Revise and Editing Practice

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?

• They all reflect a lack of organization, and this has a result it is stressful days and lower grades.

• They all reflect a lack of organization. Resulting in stressful days and lower grades.

• They all reflect a lack of organization. While this can result in stressful days and lower grades.

• They all reflect a lack of organization, which can result in stressful days and lower grades.

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7.10D.i

Christina has made an error in sentence 2. Select the ONE response that corrects this error.

• oak park, a Suburb of Chicago

• oak Park, a suburb of Chicago

• Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago

• oak park, a suburb of chicago

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7.10D.vii

What change should be made in sentence 3?

• Change careers to career’s

• Insert a comma after hours

• Change meant to mint

• Change had to has7.1077

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7.10D.viii

What change should be made in sentence 6?

• Change the comma after shock to a semicolon

• Change allow to allowed

• Delete but

• Change single to singel

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7.10D.ii

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 8?

• Change course to coarse

• Change the comma after honest to a period

• Change drastically to drastic

• No change is needed.

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7.10D

What change should be made in sentence 3?

• Change stands to will stand

• Change Spanish to spanish

• Insert a semicolon after classroom

• Change reviewing to reveiwing

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7.10D.viii

What change should be made in sentence 4?

• Change sceens to scenes

• Change occur to occuring

• Change across to cross

• Change country to Country

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7.10D.ix

Ivy needs to add a sentence to improve the introductory paragraph of her paper. Which sentence can BEST be added after sentence 1?

• When I heard about the class, I knew the instructor would let me copy her painting exactly.

• I’m talking about the kind where an instructor tells you how to make a painting step by step.

• My friend Ella said we should spend time together over break, and I told her we should paint.

• When I first tried to paint sunflowers, I was grateful to see I had a bit of natural talent for art.

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7.10B.i

Ivy needs a better transition between the second paragraph (sentences 3–8) and the third paragraph (sentences 9–11). Which phrase can she add to the beginning of sentence 9 to help with this transition?

• In response

• For this reason

• As the class began

• In the same way

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7.10B.i

What is the MOST effective way to combine sentences 14 and 15?

• The jagged white streak that I tried to cover with blue paint to my horror remained visible beneath the blue.

• I tried to cover the jagged white streak with blue paint, to my horror it remained visible beneath the blue.

• Trying to cover the jagged white streak with blue paint, it remained visible to my horror beneath the blue.

• I tried to cover the jagged white streak with blue paint, but to my horror it remained visible beneath the blue.

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7.10C