Transitions & Revising & Editing

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 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".

Jared is an avid wrestler. ____________ to playing the sport, he loves to watch matches on television.

• However

• As a result

• In addition

• Meanwhile

Robert fell asleep in French class; ___________, he missed the entire lesson.

• consequently

• for example

• in addition

• in contrast

________ Cristo was extremely tired first period, he still managed to complete the assignment for the class.

• As a result

• Although

• Furthermore

• Meanwhile

Elliot, Daniel, and Elizabeth all wear eyeglasses; ___________, they need them for distance, not for reading.

• moreover

• whereas

• similarly

• in addition

____________ the school choir performance, Monica, Elizabeth, and Melissa sang the holiday songs in Spanish.

• During

• Because of

• Finally

• Instead of

As the car turns upright and glides to a halt in the station, I know exactly what I’m going to do next.

What is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of the sentence ?

• For example

• To repeat

• On the other hand

• In fact

Unfortunately, my hands aren’t interested in what my brain is telling them to do.What is the most effective revision to make in the sentence?

• Unfortunately, my hands aren’t interested, they don’t care what my brain is telling them to do.

• Unfortunately, my hands aren’t interested in what my brain is telling my hands to do.

• Unfortunately, my hands and my brain aren’t interested in what it is telling them to do.

• No revision is needed in this sentence.