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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.
a)
change family to Family
b)
change to me
c)
change river to River
d)
The sentence is correct.
2.
Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"
a)
Delete the quotation marks
b)
Change let's to Let's
c)
Remove the comma after declared
d)
The sentence is correct.
3.
Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.
a)
Change knew to new
b)
Change thrown to threw
c)
Change theirselves to themselves
d)
No change is needed.
4.
Natalies' flower was the most beautiful I had ever seen.
a)
Change most beautiful to more beautiful
b)
Change Natalies' to Natalies's
c)
Change flower to flour
d)
No change is needed
5.
Mrs. Watson said that our class would go on a field trip on March, 2 2015.
a)
Delete the comma after March and insert it after 2
b)
Add quotatiion marks before our and after 2015.
c)
Delete the comma after March
d)
The sentence is correct.
6.
The Pledge of Allegiance is an important part of our monday morning assembly.
a)
Change important to more important
b)
Change an to a
c)
Change monday to Monday
d)
The sentence is correct
7.
"I love to read about animals" said Matthew, as he settled down with his new magazine to read. 
a)
Add a period after animals
b)
Add a comma after animals
c)
Change said to Said
d)
No change is needed
8.
Quickly I headed for the kitchen. Mom was making my favorite dinner in the kitchen.
a)
Quickly I headed for the kitchen, Mom was making my favorite dinner.
b)
I headed quickly to the kitchen because Mom was making my favorite dinner.
c)
I headed quickly to the kitchen and Mom was making my favorite dinner.
d)
Quickly I headed to the kitchen, then Mom was making my favorite dinner.
9.
When my Dad handed me the bottle of ketchup, I shook it thoroughly to mix it.
a)
Change shook to shaked
b)
Change bottle to bottel
c)
Change Dad to dad
d)
The sentence is correct as written
10.
At Mariah's school, there are several book's written in Spanish.
a)
Change book's to books
b)
Change Mariah's to Mariahs'
c)
Change Spanish to spanish
d)
The sentence is correct
11.
Michael used colored pencils for the art project. Liam used paints for the art project. 
a)
Michael used colored pencils for the art project, and Liam used paints.
b)
Michael used colored pencils for the art project, Liam used paints for the project.
c)
Michael used colored pencils for the art project and Liam used paints. 
d)
Michael used colored pencils for the art project then Liam used paints for the art project.
12.
Why did the little puppy dog lick its sore paw.
a)
Change its to it's
b)
Change sore to soar
c)
Change puppy to puppey
d)
Change the period to a question mark
13.
(20) By the end of the first day, the lighthouse was more than 10 feet away from it’s original location.
How should sentence 20 be changed? 
a)
Change was to is
b)
Change it’s to its
c)
Change original to origanal
d)
Sentence 20 should not be changed.
14.
(30) The current living arrangements is causing me a lot of stress.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30? 
a)
Change arrangements to arangements
b)
Change is causing to are causing
c)
Change a lot to alot
d)
Make no change
15.
(20) I jotted down some notes about the word’s origin along with a couple of example sentences, the rest of the report would be a breeze.

What is the correct way to write sentence 20? 
a)
I jotted down some notes about the word’s origin along with a couple of example sentences. Sure that the rest of the report would be a breeze.
b)
I jotted down some notes about the word’s origin. Which along with a couple of example sentences meant that the rest of the report would be a breeze.
c)
I jotted down some notes about the word’s origin along with a couple of example sentences. The rest of the report would be a breeze.
d)
The sentence is written correctly in the paper.
16.
(15) Mr. Owens, my Band Director, insists that I practice every night.

How does sentence 15 need to be changed? 
a)
Change Band Director to band director
b)
Delete the second comma
c)
Change insists to insisting 
d)
Sentence 15 does not need to be changed.
17.
(12) I would also have a place to spread out materials and work on projects without getting in anyone elses way.

What change needs to be made in sentence 12? 
a)
Change I to And 
b)
Change spread to spred 
c)
Change anyone to no one 
d)
Change elses to else’s 
18.
Last October us students read some lively books about womans.
a)
Change October to october
b)
Change "us" to "we" and "womans" to women
c)
Change "lively" to "livly"
d)
Change "read" to "red" and change "students" to "student"
19.
Ms Chu said, Tell me about Zina Garrison Robert.
a)
Add quotation marks in front of Tell and after Robert.
b)
Change "Chu" to "chu"
c)
Change Zina to zina
d)
Add a "." after the s in Ms and quotations in front of tell and after Robert.
20.
Mr Dryer wear a red funny coat for his audition.
a)
Put a "." after Mr and change the word "red" to "read"
b)
Change funny to funniest
c)
Place a "." after Mr and change wear to wore
d)
Make no changes