Editing and Revising quiz focusing on capitalizing

Read the Passage:

Joseph Pulitzer is the name behind the Pulitzer Prizes. 2) He was born in Hungary, a country in Central Europe. 3) He came to the United States to fill in for an American soldier who was drafted. 4) This soldier did not want to fight in the civil war, so Pulitzer took his place. 5) He spent one year in the military in Boston. 6) Then, he made his way to Missouri where he did many different jobs such as baggage handler and waiter. 7) During this time, he studied English and the law.

What change if any should be made?

• Change the civil war to The Civil War

• Change the civil war to the Civil War

• Change the civil war to The Civil war

• No change should be made

Read the Passage:

1) The wood frog has an amazing trait to survive bitterly cold winters. 2) When the weather turns freezing, it freezes too! 3) During hibernation, most of the water in its body turns to solid ice. 4) The blood freezes first, pulling water out of the cells. 5) Then water freezes between the cells, so the cells aren't destroyed by ice inside them. 6) As the weather warms, ice in the frog melts and its body returns to normal.

What changes should be made for sentence 1?

• Change wood to Wood?

• Change frog to Frog?

• Change winters to Winters?

• No change should be made

Read the Passage:

 Boxing has been a popular sport in Latin America for a very long time. 2) The sport is especially popular in mexico and has been since the 19th century. 3) For a long time, matches were usually between thieves and sailors trying to make extra money. 4) They would wrap their hands in napkins instead of gloves! 5) Partly because of this history, boxing was a disrespected sport for a very long time.

What changes should be made for sentence 2?

• Change century to Century?

• Change is to was?

• Change mexico to Mexico ?

• No change should be made

Read the Passage:

1) Have you heard of the pulitzer Prizes? 2) These prizes are highly respected awards given to American journalists and writers to celebrate their remarkable talent. 3) Each year, prizes are given in different categories. 4) Currently, there are 21 prizes. 5) Who created these impressive prizes?

What changes should be made for sentence 1?

• In sentence 1, change pulitzer Prizes to Pulitzer Prizes

• In sentence 2, change American to american

• In sentence 3, change the word “are” to “is”

• In sentence 4, change the “?” into a “.”

Read the Passage:

Pulitzer tried to create a journalism school before he died. 2) His dream would only be fulfilled after his death. 3) He left two million dollars to columbia university in his will. 4) The money was used to create the School of Journalism. 5) This wasn’t the first journalism school in the United States, though. 6) A few years earlier, the University of Missouri created its own journalism school. 7) Both journalism schools are still well respected today.

What changes should be made for sentence 3 ?

• Change columbia university to Columbia University

• Change columbia university to Columbia university

• Change columbia university to columbia University

• No change should be made

Read the Passage:

1) Imagine a world without delicious, sugary doughnuts. 2) It would be a sad place! 3) Doughnuts have put a smile on the faces of a lot of people. 4) Some of those people were immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s. 5) Their first stop was ellis island, an island by New York City where immigrants had to go through health tests and interviews. 6) Many immigrants were scared of what was to come in this new, foreign country.

What changes should be made for sentence 5 ?

• Change United States to united states

• Change ellis island to Ellis Island

• Change New York City to New York city

• Change immigrants to Immigrants

Read the Passage:

1) The Indigenous groups of the Pacific Northwest have lived there for thousands of years. 2) Today, many groups, like the tlingit and Haida, live on reservations in this area. 3) They still practice their traditions and celebrate their history.

What changes should be made for sentence 2 ?

• Change Haida to haida

• Change reservations to Reservations

• Change tlingit to Tlingit

• No change should be made

Read the Passage:

Did you know that chocolate chip cookies were a mistake? 2) Ruth Graves wakefield created them in the 1930s. 3) She was mixing a batch of chocolate cookies and was out of baking chocolate. 4) She decided to chop up a bar of semisweet chocolate instead. 5) When the cookies were done, the pieces of chocolate had not melted! 6) They had kept their chip form in each cookie.

What changes should be made for sentence 2 ?

• Change Graves to graves

• Change wakefield to Wakefield

• Change ruth to Ruth

• No change should be made

Read the Passage:

In 1947, the park opened, four weeks after the publication of Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s most famous book, The Everglades: River of grass. 2) Douglas had spent five years researching the ecology of the Everglades for her writing. 3) In this book, she expressed her love for this habitat. 4) The book was an immediate success, and many people joined her cause in trying to limit development in the Everglades.

What changes should be made for sentence 1 ?

• Change Stoneman to stoneman

• Change of to Of

• Change grass to Grass

• No change should be made

Read the Passage:

1) The Florida Everglades teems with life. 2) Situated at the southern end of the state, between Lake Okeechobee and the Gulf Coast, the Everglades is the largest wilderness east of the Mississippi River. 3) Migratory and wading birds tiptoe through marshy grasslands. 4) Orchids and ferns dot the hardwood forests. 5) Alligators lounge in the shallows and on muddy riverbanks. 6) Mangrove leaves rustle in the wind as the brackish water laps at their roots.

What changes should be made for sentence 2 ?

• Change southern to Southern

• Change east to East

• Change Everglades to everglades

• No change should be made