Revising and Editing Grammar

Which of these sentences has the correct verb tense and subject agreement?

• Reading, writing, and arithmetic is my favorite thing to do.

• Reading, writing, and arithmetic are my favorite things to do.

• Charles had ate the last apple right in front of me.

• Charles had eaten the last apple before his mother, sister, and little brother arrives home.

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• In the middle of night. The van pulled up.

• Chuck would not, give Jane the seat.

• Over coffee and toast, Kelly told me about her new job.

• Lemonade. My favorite drink.

The following sentence pair should be combined to make a better sentence. Which is the best revision? 
The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike. 

• The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat.

• The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.

• On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.

• The tire on the bicycle is flat.

Which of these sentences are constructed correctly?

• She hit a brick wall and the car flipped over.

• She hit a brick wall, and the car flipped over.

• After hitting a brick wall; the car flipped over

• The car flipped over after hitting a brick wall.

• Change took to tooken

• Change soup to soop

• Change Grandmother to grandmother

• The sentence is correct as written.

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful

• Change Maggies’ to Maggie’s

• Change dance to danse

• No revision is needed

• Change help to helping

• Change hands and knees to hand’s and knee’s

• Change dropped to droped

• No change is needed

What is the best way to revise this sentence: In the late spring, the sides of the cliff's echo with the music of tiny tree frogs.

• In the late spring the sides of the cliffs echo with the music of tiny tree frogs.

• In the late Spring, the sides of the cliffs echo with the music of tiny tree frogs.

• In the late spring the sides of the cliffs echo with the music of tiny tree frogs, and it is music.

• In the late spring the sides of the cliffs echo music, and it is the music of tiny tree frogs.

What is the best combination of the two sentences?

• She wanted to go to prom and she never asked for permission.

• She wanted to go to prom; never asked for permission

• She wanted to go to prom but she never asked for permission.

• Although she wanted to go to prom, she never asked for permission.

Choose the best coordinating conjunction to join the sentence pair.

We can ask for directions. We can use a map.

• and

• but

• or

• because