Grammar Editing Review

Choose the correct sentence.

• Do you  like to travel by airplane or car?
• Do you  like to travel by airplane or car
• Do you  like to travel by Airplane or car?
• do you  like to travel by airplane or car?

Marie wants to visit _______ house after school today. 

• there
• they're
• their 

I told my new friend that I love chocolate ice cream, __________. 

• to
• too
• two

Choose the Punctuation that fits Best

I need lettuce_ tomato_ cheese_ and ground beef for burgers tonight.

• , (Comma)

• - (Hyphen)

• ' (Apostrophe)

• : (Colon)

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family
• change I to me
• change river to River
• The sentence is correct.

Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"

• Delete the quotation marks
• Change let's to Let's
• Remove the comma after declared
• The sentence is correct.

Quickly I headed for the kitchen. Mom was making my favorite dinner in the kitchen.

• Quickly I headed for the kitchen, Mom was making my favorite dinner.
• I headed quickly to the kitchen because Mom was making my favorite dinner.
• I headed quickly to the kitchen and Mom was making my favorite dinner.
• Quickly I headed to the kitchen, then Mom was making my favorite dinner.

(15) Mr. Owens, my Band Director, insists that I practice every night.

How does sentence 15 need to be changed? 

• Change Band Director to band director
• Delete the second comma
• Change insists to insisting 
• Sentence 15 does not need to be changed.

Today more people than ever has the right to vote.

• had
• have
• is having
• Make no change

By voting, they can help make decisions for ourselves.

• them
• itself
• themselves
• Make no change