Editing

Which choice is written correctly ?

• Finally, when I had to repair my broken glasses following a particularly rough basketball game is when I agreed. To give contact lenses a try.

• Finally, I had to repair my broken glasses, following a particularly rough basketball game, then I agreed to give contact lenses a try.

• Finally, after having to repair my broken glasses following a particularly rough basketball game, I agreed to give contact lenses a try.

• Finally, after after having to repair my broken glasses following a particularly rough basketball game. I agreed to give contact lenses a try.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which choice is written correctly?

• "I can get you into contacts," she insisted every time she saw me.

• "I can get you into contacts" she insisted every time she seen me.

• "I can get you into contacts" she insisted every time she saw mine.

• "I can get you into contacts" she insisted every time she saw me.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which choice is written correctly?

• We were less then a mile away from a doctor's office when I announced, "Mom I want to go back and learn how to put the lenses in myself. Contacts are amazing!"

• We were less then a mile away from a doctor's office when I anounced, "Mom, I want to go back and learn how to put the lenses in myself. Contacts are amazing!"

• We were less than a mile away from a doctor's office when I announced, "Mom, I want to go back and learn how to put the lenses in myself. Contacts are amazing!"

• We were less then a mile away from a doctor's office when I announced, "Mom, I want to go back and learn how to put the lenses in myself. Contacts are amazing."

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which choice is written correctly?

• Walk down crowded urban streets comes natural for most city dwellers.

• Walking down crowded urban streets came natural for most city dwellers.

• Walking down crowded urban streets comes naturally for most city dwellers.

• Walking down crowded urban streets comes natural for most city dwellers.

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

What is the best way to rewrite these sentences? Sarah was great at math. Sarah was not very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math but she was not. Very good at writing. 
• Sarah was great at math. But not good at writing. 
• Sarah was great at math, but she was not very good at writing. 
• Sarah was great at math but she was not very good at writing. 

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which word best completes the following sentence:
I saw so much descriptive language in the story that it painted a picture in my head of what was happening. In other words, I saw lots of ______.

• tone
• imagery
• theme
• metaphors

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

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

The father helped his children get into they're pajamas.

• Change they're to their.
• Change father to Father
• Change they're to there
• Change helped to helping

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

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.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Why did the little puppy dog lick its sore paw.

• Change its to it's
• Change sore to soar
• Change puppy to puppey
• Change the period to a question mark

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

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