English I Revising

Which of the following is the most effective revision of the following sentence: People on the street stared as the guy took off with her precious backpack.

• Shoppers stared in shock as the man in dark clothing raced away with her precious backpack.

• People on the street stared as the guy took off with her expensive backpack.

• Everybody look as the man took off with her backpack.

• Staring as the guy took off with her precious backpack, the people on the street looked shocked.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

How can transition words like "next," or "later," help readers understand a novel?

• They help the reader to follow the directions.

• They don't help. They are just there to make English teachers happy.

• They can help readers understand that the story is moving from one event to another.

• They give additional information about a character.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Novels are often more interesting if the protagonist is:

• bad

• good

• neither bad nor good

• complicated

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following choices is the most effective revision of the sentences "I am rich. I save my money."

• Because I save my money, I am rich.

• I am rich, so I save my money.

• I am rich, because I save my money.

• I am rich and I save my money.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

(17) And was even thinking about running up the next stalk of grass.

What is the correct way to write sentence 17?

• And was even thinking about running. Up the next stalk of grass.

• I was even thinking about running up the next stalk of grass.

• I was even thinking about running, I would go up the next stalk of grass.

• Sentence 17 is written correctly in the story.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

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

(2) Three hundred miles isn’t hardly that far, so you would probably expect the island to be home to the same sorts of plants and animals found on the mainland.

• Change hardly to really

• Delete so

• Insert a comma after plants

• No change should be made in this sentence.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

True or false: Revising and editing are the same.

• True
• False

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

When I opened my present I let out a yell.

• Delete When
• Change I to we
• Change I let out to and yell out
• Insert a comma after present.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

He was learning how to solve equations. He found a trick that would make it easier.
 
What is the most effective way to combine the 2 sentences? 

• While learning how to solve equations, he found a trick that would make it easier.
• He was learning how to solve equations because he found a trick that would make it easier.
• While learning how to solve equations, a trick that he figured out made it easier.
• He was learning to solves the equations, then, he found a trick that would make it easier. 

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

After I went to the store I went shoe shopping with my friends.

• Change friends to friend's
• Insert a comma after After
• Insert a comma after shopping
• Insert a comma after store

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A