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WorksheetsRevising & Editing Test Prep
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Correct the sentence : Poor eating habits has have negative effects on people today.
a)
Change has have to have had a
b)
Change effects to effect's
c)
Change people to us individuals
d)
Make no change
2.
What change should be made ? Our national parks are beautiful; we need to keep them clean.
a)
Change our to ours
b)
Capitalize national parks
c)
Change the semi-colon; to a comma,
d)
Make no change
3.
(1)Many people are vandalizing our national parks.(2)The park rangers have stepped up security.
a)
Add Transition word "AS A RESULT" before sentence 2
b)
Add Transition word "AS A RESULT" after sentence 2
c)
Add Transition word "FURTHERMORE" before sentence 2
d)
Add Transition word FINALLY before sentence 2
4.
What needs to be changed? The falcons make there nests on the cliffs in Zion National Park .
a)
Change Zion National Park to zion national park
b)
Change falcons to falcon’s
c)
Change there to their
d)
Make no change
5.
What change should be made? The wolves were diging up the tree’s roots,and they caused many trees to die.
a)
Change roots to root’s
b)
Take out the comma after roots
c)
Change diging to digging
d)
Make no change
6.
Which sentence could be added after sentence 1 to strengthen the introduction of this paper?
(1) In the times of the Middle Ages, many children dreamt of becoming a knight. (2) Usually one first became a page when one was eight years old. (3) As a page, a boy would serve his lord because he became a teenager. (4) Then he would become an esquire.
(1) In the times of the Middle Ages, many children dreamt of becoming a knight. (2) Usually one first became a page when one was eight years old. (3) As a page, a boy would serve his lord because he became a teenager. (4) Then he would become an esquire.
a)
A knight is very cool.
b)
Only boys could become knights.
c)
Only boys could become knights; it took lots of training.
d)
Training to be a Knight.
7.
Which word should replace the word "BECAUSE" in sentence 3 to best connect the two clauses?
(1) In the times of the Middle Ages, many children dreamt of becoming a knight. (2) Usually one first became a page when one was eight years old. (3) As a page, a boy would serve his lord because he became a teenager. (4) Then he would become an esquire.
(1) In the times of the Middle Ages, many children dreamt of becoming a knight. (2) Usually one first became a page when one was eight years old. (3) As a page, a boy would serve his lord because he became a teenager. (4) Then he would become an esquire.
a)
until
b)
if
c)
while
d)
although
8.
What change, if any, should be made to sentence 2?
(1) Getting a drink isn't easy for the gecko lizard. (2) It lives on dry dessert sand dunes on the west coast of Africa. (3) Early each morning. (4) Cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.
(1) Getting a drink isn't easy for the gecko lizard. (2) It lives on dry dessert sand dunes on the west coast of Africa. (3) Early each morning. (4) Cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.
a)
Change it to they
b)
Change dessert to desert
c)
Change west to West
d)
Make no change
9.
Choose the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4.
(1) Getting a drink isn't easy for the gecko lizard. (2) It lives on dry dessert sand dunes on the west coast of Africa. (3) Early each morning. (4) Cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.
(1) Getting a drink isn't easy for the gecko lizard. (2) It lives on dry dessert sand dunes on the west coast of Africa. (3) Early each morning. (4) Cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.
a)
Early each morning the cool air from the ocean. Comes in and hits the warm coastal air.
b)
Early each morning. The cool air, from the ocean, comes in, and hits, the warm coastal air.
c)
Early each morning, cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.
d)
Early each morning cool air from the ocean comes in, and hits the warm coastal air.
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