Editing and Revising Practice

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.4.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which answer shows the correct way to write the sentence?

• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the the surface. And have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface then we would have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, and we would have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, we would have a big mess to clean up then.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

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. 

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

After a few more questions and a breif pause, the quiz continued.

• Change few to fewer
• Change breif to brief
• Change the , to a ;
• No change needs to be made

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CCSS.L.2.2C

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

When I opened my present I let out a yell.

• Delete When
• Change I to we
• Change I let out to and yell out
• Insert a comma after present.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Which words correctly complete this sentence:
____ important to the robot to repair ____ circuits.

• It's/its
• Its/it's

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

"It's to bad you were late to class," he said, "because I brought candy."

• Change It's to Its
• Change to to too
• Change he to He
• Change because to Because

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

After I went to the store I went shoe shopping with my friends.

• Change friends to friend's
• Insert a comma after After
• Insert a comma after shopping
• Insert a comma after store

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

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

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2C

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.” 

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.5