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Revising and Editing Review 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?

When the comic strip was selected to appeer in newspapers all over the country, it was renamed Peanuts.

a)

Change was selected to were selected

b)

Change appeer to appear

c)

Change it to he

d)

Make no change

2.

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence. Seven elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park have lost a comebined total of 11,314 pounds in the last nine years.

a)

Change comebined to combined

b)

Change pounds to pound

c)

Place a comma aHer elephants

d)

No change

3.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 27 and 28?

(27)The arrow hadn’t hit the center. (28)Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first Rme.

a)

Because the arrow hadn’t hit the center, Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time.

b)

The arrow hadn’t hit the center, Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time.

c)

Ms. Chang said the arrow hadn’t hit the center, and I’d done very well for my first time.

d)

The arrow hadn’t hit the center, but Ms. Chang said I’d done very well for my first time.

4.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 12 and 13?

(12)The next morning he knelt before his knight. (13)His friends and family were gathered around.

a)

The next morning he knelt before his knight, his friends and family were gathered around.

b)

The next morning he knelt before his knight, friends, and family that were gathered around.

c)

The next morning he knelt before his knight with his friends and family gathered around.

d)

The next morning he knelt before his knight because his friends and family were gathered around.

5.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

(1) Early in the morning of April 18 1906, the ground moved.

a)

Change morning to mourning

b)

Change moved to move

c)

Insert a comma after April 18

d)

Make no change

6.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 7?

(7) This earthquake is known as the Great San francisco earthquake of 1906.

a)

Change earthquake to Earthquake

b)

Change is known to knowing

c)

change francisco to Francisco

d)

No change

7.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 16?

(16) Then it can let us know what them need for transportation.

a)

Change us to we

b)

Change transportation to transportaton

c)

Change them to they

d)

Make no change

8.

Which sentence is written correctly?

a)

John my best friend, is on the soccer team.

b)

John is on the soccer team, my best friend.

c)

John, my best friend, is on the soccer team.

d)

John my best friend is on the soccer team.

9.

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?

The best way to lose wait is to eat right, avoid junk food, and get plenty of exercise.

a)

Change eat right to eats right

b)

Change lose to loose.

c)

Change wait to weight

d)

Make no change

10.

What is the BEST way to write the sentence?

a)

It featured two characters, they were Shermy and Charlie Brown.

b)

It featured two characters: Shermy and Charlie Brown.

c)

It featured two characters. Shermy and Charlie Brown.

d)

It featured two characters Shermy and Charlie Brown.