Editing & Revising Practice - Unit 1

I love peep rallies. (pg 81)

What change should be made in this sentence?

• Change rallies to rallys

• Change peep to pep

• Change peep to Peep

• No change needed

Hugo shoots me a strange look how can I expect him to understand? (pg 70)

How should this sentence be revised?

• Hugo shot me a strange look. How can i expect him to understand?

• Hugo shoots me a strange look, nor how can I expect him to understand?

• Hugo shoots me a strange look, but how can I expect him to understand?

• Hugo shot me a strange look, and how I expect him to understood?

The portland street assisted Living Residence is about a ten-minute walk from school. (pg 71)

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

• Change portland street assisted to Portland Street Assisted

• Change ten-minute to 10 minute

• Change assisted to asisted

• No change needed

The conveyor pushes me and water hits.

How should this sentence be revised to include sensory language?

• The conveyor pushes me forward.

• The conveyor pushes me towards the water.

• The conveyor pushes me ahead.

• The conveyor pushes me and the first blast of water hits.

Is that President Truman? I whisper. (pg 75)

What change should be made in this sentence?

• "Is that President Truman?" I whisper.

• "Is that President Truman?," I whisper.

• Is that president Truman?" I whisper.

• "Is that President Truman" I whisper.

They definitely deserve more respect than their getting from us. (pg 74)

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

• Change definitely to defanitely

• Change the period to an exclamation point

• Change their to they're

• No change needed

He just wants to be left alone (pg 75)

What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence?

• Change alone to alon

• Add a period after alone

• Change wants to need

• No change needed

Bear rounds off me in genuine amazement. (pg 77)

What change should be made in the sentence?

• Change genuine to genuwene

• Change amazement to Amazement

• Change off to on

• Change rounds to turns

I'm a huge football fan, It's definitely my favorite sport.

What change needs to be made?

• Change football to fotball

• Change It's to it's

• Change favorite to faverite

• Change the comma to a period

He aren't buying it. (pg 91)

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

• Change aren't to isn't

• Change the period to a question mark

• Change buying to bying

• No change needed