing and Revising

What change should be made in the following sentence?
"Make sure you don't leave any lumps," Dad instructed while I stired the mixture.

• change comma after lumps to a question mark
• change instructed to instructing
• change stired to stirred
• no change

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

What change should be made in the following sentence?
"What do I do first," I asked eagerly.

• change comma to a question mark
• delete the quotation marks after the comma
• change eagerly to eager
• make no change

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What change should be made in the following sentence?
It didn't seem like such a small amount would be enough to make a pancake but I soon realized just how much the batter spreads out.

• change didn't to did'nt
• insert a comma after pancake
• change spreads out to spread out
• no change

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change should be made in the following sentence?
I look forward to the recess bell like everyone else, but every time I go Outside, I think about how recess could be even better.

• delete but
• change Outside to outside
• change better to more better
• no change

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What change should be made in the following sentence?
Some people might argue that a rock-climbing wall is dangerous and that it requires to much adult supervision.

• insert a question mark instead of a period
• delete and that
• change to much to too much
• make no change

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CCSS.L.3.1G

What change should be made in the following sentence?
With proper instruction and supervision, the fourth and fifth graders at our school would really benefit from the addition of a rock-climbing wall to our playground.

• change proper to propper
• change graders to grader's
• change from to it would be from
• no change

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which transition word or phrase could be BEST added to the beginning of sentence 5?

• For example,

• Therefore,

• In fact,

• However,

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

Which sentence is correct? 

• It was requested by the teacher that the students exchanged papers with each other.
• The teacher requesting that the students exchange papers with one another.
• The teacher requested that the students exchange papers with one another.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

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.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• Have the paychecks arrived yet.
• Have the paychecks arrived yet?
• Have the paychecks arrived yet!
• Have the paychecks, arrived yet?

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B