WorksheetsRevising and Editing - 3 (7th)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 57mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the best way to revise this sentence: A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag named Yao Ming.
a)
A famous basketball player named Yao Ming carried the Chinese flag.
b)
The famous basketball player who carried the Chinese flag, he was named Yao Ming.
c)
A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag he was named Yao Ming.
d)
A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag. Who was named Yao Ming.
2.
What change, if any, should be made in the following sentence:
They don't usually let humans get very close to them and they travel in places too dense for wildlife photographers to go.
They don't usually let humans get very close to them and they travel in places too dense for wildlife photographers to go.
a)
Insert a comma after them
b)
Delete and
c)
Change places too dense to places to dense
d)
No change should be made.
3.
What change should be made in the following sentence:
One day, while watching some elephants at the campsite, Downer has an idea.
One day, while watching some elephants at the campsite, Downer has an idea.
a)
Change while watching to he was watching
b)
Delete the comma after campsite
c)
Change has to had
d)
Change idea to ideal
4.
What change should be made in the following sentence:
Other elephants carried smaller cameras that hooked right over the elephants tusks.
Other elephants carried smaller cameras that hooked right over the elephants tusks.
a)
Insert a comma after cameras
b)
Change hooked to hooking
c)
Change elephants tusks to elephants' tusks
d)
No change is needed.
5.
What change should be made to the following sentence:
He wondered wheather the elephants would move steadily enough for the cameras to get clear shots.
He wondered wheather the elephants would move steadily enough for the cameras to get clear shots.
a)
Change wondered to wandered
b)
Change wheather to whether
c)
Change clear to clearer
d)
No change needs to be made
6.
What change needs to be made in the following sentence:
The images that the elephant cameras had captured were impressive, no human cinematographer could have captured such realistic footage.
The images that the elephant cameras had captured were impressive, no human cinematographer could have captured such realistic footage.
a)
Change were to was
b)
Change impressive to impresive
c)
Change the comma to a semicolon
d)
Change realistic to realism
7.
What is the correct way to write the following sentence:
Curious monkeys reached out for the tusk-cams deer stood still and allowed the cameras to film them.
Curious monkeys reached out for the tusk-cams deer stood still and allowed the cameras to film them.
a)
Curious monkeys reached out for the tusk-cams. Deer standing still and allowing the cameras to film them.
b)
Curious monkeys reached out for the tusk-cams, deer stood still and allowed the cameras to film them.
c)
Curious monkeys reached out for the tusk-cams. While deer stood still and allowed the cameras to film them.
d)
Curious monkeys reached out for the tusk-cams while deer stood still and allowed the cameras to film them.
8.
What change should be made to the following sentence:
"But now," he added, "It seems the most natural thing in the world."
"But now," he added, "It seems the most natural thing in the world."
a)
Change the comma after added to a period
b)
Change It to it
c)
Change world to World
d)
No change should be made in sentence 25.
9.
Choose the best conjunction to combine this sentence pair.
We can ask directions. We can use a map.
We can ask directions. We can use a map.
a)
and
b)
but
c)
or
d)
because
10.
The following sentence pair can be revised into one better sentence. Choose the sentence that is the best revision.
The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike.
The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike.
a)
The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat.
b)
The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.
c)
On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.
d)
The bicycle tire on the bike is flat.
11.
A semicolon goes between an independent clause and a dependent clause.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Which of the underlined words in the following paragraph is a transition word?
a)
annually
b)
near
c)
and
d)
thereby
13.
Identify whether the following sentence is fact or opinion.
The voting age should be raised to 21.
The voting age should be raised to 21.
a)
fact
b)
opinion
14.
Identify the correct verb for the blank in the following sentence.
A committee ____ policy in all matters of evaluation.
A committee ____ policy in all matters of evaluation.
a)
determines
b)
determine
15.
Identify the sentence that uses capitalization correctly.
a)
In the movie, David had a difficult time in cuba.
b)
in the movie, David had a difficult time in Cuba.
c)
In the Movie, David had a difficult time in Cuba.
d)
In the movie, David had a difficult time in Cuba.
16.
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
a)
Have the paychecks arrived yet.
b)
Have the paychecks arrived yet?
c)
Have the paychecks arrived yet!
d)
Have the paychecks, arrived yet?
17.
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
a)
Sadly, I walked home.
b)
Sadly I walked home.
c)
Sadly I walked, home.
d)
Sadly, I walked, home.
18.
Identify the correct words for the blank in the following sentence.
I would like to have the party _____ more ____ at a restaurant.
I would like to have the party _____ more ____ at a restaurant.
a)
hear, than
b)
hear, then
c)
here, than
d)
here, then
19.
Identify the correct words for the blanks in the following sentence.
We ____ put on our uniforms, but we still ____ late for the game.
We ____ put on our uniforms, but we still ____ late for the game.
a)
already, maybe
b)
already, may be
c)
all ready, maybe
d)
all ready, may be
20.
Taking final exams requires clear ? headed thinking.
a)
Colon
b)
Semicolon
c)
Dash
d)
Hyphen
21.
Mary likes skateboarding ? Jasmin likes riding bikes.
a)
Colon
b)
Semicolon
c)
Hyphen
d)
Dash
22.
Caution ? Do not use near open flame.
a)
Colon
b)
Semicolon
c)
Hyphen
d)
Dash
23.
You need several ingredients to make cookies ? butter, sugar, flour, and eggs.
a)
Colon
b)
Semicolon
c)
Hyphen
d)
Dash
24.
Thinking positively about herself gave Jackie high self ? esteem.
a)
Colon
b)
Semicolon
c)
Hyphen
d)
Dash
25.
What does it mean to defer your dreams?
a)
Pursue them
b)
Forget about them completely
c)
None of these
d)
Put them off
26.
Markel wanted to eat something therefore he ate breakfast
a)
something; therefore, he
b)
something, therefore he
c)
something therefore; he
d)
As it is
27.
Mark the tallest boy on the team played point guard.
a)
Mark, the tallest, boy on the team played
b)
Mark; the tallest boy on the team; played
c)
Mark, the tallest boy on the team, played
d)
As it is
28.
Nathan Explosion was truly amazed it was the most metal thing he had ever seen.
Where does the semicolon go?
Where does the semicolon go?
a)
truly;
b)
amazed;
c)
metal;
d)
No semicolon
29.
Finding the best running back in the NFL is easy because Devonta Freeman holds that title.
Which word starts the dependent clause?
Which word starts the dependent clause?
a)
easy
b)
back
c)
Freeman
d)
because
30.
The effectiveness of drug dogs has been called into question studies have found that they signal incorrectly very often.
a)
called into question, studies have
b)
called into question; studies have
c)
called into question studies. Have
d)
As it is
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