Revising & Editing

What is the correct way to write sentence 2?

• After a few minutes, I was pleased to see fluffy whipped cream.

• After a few minutes, I was pleased. To see fluffy whipped cream.

• After a few minutes. I was pleased and saw fluffy whipped cream.

• After a few minutes, I was pleased to see it, it was fluffy

  whipped cream.

It was ________ cold for trick-or-treating this year.

• two

• too

• to

In the following sentence, what does the word "wind" mean?

"My grandmother likes to wind all her yarn into a ball."

• to twist or coil

• the air that blows

Jesse is an animal lover. ________, he adores penguins and pandas.

• Simultaneously

• Equally important

• Specifically

• Despite

I was just getting over the flu. ________, I went in to school to take the SAT.

• Then

• Nevertheless

• First

• Immediately

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?

• Change usual to usually

• Change came to comes

• Insert a comma after plan

• No change is needed.

What change should be made in sentence 7?

• Delete the comma after asked

• Change did to Did

• Change forget to forgot

• Change baking to bakeing

What change should be made in sentence 5?

• Change expected to accepted

• Change otherwise to instead

• Change saw to seen

• Change hockey to Hockey

I didn't know ________ I should eat the cookie now or save it for later.

• weather

• whether

In the following sentence, what does the word "their" mean?

• that the jeans are new

• a contraction of they and are

• that the jeans belong to them

• the location where they are standing