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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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".

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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.

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.

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.

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