Revise and Editing Practice

What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence?

• Change Its to it’s

• Change plenty to plentie

• Change their to there

• Change students to student’s

What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence?

• Change summer to Summer

• Change kids to kids’

• Change our to their

• The sentence should not be changed.

These animals have learned to live among the grasses and flowers of the wide open prairie. The meaning of the sentence is unclear. What could the writer change to improve the clarity of the sentence?

• Change These animals to Coyote, deer, and bison

• Change live to survive

• Change wide to large

• Change among to around

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

• Change your to you’re

• Insert a comma after early

• Change recieve to receive

• No change should be made.

What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence?

• Change then to than

• Change nourishment to norishment

• Change discovered to discover

• No change needs to be made in the sentence

You might not know her name. You have likely read some of her literature.

What is the best way to revise the sentence?

• Although you might not know her name, it is likely that you have read some of her literature.

• You might not know her name and you have read some of her literature.

• You have likely read some of her literature, not knowing her name.

• You have likely not known her name and read some of her literature without knowing her name. You might not know her name. You have likely read some of her literature. #

What is the best way to revise the sentence?

• Although Anna Marie is often compared to Leo Tole, another activist of similar work, the two differ in several ways.

• Anna Marie is often compared to Leo Tole, another activist of similar work; consequently, the two differ in several ways.

• Anna Marie is often compared to Leo Tole, another activist of similar work; therefore, the two differ in several ways.

• Anna Marie is often compared to Leo Tole, another activist of similar work, so the two activists still differ in several ways.

What is the best way to revise the sentences?

• When the breaks stopped working, Thomas lost control.

• Thomas was losing control, and the breaks stopped working.

• The breaks stopped working and this is when Thomas was losing control.

• The breaks stopped working, but Thomas lost control.

What is the best way to revise the sentence?

• Being on the bus is when Traci remembered she had homework.

• It was when Traci was on the bus that Traci remembered she had homework.

• Traci was on the bus, but this is when she remembered she had homework.

• Traci was on the bus when she remembered she had homework.

What is the best way to revise the sentence?

• The student was presenting and this is when her phone began to ring.

• Presenting is when her phone began to ring.

• During the student’s presentation; her phone began to ring.

• No change is needed