Editing IAB

Read the sentences and answer the question that follows.

The African elephant is the largest mammal that lives on land.

Elephants have large, thin ears.

Elephants can swimme in deep water and use their trunks as breathing tubes.

What is the best way to correct the underlined sentence?

• A. Add a comma (,) after can.

• B. Add a comma (,) after swimme.

• C. Change the spelling of trunks to trunkes.

• D. Change the spelling of swimme to swim.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.1.1E

Select ALL the words in the paragraph that are spelled incorrectly.

Today was a great day at schol. My class went on a field trip to a farm. We saw a lot of different anemals. My favorite were the ducks. Their feet were orange and their beaks were yellow. All of the ducks had white fethers. I love ducks now.

• schol

• favorite

• fethers

• different

• anemals

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

Select ALL the underlined words in the paragraph that are spelled incorrectly.

My friends and I allways eat applesauce at lunch. My friends Tony, Anthony, Robert, and I eat lunch together every day. Robert, Anthony, and I have been friends since kindergarten. Tony moved here last year. Yesterday, Tony told us he was going to eat peaches instead of applesauce becuase he wanted to try something different. We didn’t believe him since we usually eat applesauce at lunch. But, he brought peaches from home and he shared with us. We eight applesauce and peaches at lunch that day.

• allways

• becuase

• different

• usually

• eight

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

Select ALL the words underlined in the paragraph that are incorrect.

Rebecca was very excited. She was going to the store to buy some new shoes. She wanted shoes that were differint from the ones she usually wor. She had an idea of what she wanted, but she was waiting to see them before making a decision. Then she walked into the shoe store and saw what she wanted right away. Her mother was surprised that she chose the new shoes so quickly.

• differint

• wor

• waiting

• right

• chose

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.3.1D

Amber and John saw a movie about koala bears. They enjoyed it so much that now they wants to write a report about koala bears. Amber say she can get some books from the library for the report.

Choose the correct words to replace the underlined words from the story.

• A. want/says

• B. will want/said

• C. wanted/saying

• D. wanting/will say

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

The class walks down to the library on Mondays. Each student get a book. The students must read one book every week.

What is the best way to correct the underlined sentence?

• A. Add an s to get

• B. Add an s to student

• C. Add a comma (,) after Each.

• D. Add a comma (,) after student.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Read the following sentences. Choose the sentence that uses the correct verb tense.

• A. Mike had driven quickly, so we arrive on time.

• B. Troy sharpens his pencil while I passed out the test.

• C. Last night, I did not sleep well even though I went to bed early.

• D. After he has finished his homework, he would go outside to play.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Type the word that should be followed by a quotation mark.

Juan saw that the gate to his backyard was open and his dog, Bucky, was missing. “Bucky, come here, Juan called loudly. “Arrf!” barked Bucky from the holly bushes.

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

“I like poetry books best I said.”

What is the best way to correct the errors in the underlined sentence?

• A. I like poetry books best, I said.”

• B. “I like poetry books best, I said.“

• C. “I like poetry books best” I said.

• D. “I like poetry books best,” I said.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Sally and me went to the picnic at the park yesterday afternoon. We saw all our friends there. We played volleyball and had lots to eat.

What is the best way to correct the error in the underlined sentence?

• A. Change me to I.

• B. Change went to are going.

• C. Change park to Park.

• D. Change yesterday to yesterday's

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D