Editing and Revising Sentence Practice

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 26?

• F Change minimal to minamal

• G Change are to were

• H Delete the comma after appropriate

• J No change is necessary.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 10?

• Change have run to ran

• Delete the comma after year

• Change was forced to is forced

• Make no change

What change should Gena make in sentence 17?

• Insert a comma after September

• Change whom to who

• Change proficient to proficiant

• Change came to comes

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 25?

• Insert a comma after performance

• Change the comma after 1926 to a semicolon

• Change mechanical to machanical

• No change should be made.

How does sentence 28 need to be changed?

• Change Similar to Similarly

• Change female to females

• Change started to would start

• Insert a comma after Club

Candice needs a more effective thesis statement for her paper. Which sentence should replace sentence 8 to serve as the thesis statement?

• F There are other barrier reefs in the oceans of the world, but only the Great Barrier Reef is so well known.

• G The Great Barrier Reef of Australia is a supreme example of the mysteries of the natural world because of its wide variety of plant and animal life.

• H Some scientists believe the Great Barrier Reef first began to grow about 18 million years ago.

• J A coral reef like the Great Barrier Reef can grow only in shallow, warm water because it needs light from the sun to survive.

Which of the following is correct?

• "I want to eat cheetos," Jane Said.

• "I want to eat Cheetos" Jane said.

• "I want to eat Cheetos" Jane Said.

• "I want to eat Cheetos," Jane said.

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

• According to the map Amy whispered we are very close to the hidden treasure.

• "According to the map," Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."

• "According to the map" Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."

• According to the map, Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."

What is the best way to join these two sentences:
The movie theater was packed full of people excited to see the new Star Wars movie. So I decided to go see Transformers instead.

• Because the movie theater was packed full of people excited to see the new Star Wars movie, therefore I decided to go see Transformers instead.

• The movie theater was packed full of people, excited to see the new Star Wars movie, I decided to go see Transformers instead.

• The movie theater was packed full of people excited to see the new Star Wars movie, so I decided to go see Transformers instead.

• So I decided to go see Transformers instead, because the movie theater was packed full of people excited to see the new Star Wars movie. 

What correction should we make to this sentence?
"I'll be outside if you need to find me" she yelled at her mother.

• Change mother to Mother

• Change I'll to I'ma

• Add a comma after me

• Add a period aft