Eng06A Editing & Revising Practice

The turtles eggs are buried in the sand.

• Change turtles to turtle's.

• Change buried to buryed.

• Change eggs to egg's.

• No change is needed.

Answer explanation

Adding an apostrophe and an s shows possession. For example:

The girl's shoes.

The shoes belong to the girl, so we add an apostrophe + s.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Clean your room and than we'll go outside and play catch.

• Change your to you're.

• Change than to then.

• Change we'll to well.

• No change is needed.

Answer explanation

Than is used in comparisons as in "she is younger than I am" and "he is taller than me". Then is used to talk about time as in "back then, I lived in Idaho."

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

What is the best way to combine these sentences?

Please be quiet. It is impossible to hear the speaker.

• 
  Please be quiet it is impossible to hear the speaker.

• Please be quiet, and it is impossible to hear the speaker.

• Please be quiet because it is impossible to hear the speaker.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which choice BEST corrects the sentence?

• She studied all night and aced the test.
• She studied all night. And aced the test.
• She studied all night, but she aced the test.
• She studied all night because she aced the test.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Choose the sentence or sentences with no errors.

• I have to take my dog to the vet, because he has worms and horrible flatulence.

• I has to take my dog to the vet because he has worms and horrible flatulence.

• I have to take my dog to the Vet because he has worms and horrible flatulence.

• I have to take my dog to the vet because he has worms and horrible flatulence.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Ive got a chance to meet a famous person named John Cena.

• Change Ive to I’ve

• Change meet to meat

• Change a to an

• Make no change

Answer explanation

"I've" is the correct way to write the contraction of "I have".

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

You can find our dog easily because he is wearing a orange collar.

• Change easily to easy

• 
  Delete because

• 
  Change a to an

• No change is needed

Answer explanation

Use a when the noun or adjective that comes next begins with a consonant sound. Use an when the noun or adjective that comes next begins with a vowel sound.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

What is the best way to write these sentences?

When we have a fire drill. We exit the building quickly and carefully.

• When we have a fire drill, we exit the building quickly, and carefully.

• When we have a fire drill, we exit the building quickly and quietly.

• When we have a fire drill, we exit the building quickly and we exit the building quietly.

• 
  The sentences are correct in the passage.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

The fourth of july is the celebration of America's freedom.

• 
  Change fourth of july to Fourth of July

• Change America's to Americas

• 
  Change celebration to celebrasion

• 
  No change is needed

Answer explanation

The names of holidays are capitalized because they are considered proper nouns.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

The babies love staring at themselves in the mirror.

• Change babies to babys

• 
  Change themselves to themselfs

• Change staring to stareing

• 
  No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1C

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1B