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Test Review: Revising/Editing

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English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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What change, if any, should be made in sentence 20?

(20) For instance, last semester I got behind on my

assignments, and had to spend every weekend for a month trying to catch back up.

Delete the comma after assignments

Change assignments to asignments

Change got to gotten

no change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.4.1C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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

"It's to bad you were late to class," he said, "because I brought candy."

Change It's to Its
Change to to too
Change he to He
Change because to Because

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What is the correct way to write sentence 12?

(12) Dan Burcham is an entrepreneur he has made a living out

of creating and running various businesses.

Dan Burcham is an entrepreneur. Who he has made a living out of creating and running various businesses.

Dan Burcham, an entrepreneur, has made a living out of creating and running various businesses.

Dan Burcham is an entrepreneur who has made a living out of creating and running various businesses.

This sentence does not need to be changed.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which transition word is used to reveal a cause/effect relationship?

Similarly,

Therefore,

In conclusion,

Although...,

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Sentence Combining: Which of these is the correct way to join an independent clause (subject, verb, complete thought) with a dependent clause (subject, verb, incomplete thought)?

Since I stayed up playing Fortnite I slept through my morning alarm.

I wanted to go the mall, because I needed to find a gift for my mom.

He was practicing his soccer drills when it started to rain.

None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What is the correct way to write sentence 9?

(9) We walked straight into the kitchen, we crumbled up the

old recipe, tossed it in the trash.

We walked straight into the kitchen, and we crumbled up the

old recipe, tossed it in the trash.

We walked straight into the kitchen, crumbled up the old

recipe, and tossed it in the trash.

We walked straight into the kitchen and crumbled up the

old recipe, tossed it in the trash.

The sentences are written correctly in the paper.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

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