Editing & Revising Passage –Helping Grandma in the Garden

What change should be made in sentence 1?

• Change “visited” to “visiting”

• Add an apostrophe to “grandma house”

• Change “help” to “helped”

• Add a comma after “Saturday”

What change should be made to sentence 2?

• Add commas after “tomatoes” and “cucumbers”

• Change “carrots” to “carrot’s”

• Move “like” to the end of the sentence

• Add a period after “cucumbers”

What is the correct verb for sentence 3?

• bringed

• brought

• brang

• bring

What is the best way to revise sentence 6?

• Then we water the plants with a big green watering can.

• Then we watered the plants with a big green watering can. It was almost too heavy for me to lift.

• Then we watered the plants. With a big green watering can.

• Then we watered, the plants with a big green watering can it almost too heavy.

What change should be made to sentence 7?

• Change “place” to “placed”

• Add a comma after “tomatoes”

• Change “vines” to “vine’s”

• Add “the” before “tomatoes”

What is the correct way to write sentence 10?

• It was hard work but, I was happy to spend time with my grandma.

• It was a hard work but I was happy to spend time with grandma.

• It was hard work, but I was happy to spend time with my grandma.

• It was hard, work but I was happy.

What does the word “pesky” in sentence 5 most likely mean?

• Friendly

• Annoying

• Important

• Heavy

What change should be made in sentence 4?

• Add a comma after “First”

• Change “pulled” to “pull”

• Change “weeds” to “weed’s”

• Add a period after “plants”

Which sentence is a compound sentence?

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 6

• Sentence 8

• Sentence 10

What is the best revision of sentence 8 to make it more interesting?

• Grandma told me I was helpful.

• Grandma told me I was a great helper, and she smiled at me.

• Grandma said I was a good girl.

• Grandma smiled and said nothing.