English I Editing

What change should be made to sentence 1?

On the morning of our first agility trial, as we made the long drive to the fairgrounds, I sat in the backseat with Gidget, petting her and remembering all the time we have spent preparing for this day.

• Change morning to Morning

• Change sat to set

• Change have spent to had spent

• Insert a comma after preparing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

Select the response that corrects the error in sentence 3.

We has practice three times a week, and although it was hard work sometimes, I enjoyed learning with her.

• had practicing

• practiced

• are practicing

• will practice

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What change should be made in sentence 8?

I imagined all the other competitors raving about Gidget's skill and speed on the course and my amazing handling abilitys.

• Change imagined to imagining

• Change Gidget's to Gidgets

• Chang course to coarse

• Change ability to abilities.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the correct way to write sentence 11?


Then I did my walk-throughm the course seemed challenging, but I studied it carefully and was totally focused on my handling strategy.

• Then I did my walk-through. The course seemed challenging, but I studied it carefully and was totally focused on my handling strategy.

• Then I did my walk-through, and although the course seemed challenging. I studied it carefully and was totally focused on my handling strategy.

• Then I did my walk-through, and the course seemed challenging. Even though I studied it carefully and was totally focused on my handling strategy.

• Then I did my walk-through, the course seemed challenging. I studied it carefully and was totally focused on my handling strategy.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Select the response that corrects the error in sentence 16.

I tried resorting to our training steps, but the judge instructted me to continue past the obstacle.

• enstructed

• instructed

• enstructered

• instructioned

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

What change should be made in sentence 18?

"Refusals," as they are called are faulted heavilym and we also lost points for coming in eight seconds over the SCT, or standard course time.

• Add a comma after called

• Change heavily to heavy

• Delete and

• Change coming to comeing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change should be made in sentence 2?

Located deep in the desert of West Texas, this town of 2,100 is the site of a spectacle, that has baffled observers for generations.

• Delete the comma after West Texas

• Change site to sight

• Delete the comma after spectacle

• Change generations to generation's

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the correct way to write sentence 8 and 9?

(8) A young cowhand, Robert Reed Ellison, saw flickering lights. (9) While he was driving cattle through Paisano Pass.

• A young cowhand, Robert Reed Ellison, saw flickering lights, he was driving cattle through Paisano Pass.

• A young cowhand, Robert Reed Ellison, who saw flickering lights while he was driving cattle through Paisano Pass.

• A young cowhand, Robert Reed Ellison, saw flickering lights driving cattle through Paisano Pass.

• A young cowhand, Robert Reed Ellison, saw flickering lights while he was driving cattle through Paisano Pass.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Select the response that corrects the error in sentence 14.

Even World War II pilots, training at nearby midland army air field, tried to find the source of the light - this time from the air - but they, too, found nothing.

• Midland Army Air Field

• Midland Army Air field

• Midland Army air field

• Midland army air field

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What change is needed in sentence 19?

Most of the recent proposed explanations are more believable then flying dinosaurs, however.

• Insert a comma after explanations

• Change believable to beleivable

• Change then to than

• Delete the commo after dinosaurs

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A