Star Revising and Editing

What is the best way to join these two sentences?
Because of the rain today. Soccer practice is cancelled.

• Because of the rain today soccer practice is cancelled. 

• Because of the rain today, soccer practice is cancelled. 

• Because of the rain today and soccer practice is cancelled.

• Because of the rain today, therefore soccer practice is cancelled today. 

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CCSS.L.4.1F

What change needs to be made to this sentence:
"Of course I'll follow you on Instagram," she replied sarcastically. 

• Change the comma after Instagram to a period

• Change sarcastically to sarcasticly

• Change Instagram to instagram

• no change needs to be made

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What change needs to be made to this sentence?
"Hi dad," Peter said as his father walked in the door. 

• Change  father to Father

• Change dad to Dad

• Add a comma after father

• No change needs to be made

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the best way to revise sentence 10?

• JJ Watt believes if you work hard, you can make your dreams come true.

• JJ Watt believes in hard work and dreams come true.

• JJ Watt believes dreams and hard work.

• The sentence does not need to be revised.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What DON'T you do when you edit?

• Add new ideas

• Fix the grammar

• Fix Spelling Mistakes

• Add punctuations

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of the following is the best revision for the following sentence? The man said that he felt good and would go back to work.

• The injured man said that he felt good and would think about working later.

• The severly injured man said that he felt he was beginning to regain his strength and that he was looking foward to returning to work with his friends.

• The sick man said that he felt ok and he might work again later.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which fo the following is the best revision of the following sentence? The car had a yellow paint job.

• The truck had a bright yellow coat of paint.

• The car had flames on the side.

• The new fancy car had a fresh coat of bright yellow paint with flame on the hood and cool new wheels.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:
"This, ladies and gentlemen," Mr. Taylor announced, "Will be a formative grade."

• Change ladies to lady's

• Change announced to announsed

• Delete the comma after announced

• Change Will to will

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:
After a few more questions and a breif pause, the quiz continued.

• Change few to fewer

• Change breif to brief

• Change the , to a ;

• No change needs to be made

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:
The father helped his children get into they're pajamas.

• Change they're to their.

• Change father to Father

• Change they're to there

• Change helped to helping

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D