Editing Practice *GRADE*

(5) I truly believe that it’s time for me to have my own room.

(6) I admit that I had enjoyed sharing a room with my little brother for the last six years. (7) We have the bond that I’m sure you hoped for when you bought the bunk beds and moved us in together.

• Change admit to admitt

• Change that to it

• Change had enjoyed to have enjoyed

• Insert a comma after brother

What change should be made in sentence 8?

(8) But now that Jamal and I are both getting older, I feel that I’m ready for more privacy and a space of their own.

• Change Jamal and I to Jamal and me

• Delete the comma

• Change their to my

What change needs to be made in sentence 12?

(12) I would also have a place to spread out materials and work on projects without getting in anyone elses way.

• Change I to And

• Change spread to spred

• Change anyone to no one

• Change elses to else’s

How does sentence 15 need to be changed?

(15) Mr. Owens, my Band Director, insists that I practice every night. (16) Sometimes I don’t have time for practice until later in the evening when Jamal is already in bed.

• Change Band Director to band director

• Delete the second comma

• Change insists to insisting

• Sentence 15 does not need to be changed

What change should be made in sentence 17?

(17) In a room of my own, I could play my trumpet without disturbing the rest of the family, and in time I would be a much better musican.

• Change the comma after own to a period

• Change disturbing to disterbing

• Delete and

• Change musican to musician

What change should be made in sentence 22?

(22) But it’s not really fair to make him leave all the time, it’s his room too.

• Change fair to fare

• Change him to them

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• Change too to to

What change should be made in sentence 25?

(25) Because of its location, I would be able to study and play my trumpet at night without bothering Jamal.

• Change its to it’s

• Change the comma to a period

• Change without bothering to without never bothering

• No change should be made in sentence 25.

What is the correct way to rewrite sentences 27 and 28?

(27) So in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life. (28) I respectfully request that you let me have my own room.

• So in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life, I respectfully request that you let me have my own room.

• It’s in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life, therefore, I respectfully request that you left me have my own room.

• It’s in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life, so I respectfully request. That you let me have my own room.

• The sentences are written correctly in the passage.