UIL Copy Editing

How should sentence 11 be changed?

• Change infants to infant's

• Change by to from

• Change they to they're

• Change weak to week

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

• Change can't to can

• Change so to because

• Insert a comma after babies

• No change should be made in sentence 5

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?

• Change Besides to Beside

• Change thing to things

• Delete the comma after pork

• No change should be made in sentence 9.

What change should be made in sentence 14?

(14) Their an important part of this day.

• Change an to a

• Change important to importent

• Delete the period after day

• Change Their to They're

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 25?

• Change usualy to usually

• Insert a comma after why

• Change That's to That

• No change should be made in sentence 25

What change needs to be made in sentence 36?

• Change believed to beleived

• Change father to Father

• Change to to too

• Change them to its

What change should you make in sentence 39?

• Change I to I've

• Change growed to grew

• Change on to in

• Make no change

What is the best way to rewrite these sentences? Sarah was great at math. Sarah was not very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math but she was not. Very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math. But not good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math, but she was not very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math but she was not very good at writing. 

Choose the sentence that uses the correct grammar.

• Please bring cookies, candy, and cards to the Valentines Day party.

• Please bring cookies, candy, and cards to the Valentine’s day party.

• Please bring cookies, candy, and cards to the Valentine’s Day party.

• Please bring cookies, candy and cards to the Valentine’s Day party.

Read each sentence. Study the underlined part. Fill in the circle that corrects the sentence.

i think winter be the best season.

• I think winter be

• i think winter is

• I think winter is

• i thought winter be