Editing and Revising Tips

What change should be made to the sentence below?

I didn't thought Mr. Torturo could be so cruel.

• change didn't to did'nt

• change cruel to crule

• change be to been

• change thought to think

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Why did the little puppy dog lick its sore paw.

• Change its to it's

• Change sore to soar

• Change puppy to puppey

• Change the period to a question mark

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

• Change knew to new

• Change thrown to threw

• Change theirselves to themselves

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Natalies' flower was the most beautiful I had ever seen.

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful

• ^{Change Natalies' to Natalies's}

• Change flower to flour

• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Mrs. Watson said that our class would go on a field trip on March, 2 2015.

• Delete the comma after March and insert it after 2

• Add quotatiion marks before our and after 2015.

• Delete the comma after March

• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

The Pledge of Allegiance is an important part of our monday morning assembly.

• ^{Change important to more important}

• Change an to a

• ^{Change monday to Monday}

• The sentence is correct

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

When my Dad handed me the bottle of ketchup, I shook it thoroughly to mix it.

• Change shook to shaked

• Change bottle to bottel

• Change Dad to dad

• The sentence is correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"

• Delete the quotation marks

• Change let's to Let's

• Remove the comma after declared

• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence should be removed from this selection?

• sentence 6

• sentence 7

• sentence 13

• sentence 14

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

Which of the following sentences is correctly revised for clarity?

• The book, which was on the table, was read by me.

• I read the book that was on the table.

• The book was read by me, it was on the table.

• On the table, I read the book.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B