March 9 Revising and Editing Set 2

What change should be made in sentence 2?

• change and to but
• change bring to brought
• insert a comma after pipes
• change They to Themselves

2. What is the correct way to write sentence 4?

• The practice have been around since the beginning of civilization.
• The practice has been around since the beginning of civilization.
• The practice was around since the beginning of civilization.
• The practice has being around since the beginning of civilization.

3. What change should be made in sentence 6?

• Change Ancient to Antient
• Change romans to Romans
• Change built to build
• Change that to than

4. What change should be made in sentence 2?

• Delete the word place
• change is to are
• change North to north
• change hash to harsh

5. What change should be made in sentence 4?

• change adapt to adapts
• change has learn to has learned
• insert a comma after thrive
• change this to these

6. What change should be made in sentence 6?

• change they to Themselves
• change fastest to fast
• change go to goes
• change an to a

7. The word exchange is not the best word to use in sentence 2. Which word should replace exchange in this sentence?

• replaced
• rotate
• alternate
• revolved

8. Which sentence should replace sentence 7 to provide a more effectice claim at the beinning of the second paragraph ( sentences 7-14)?

• The lodestone was very useful to create the very early compasses.
• At the time, fortune telling was very popular using the lodestone stone.
• No one knows how the first compass was invented, but more likely China did it.
• The first compass used for navigation was liekly invneted in China, but Western Europe quickly caught up.

9. Bailey needs a better transition at the beginning of sentence 11? Which transition should replace Moreover?

• Therefore
• Thus
• Then
• However

10. What is the most effective way to combine sentences 16 - 17?

• These "South Pointers" were for back up only they were not reliable enough to actually help explorers navigate.
• They were not reliable these "South Pointers" were for back up only, enough to acutally help explorers navigate.
• These "South Pointers" were for back up only, they were not reliable enough to actually help explorers nagivate.
• These "South Pointers" were for back up only, since they were not reliable enough to actually help explorers navigate.