Editing Practice

The turtles eggs are buried in the sand on the beach.

• Change turtles to turtle's

• Change eggs to egg's

• Change buried to buryed

• No change is needed

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.X

Clean your room, then we'll go outside and play catch.

• Change your to you're

• Change then to than

• Insert and before then

• No change is needed

What is the best way to combine these sentences?

Please be quiet. It is impossible to hear the speaker.

• Please be quiet, it is impossible to hear the speaker.

• Please be quiet, and it is impossible to hear the speaker.

• Please be quiet it is impossible to hear the speaker.

• Please be quiet because it is impossible to hear the speaker.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

You can find our dog easily because he is wearing a orange collar.

• Change easily to easy

• Delete because

• Change a to an

• No change is needed

What is the best way to write these sentences?

When we have a fire drill. We exit the building quickly and carefully.

• When we have a fire drill, we exit the building quickly, and carefully.

• When we have a fire drill, we exit the building quickly and we exit the building quietly.

• When we have a fire drill, we exit the building quickly and quietly.

• The sentences are correct in the passage.

The babies love staring at themselves in the mirror.

• Change babies to babys

• Change staring to stareing

• Change themselves to themselfs

• No change is needed

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VII

"We will go to the park on Saturday" she promised.

• "We will go to the park on saturday" she promised.

• "We will go to the park on Saturday," she promised.

• "We will go to the park on Saturday" She promised.

• Make no change

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

On Nov. 10 1975, we went to my grandmother's birthday party.

• November 10 1975

• November 10, 1975,

• November, 10, 1975

• correct as is

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A