Revising & Editing practice

(1) The statues at the Cathedral in Paris, france look so realistic. (2) We stood there in amazement at the beauty and talent used to create them.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

• change statues to statue

• change france to France

• add a comma after statues

• make no change

(1) Many of the statues on the Cathedral are really watersprouts that help the building. (2) They are made of stone and quickly drained rain off the roof.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

• change quickly to quikly

• change drained to drain

• change They to Their

• make no change

(1) Too much water on a roof can cause damage. (2) The statues are there to protect the building. (3) This is one reason they were created.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

• Too much water on a roof can cause damage the statues actually protect the building.

• Since too much water on a roof can cause damage, the statues are there to protect the building.

• Too much water on a roof, it can cause damage, so the statues, they actually protect the building.

• Until too much water on a roof can cause damage, the statues actually protect the building when too much water can cause damage.

(1) People also like the statues because they are crafted so beautifully. (2) They are thought of as art. (3) This art is considered as to be from the Romanesque period.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

• change beautifully to beautiful

• change statues to statue

• add a comma before because

• make no change

(1) The French Cathedrals statues look so real that they should be in museums. (2) If you ever go to Paris, be sure to see the statues and art throughout the city.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

• Change Cathedrals to Cathedral's

• Change statues to Statues

• Change look to will look

• make no change

(1) The statues are old pieces of art. (2) They are so old that they rimind people of the history of France. (3) They show that things humans create can last a long time. (4) This is one more reason the statues are so loved.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

• add a comma after the second they

• change rimind to remind

• change history to History

• make no change