Revising and Editing Homework

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

• A change family to Family

• B Change I to me

• C Change river to River

• D The sentence is correct

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

• A Delete the quotation marks

• B Change let's to Let's

• C Remove the comma after declared

• D The sentence is correct

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

• A Change knew to new

• B Change thrown to threw

• C Change theirselves to themselves

• D No change is needed

4.Natalies' flower was the most beautiful I had ever seen.

• A Change most beautiful to more beautiful

• B Change Natalies' to Natalie's

• C Change flower to flour

• D No change is needed

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

• A Delete the comma after March and insert it after 2.

• B Add quotation marks before our and after 2015.

• C Delete the comma after March

• D The sentence is correct

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

• A Change important to more important

• B Change an to a

• C Change monday to Monday

• D The sentence is correct

7."I love to read about animals" said Matthew, as he settled down with his new magazine to read.

• A Add a period after animals

• B Add a comma after animals

• C Change said to Said

• D No change is needed

8.Quickly I headed for the kitchen. Mom was making my favorite dinner in the kitchen.

• A Quickly I headed for the kitchen, Mom was making my favorite dinner.

• B I headed quickly to the kitchen because Mom was making my favorite dinner.

• C I headed quickly to the kitchen and Mom was making my favorite dinner.

• D Quickly I headed to the kitchen, then Mom was making my favorite dinner.

9.When my Dad handed me the bottle of ketchup, I shook it thoroughly to mix it.

• A Change shook to shaked

• B Change bottle to bottel

• C Change Dad to dad

• D The sentence is correct as written.

10.At Mariah's school, there are several book's written in Spanish.

• A Change book's to books

• B Change Mariah's to Mariahs'

• C Change Spanish to spanish

• D The sentence is correct