Revising Quiz

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 16?

• Delete the comma after However

• Change However to To sum up

• Change Capitol to capitol

• Change see to sea

The teacher’s desk was at the front of the room, facing the children. The youngest children sat near the front. They wore old-fashioned clothes. The oldest children sat in the back. In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room. The girls sat on the other side of the room.

Which sentence does NOT belong in the second paragraph?

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 6

• Sentence 7

• Sentence 8

In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room. The girls sat on the other side of the room.

Which is the BEST way to combine sentences 9 and 10?

• In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room, the girls sitting on the other side.

• In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room so the girls could sit on the other side.

• In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room, the girls sat on the other side.

• In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room, and the girls sat on the other side.

In the United States, most one-room schoolhouses are no longer used as schools.

Which sentence could BEST be added after sentence 17?

• Some schoolhouses were painted red, but most were white.

• They have been torn down, or they are used for other purposes.

• A typical school day was 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• The teacher’s house was often attached to the school.

(1) On March seventeenth many people celebrate st. patrick’s day! (2) St. Patrick was a real person he lived in ireland long ago. (3) Legend tells that he frightened the snakes out of Ireland. (4) On St. Patrick’s Day people wear green they even eat green bagels. (5) Green is my favorite color. (6) On this special day many towns and cities have parades. (7) The parades have Irish music and dancing. (8) Leprechaun stories about rainbows and pots of gold. (9) You don’t have to be irish to enjoy a St. Patrick’s day meal of corned beef and cabbage. Revise sentence 2.

• St. patrick was a real person lived in Ireland long ago.

• St. Patrick was a real person who lived in Ireland long ago.

• St. Patrick was a real person and he lived in Ireland long ago.

• No change needed.

On March seventeenth many people celebrate st. patrick’s day! St. Patrick was a real person he lived in ireland long ago. Legend tells that he frightened the snakes out of Ireland. On St. Patrick’s Day people wear green they even eat green bagels. Green is my favorite color. On this special day many towns and cities have parades. The parades have Irish music and dancing. Leprechaun stories about rainbows and pots of gold. You don’t have to be irish to enjoy a St. Patrick’s day meal of corned beef and cabbage. Line 8 is not a complete sentence. Revise it. It should read:

• People tell leprechaun stories about rainbows and pots of gold.

• Leprechaun stories about rainbows and pots of gold people tell.

• Leprechaun stories about rainbows are told and about pots of gold.

• Leprechaun stories people tell about rainbows and pots of gold.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4?

• Many people do not know that he taught himself to play the piano, but he also taught himself to play the drums, guitar, and trumpet.

• Many people do not know that he taught himself to play the piano, he also taught himself to play the drums, guitar, and trumpet.

• Many people do not know that he taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and the trumpet.

• Many people do not know that he taught himself to play the piano, and he taught himself to play the drums, guitar, and trumpet.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?

• Change bigest to biggest

• Change charted to charts

• Add a comma after January

• No change is needed in sentence 11.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 13 and 14?

• The song debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, and Bieber became the youngest solo male musical act to top the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963.

• The song debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, but Bieber became the youngest solo male musical act to top the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963.

• The song debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart. Bieber became the youngest solo male musical act to top the album chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963.

• The song debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, and Bieber became the youngest solo male musical act to top that album chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15? (a)  

• Delete the comma after 2010.

• Change off to of

• Change her to his

• Make no change