Editing/Revising 1

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.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is to delete the comma after March and insert it after 2. This aligns with standard punctuation rules for dates, ensuring clarity in the sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

The Pledge of Allegiance is an important part of our monday morning assembly.

• ^{Change important to more important}

• Change an to a

• ^{Change monday to Monday}

• The sentence is correct

Answer explanation

The correct choice is to change 'monday' to 'Monday' because it should be capitalized as it refers to a specific day of the week. The other options do not address grammatical or capitalization errors.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:

The father helped his children get into they're pajamas.

• Change they're to their.

• Change father to Father

• Change they're to there

• Change helped to helping

Answer explanation

The correct choice is to change "they're" to "their" because "they're" is a contraction for "they are," while "their" is the possessive form needed in this context to indicate ownership of the pajamas.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:

After I went to the store I went shoe shopping with my friends.

• Change friends to friend's

• Insert a comma after After

• Insert a comma after shopping

• Insert a comma after store

Answer explanation

Inserting a comma after 'store' clarifies the sentence structure by separating the two independent clauses. This improves readability and follows proper punctuation rules for compound sentences.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

The boys (drove/drived) the car down the street. 

• drove

• drived

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'drove' because it is the past tense of 'drive'. 'Drived' is not a valid form. Therefore, the sentence should read: 'The boys drove the car down the street.'

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

(They're/Their/There) boots got wet in the rain.

• They'r

• Their

• Ther

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'Their' because it indicates possession, referring to the boots belonging to them. 'They're' is a contraction for 'they are', and 'There' refers to a place, which do not fit the context.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

Which word is spelled incorrectly in the sentence?
A pear of something is two objects.

• two

• something 

• pear

Answer explanation

The word 'pear' is spelled incorrectly in the sentence. The correct term should be 'pair', which refers to two objects. 'Pear' is a type of fruit, making it the incorrect choice in this context.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

Which capital letter is used incorrectly?
The boy's sister, Monica, loved the Pepperoni pizza.

• The

• Monica

• Pepperoni

Answer explanation

The capital letter 'P' in 'Pepperoni' is used incorrectly because it is not a proper noun. Unlike 'Monica', which is a name, 'pepperoni' is a common noun and should be lowercase.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Why did the little puppy dog lick its sore paw.

• Change its to it's

• Change sore to soar

• Change puppy to puppey

• Change the period to a question mark

Answer explanation

The correct choice is to change the period to a question mark, as the sentence is phrased as a question about the puppy's action. The other options involve incorrect grammar or spelling changes.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which words correctly complete this sentence:
I wonder ______ the ______ will change this weekend.

• weather/whether

• whether/weather

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'whether/weather'. 'Whether' introduces a condition, while 'weather' refers to atmospheric conditions. The sentence asks about the possibility of a change in weather this weekend.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G