Revise and Edit

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?

• Change or to but

• Add a comma after rivers

• Change live to lives

• Make no change

What is the BEST way to rewrite the ideas in sentence 17?

• Dolphins are endangered by nets.

• Dolphins are endangered by fishing boats.

• Dolphins are endangered by fishermen.

• Dolphins are endangered by the nets of fishing boats.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 12?

• Change dolphins to dolphin's.

• Change lives to lived

• Change lives to live

• Make no change

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 6?

• Change Its to It's

• Remove the comma after mammal

• Change like humans to humanlike

• Make no change

After I have written my paper, I should

• revise and edit

• turn in my test

• raise my hand and ask the teacher to look over it

• none of the above

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

• She don't like going to the park.

• She doesn't like going to the park.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'She doesn't like going to the park.' The verb 'like' requires the third person singular form 'doesn't' instead of 'don't'.

On the revising/editing section, I should...

• Only read the sentence mentioned in the question

• Forget everything I learned about grammar and guess

• Choose C

• make the changes in the text and look for the correct answer

What change should be made in sentence 18?

• Change just to nearly

• Change hope to suppose

• Change our to their

• Change delicious to well-done

Should you read passages that tell you to make "edits" or "corrections?"

• Yes. There may be questions about the main idea of the text.

• Yes. It is fun to read them.

• No. These passages are not required to correctly answer editing questions.

• No. It will be boring.

What is the BEST revision to make in this sentence?

• I was also nervous, I was worrying about poisonous snakes.

• I was nervous, too also, but I was worrying about poisonous snakes.

• I was nervous, too, but I was worrying about poisonous snakes.

• I was nervous and was also worrying about poisonous snakes, too.