Editing Practice

What change should be made in sentence 3?

• Change wanted to wants

• Change finish to finesh

• Change but to or

• Change help I to help me

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?

• “Do you needing some help?”

• “Do you need some help?”

• “Do you will need some help?”

• “Do you needed some help?”

What change‚ if any‚ should be made in sentence 8?

• Change his to their

• Change spent to spends

• Change afternoon to afternune

• No change is needed.

What change should be made in sentence 3?

• Change simple to simply

• Change tool’s to tools

• Change understand to understands

• Change more to most

What change should be made in sentence 5?

• Change could use to could have used

• Change record to rekord

• Change but to and

• Change much to many

What change should be made in sentence 7?

• Change activitys to activities

• Change would to wood

• Change study to studies

• Change scientists to Scientists

Which sentence should replace sentence 4 to BEST state the central idea of this paper?

• Clara spent her entire life helping others.

• People should know more about Clara.

• Clara learned about the world when she traveled.

• People who knew Clara liked her.

Which is the BEST way to combine sentences 7 and 8?

• Clara was his nurse and she did this for two years for him.

• Clara was his nurse for two years.

• Two years Clara was for his.

• Clara two years his nurse.

How should sentence 14 be revised so that it does not repeat information?

• She went to help soldiers and quit her job to offer the soldiers aid.

• She quit her job and went to offer aid to the soldiers and help.

• She quit her job and went to offer aid to the soldiers.

• She offered aid to the soldiers and to help quit her job.

Which supporting detail BEST follows sentence 18?

• The organization protected people during wars.

• Clara thought she would be able to rest in Europe.

• Today it has millions of volunteers.

• Clara cooked for soldiers when she was in the United States.