Strategies for Editing and Revising Practice

On the following document, there are a total of 10 misspelled words. Typed the misspelled words correctly in the space below. Remember to use commas between each word you type. Don't forget to use the dictionary!

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Choose both correct capitalization answers after reading the sentence below:

I was putting the finishing touches on a post about a naked man who was arrested on burglary charges while covered in chocolate and peanut butter — it turns out there is a wrong way to eat a  ________  — when I was asked: “ _____  people getting dumber?”

• Reese's

• reese's

• Are

• are

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Choose both correct capitalization answers after reading the sentence below:

Based on the number of times I’ve written about criminals getting caught because they posted pictures of their stolen loot on  __________, anecdotal evidence would indicate: ______ . People are getting dumber.

• facebook

• Facebook

• yes

• Yes

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Choose the correct punctuation after reading the sentence below:

In 1961, the newly appointed F.C.C. chairman, Newton Minow ( , or ; ) stated that television was a “vast wasteland.”

• ,

• ;

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Read the sentences below and choose the correct punctuation:

In what has become a landmark speech of the 20th century, Minow lamented the state of television, which had veered away from serving “the public interest.” If he was disappointed then, what must he think now, especially with the rise of reality programming ( . or ?) 

• .

• ?

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

What errors are in the following sentence? Check all that apply.

Nobody knows how it happened: An indoor house cat who got lost on a family excursion manageing, after two months and about 200 miles, to return to her hometown 

• Spelling

• Capitalization

• Punctuation

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Type the word that misspelled below correctly:

Nobody knows how it happened: An indoor house cat who got lost on a family excursion manageing, after two months and about 200 miles, to return to her hometown.

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What errors are in the following sentences below? Check all that apply. 

Are you sure its the same cat  wandered John Bradshaw, director of the University of Bristol’s Anthrozoology Institute. In other cases, he has suspected, “the cats are just strays  and the people have got kind of a mental justification for expecting it to be the same cat.”

• Spelling

• Punctuation

• Capitalization

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which part of this sentence needs quotation marks? 

Are you sure its the same cat wondered John Bradshaw, director of the University of Bristol’s Anthrozoology Institute.

• Anthrozoology Institute

• University of Bristol's

• wondered John Bradshaw

• Are you sure its the same cat

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What errors are in the following sentence below? Check all that apply.

. . . holly not only had distinctive black-and-brown harlequin patterns on her fur  but also an implanted microchip to identify her.

• Capitalization

• Punctuation

• Spelling

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A