6.2 Friday Revising and Editing

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? One day, Tom n., my classmate brought a drone to school.

• Change Tom n. to Tom N.

• Change brought to brung

• Change a to an

• No change needs to be made

Answer explanation

Proper nouns should be capitalized. First names and last names begin with a capital letter.

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? With our parent's assistence, each student was allowed to throw the flaming ball.

• Change parent's to parents

• Change assistence to assistance

• Change was to were

• No change needs to be made

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? My collection of football cards are made up of different players and teams.

• Change cards to card's

• Insert a comma after boomerangs

• Change are to is

• No change needs to be made

Answer explanation

The subject of this sentence is "collection". The word "collection" is a singular noun and needs to have a singular noun which is the word "is" and not "are".

What change should be made to the sentence below?

I didn't thought Mr. Torturo could be so cruel.

• change didn't to did'nt

• change cruel to crule

• change be to been

• change thought to think

What is the correct way to write the sentence below?

Could I solve it with a calculator I asked him or solve it with a partner.

• I asked him, if I could use a calculator, or solve it with a partner.

• I asked him if I could use a calculator or solve it with a partner.

• I asked him if I could use a calculator. Or solve it with a partner.

• The sentence is written correctly in the selection.

Delhi, in India, has a percolation of over 25,000,000.

The word percolation is not the correct word for the sentence. Which word should be used?

• puncuation

• population

• habitation

• plurality

The fire blazing in the fireplace and the cat sleeping in front of it (make, makes) a charming scene.

• makes

• make

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family
• change I to me
• change river to River
• The sentence is correct.

Mrs. Watson said that our class would go on a field trip on March, 2 2015.

• Delete the comma after March and insert it after 2
• Add quotatiion marks before our and after 2015.
• Delete the comma after March
• The sentence is correct.

When my Dad handed me the bottle of ketchup, I shook it thoroughly to mix it.

• Change shook to shaked
• Change bottle to bottel
• Change Dad to dad
• The sentence is correct as written