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.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

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

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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. 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A