Editing 101

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?

(6) "What do I do first," I asked eagerly.

• Change the comma to a question mark

• Delete the quotation marks after the comma

• Change eagerly to eager

• Make no change

What change should be made in sentence 13?

(13) "Make sure that you don't leave any lumps," Dad instructed while I stired the mixture.

• Change the comma after lumps to a period

• Change instructed to instructing

• Change stired to stirred

• No change should be made in sentence 13.

What is the correct way to write sentence 20?

(20) Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, we would have a big mess to clean up then.

• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface. And have a big mess to clean up.

• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface then we would have a big mess to clean up.

• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, and we would have a big mess to clean up.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

What change should be made in sentence 22?

• Change didn't to did'nt

• Insert a comma after pancake

• Change spreads out to spread out

• Sentence 22 should not be changed.

What is the correct way to write sentences 24 and 25?

(24) My father was very clear about how long to wait. (25) Before trying to flip the pancakes over.

• My father was very clear about this. How long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.

• My father was very clear. About how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.

• My father was very clear about this he told me how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.

• My father was very clear about how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.

How should sentence 29 be changed?

(29) While I scraped my impatience off the griddle, Dad showed me what he meant by "solid bubbles" and then taught me how to flip the pancakes correct.

• Change scraped to scrapped

• Insert a comma after bubbles

• Change taught to teached

• Change correct to correctly

What change needs to be made in sentence 36?

(36) I learned that cooking takes more patience and attention then I had ever dreamed!

• Change that to this

• Change takes to take

• Insert a comma after patience

• Change then to than

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.

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.

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.