Fish Cheeks Editing & Revising

How would you correct the sentence below?

He was not chinese, but as white as mary in the manger.

• change manger to manager

• Capitalize Chinese and Mary

• Change He to he

• Change white to White

Answer explanation

The correct choice is to capitalize 'Chinese' and 'Mary' as they are proper nouns. 'Chinese' refers to the nationality, and 'Mary' is a name, both requiring capitalization in standard English grammar.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

How would you correct the sentence below?

What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas.

• Change Chinese to chinese

• Change Christmas to christmas

• Change the . to a ?

• Change Robert to robert

Answer explanation

The sentence is phrased as a question, so changing the period to a question mark is necessary for proper punctuation. The other options do not address the grammatical structure of the sentence.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match the following sentences with the correct changes that should be made.

• When I found out that my parents had invited the minister's family over for Christmas Ever dinner, I cried.

• Change my to mine

• When I found out that mine parents had invited the minister's family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried.

• Change Eve to Ever

• When I found out that my parents had invented the minister's family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried.

• Change invited to invented

• When I found out that my parents had invited the minister's family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cryed.

• Change cryed to cried.

Answer explanation

The correct change is to change 'cryed' to 'cried.' 'Cryed' is a misspelling; the correct past tense of 'cry' is 'cried.' The other options do not address any errors in the sentence.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?

"You must be proud you are different. You're only shame is to have shame."

• Change You're to Your

• Remove the quotation marks

• Change to to two

• No change is needed

Answer explanation

The correct choice is to change "You're" to "Your". The sentence should read "You're only shame is to have shame," but it should use the possessive form "Your" to indicate ownership of the shame.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

Robert and his family waited patiently for platters to be passed to them.

• Changing patiently to patent

• Changing platters to patter

• Change Robert to robert

• No change is needed

Answer explanation

The original sentence is correct as it stands. 'Patiently' accurately describes how Robert and his family waited, and 'platters' is the appropriate noun. Therefore, no change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What change should be made to the sentence?

And even (a)   I didn't agree with her then, I knew that she understood how much I had suffered during the evening's dinner.

• Change knew to new
• Change through to though
• Change how to to howl
• Change her to here

Answer explanation

The correct change is to replace 'through' with 'though' to convey the intended meaning. 'Though' is used to indicate contrast, which fits the context of the sentence better than 'through', which is incorrect here.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What change should be made to the sentence?

For christmas eve that year, she had chosen all my favorite foods.

• Change For to Four

• Change chosen to choose

• Change christmas eve to Christmas Eve

• Change foods to fruits

Answer explanation

The correct change is to capitalize 'christmas eve' to 'Christmas Eve' as it is a proper noun referring to a specific holiday. Proper nouns should always be capitalized in English.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match the following words with their synonyms.

• appalling

• delectable

• scrumptious

• disgusting

• perplexing

• delicious

• tasty

• confusing

Answer explanation

The word 'appalling' indicates something that is shocking or disgusting. Among the choices, 'disgusting' is the only synonym that conveys a similar negative connotation, making it the correct replacement.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

At the end of the meal my father leaned back and (a)   loudly, thanking my mother for her fine cooking.

• yawned
• yelled
• coughed
• burped

Answer explanation

The word 'belched' refers to the act of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth, which is commonly known as 'burping.' Therefore, 'burped' is the correct replacement as it has the same meaning.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Match the following sentences with the correct changes needed.

• A howl soaking dried fungus back to life.

• Change life to lives

• A single life among many lives.

• Change soaking to soak

• To soak the beans overnight.

• Change howl to bowl

• Too many cooks spoil the broth.

• Change to to too

Answer explanation

The correct change is to replace 'howl' with 'bowl' to make the sentence coherent. 'A bowl soaking dried fungus back to life' makes sense, while 'howl' does not fit the context.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A