Revising and Editing-EXTRA

(9) The main explaination is that, unlike most deep-sea whales, humpbacks are not shy.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?

• Change explaination to explanation

• Insert a comma after is

• Delete not

• No change should be made.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

(10) They offen swim close to boats and other sailing vessels.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?

• Change offen to often

• Change close to closest

• Change vessels to vestles

• Make no change

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CCSS.L.3.1G

(18) In warm water, humpbacks are natural musishuns, and spend a lot of time singing.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?

• Delete the comma after water

• Change are to our

• Change musishuns to musicians

• Make no change

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

(19) Their songs are made up of a series of clicks, whissles, and hums and are arranged in different ways, with different melodies and patterns.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 19?

• Change clicks to cliques

• Change whissles to whistles

• Change arranged to arraign

• No change needs to be made.

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

(22) They may even be unique signals or communications.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 22?

• Change unique to unicque

• Change signals to sinals

• Change communications to comunications

• Make no change

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

(30) Because their feeding, mating, and calving grounds are close to shore and because they are slow swimmers, the humpback whales were an easy target for early whalers.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30?

• Change mating to maiting

• Change calving to cavving

• Change whalers to walers

• Make no change

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

CCSS.L.K.1C

What is the correct way to write sentence 4?

• “Gee, Hector, it looks like you’ll be doing the cooking for a while, his

  dad said.”

• “Gee. Hector it looks like you’ll be doing the cooking. For a while,” his

  dad said.

• “Gee, Hector, it looks like you’ll be doing the cooking for a while,” his

  dad said.

• “Gee.” “Hector it looks like you’ll be doing the cooking for a while,” his

  dad said.

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

(7) He located a cookbook, called Home Cooking, and he began to look through the pages. (8) At last, he settled on a recipe—rice with shrimp.

What is the correct way to write sentence 7?

• He located a cookbook called Home Cooking, and he began to look

  through the pages.

• He located a cookbook called Home Cooking, and he began to look

  through the pages.

• He located a cookbook called Home Cooking, and he began to look

  through the pages.

• He located a cookbook called Home Cooking, and he began to look

  through the pages.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

(5) I will! Hector asked.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

• Change I will! to “I will?”

• Change said to asked

• Change the period to a question mark

• Make no change

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

(18) “I cannot eat this—it's too hot!” Hector’s sister Mia complained.

Which word could BEST be emphasized in sentence 18 to show how unhappy Mia is?

• I

• cannot

• eat

• it’s