Editing 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.3.2A

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

• Delete the quotation marks
• Change let's to Let's
• Remove the comma after declared
• The sentence is correct.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

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

• Change knew to new
• Change thrown to threw
• Change theirselves to themselves
• No change is needed.

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.5C

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

• Change most beautiful to many beautiful

• Change Natalies' to Natalie's

• Change flower to flour

• No change is needed

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

• ^{Change important to more important}
• Change an to a
• ^{Change monday to Monday}
• The sentence is correct

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CCSS.L.3.1G

CCSS.L.3.2A

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

• Add a period after animals
• Add a comma after animals
• Change said to Said
• No change is needed

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CCSS.L.3.2C

Correct the following into a complex sentence:

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Change shook to shaked
• Change bottle to bottel
• Change Dad to dad
• The sentence is correct as written

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.2E

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

• Change book's to books
• Change Mariah's to Mariahs'
• Change Spanish to spanish
• The sentence is correct

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CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

Create a compound sentence from these two simple sentences:

Michael used colored pencils for the art project. Liam used paints for the art project.

• Michael used colored pencils for the art project, and Liam used paints.

• Michael used colored pencils for the art project, Liam used paints for the project.

• Michael used colored pencils for the art project and Liam used paints.

• Michael used colored pencils for the art project then Liam used paints for the art project.