Grammar/Editing (Textbook Bubble Questions)

Alfred Hitchcock wrote about how he achieved a suspenseful atmosphere without mysteryous special effects.

• Change achieved to acheived

• Change suspenseful to suspensful.

• Change mysteryous to mysterious.

• No change needs to be made to this sentence.

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

As Hitler rose to power there was a noticable surge in the mistreatment of Jews, with the perpetrators seemingly immunized from punishment.

• Change noticable to noticeable.

• Change perpetrators to perpetraters

• Change immunized to immuneized.

• No change needs to be made to this sentence.

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

In the story Home, a father who tries to discipline his young son wonders about the complexity and responsibility of being both self-indulgent and a parent.

• Change complexity to complexty

• Change responsibility to responsability

• Change self-indulgent to self-indulgeant

• No change needs to be made to this sentence.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

That new restaurant—it’s only been open two months is always swamped with eager diners.

• Remove the dash after restaurant.

• Put a dash after months.

• Put a dash after swamped.

• No change needs to be made to this sentence.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

The contest—it’s been advertised as “You could be a millionaire!”—starts next week.

• Remove the dash after millionaire!”

• Remove the dash after contest.

• Insert a dash after starts.

• No change needs to be made to this sentence.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

The movie the star’s breakout hit was a huge success at the box office.

• Put dashes after movie and hit

• Put a dash after movie.

• Put a dash after success

• No change needs to be made to this sentence.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

The instructions for the machine—“Push button to start” were printed in large red letters.

• Remove the dash after machine

• Insert a dash after start.”

• Insert a dash after printed.

• No change needs to be made to this sentence

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

For example Daniel plans to play a Mozart piece at his next piano recital.

• Insert a comma after example.

• Insert a comma after Daniel.

• Insert a comma after next

• No change needs to be made to this sentence

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

Mozart, after all is his favorite classical composer.

• Delete the comma after Mozart

• Insert a comma after all

• Insert a comma after favorite

• No change needs to be made to this sentence

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

In addition, Daniel loves the music of Beethoven, Chopin, and Debussy.

• Insert a comma after In

• Delete the comma after addition.

• Delete the comma after Beethoven

• No change needs to be made to this sentence.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C