Editing Sentences Skills Assessment

Correct the punctuation in the following sentence: she enjoys reading books and playing soccer

• She enjoys reading books and playing soccer.

• She enjoys reading books; and playing soccer.

• She enjoys reading books and playing soccer.

• She enjoys reading books, and playing soccer.

Identify the error in capitalization in the sentence: the president of the united states visited france last week

• the president of the united states visited France last week.

• the president of the United States visited France last week.

• the president of the United States visited france last week.

• The President of the United States visited France last week.

Choose the correct verb form to match the subject in the sentence: the team (is/are) practicing hard for the upcoming match

• am

• were

• is

• be

Rearrange the words to create a grammatically correct sentence: yesterday, to the park, we went

• To the park we went yesterday

• We went to the park yesterday

• Yesterday we went to the park.

• Yesterday to the park we went

Select the appropriate conjunction to join the two sentences: she likes to read books, she also enjoys watching movies

• and

• because

• but

• or

Identify the dangling modifier in the sentence: Running down the street, the dog chased the cat

• The dog

• Running down the street

• Down the street

• Chased the cat

Replace the pronoun with the correct noun reference in the sentence: John told Mary that he would meet her at the cafe

• John told Mary that he would meet him at the cafe

• John told Mary that she would meet him at the cafe

• John told Mary that she would meet her at the cafe

• John told Mary that John would meet Mary at the cafe

Add the missing punctuation to the sentence: after the game we went to the movies

• After the game we went to the movies

• After the game we, went to the movies

• After the game, we went to the movies.

• After the game we went to the movies.

Choose the correct capitalization for the sentence: the river flows through the city of paris

• The river flows through the city of Paris

• the river flows through the city of Paris

• The River Flows Through The City Of Paris

• The River Flows Through The City Of Paris

Select the correct verb form to match the subject in the sentence: the group of students (was/were) excited about the field trip

• were

• weren't

• was

• wasn't