Editing and Mechanics Quiz 9

(1) Tara had to much cake last night. (2) She is sick to her stomach this morning.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

• Change the period to a question mark.

• Change had to has

• Change to to too

• Make no change

(1) Tara had too much cake last night. (2) She is sick to her stomach this morning.

How could you combine sentences 1 and 2?

• Tara had too much cake. Last night she is sick to her stomach this morning.

• Sick to her stomach this morning, Tara had too much cake.

• Tara had too much cake last night, she is sick this morning.

• Tara had too much cake last night, so she is sick to her stomach this morning.

(5) Jenny and Haley walked there dogs together for two hours. (6) The dogs slept very well that night.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

• Change Jenny and Haley to Them

• Change there to their

• Change dogs to dog’s

• Make no change

(5) Jenny and Haley walked there dogs together for two hours. (6) The dogs slept very well that night.

What transition could be added to the beginning of sentence 6 to make it clearer?

• However,

• Therefore,

• In order to,

• Finally,

(14) The monkey’s swung through the trees. (15) One of them fell on the ground.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 14?

• Change monkey’s to monkeys

• Change swung to swinged

• Add a comma after swung

• Make no change

14) The monkeys swung through the trees. (15) One of them fell to the ground.

How could you combine sentences 14 and 15?

• The monkeys swung through the trees, one of them fell to the ground.

• One of the monkeys falling to the ground swung through the trees.

• As the monkeys swung through the trees, one of them fell to the ground.

• The monkeys on the ground swung and fell.

(9) Annie sang a beautiful high note. (10) The crowd cheering wildly.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?

• Add a comma after cheering

• Change cheering to cheered

• Change the period to a question mark

• Make no change

(9) Annie sang a beautiful high note. (10) The crowd cheered wildly.

What is the best transition to add in front of sentence 10?

• As a result,

• However,

• For example,

• In addition,

22) While David folded laundry, his brother does the dishes. (23) They went outside to play.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 22?

• Change David to david

• Delete the comma after laundry

• Change does to did

• Make no change

(22) While David folded laundry, his brother did the dishes. (23) They went outside to play.

What is the best transition to add to the beginning of sentence 23?

• Afterwards,

• Meanwhile,

• For example,

• However,