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WorksheetsEditing Practice *GRADE*
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
(5) I truly believe that it’s time for me to have my own room.
(6) I admit that I had enjoyed sharing a room with my little brother for the last six years. (7) We have the bond that I’m sure you hoped for when you bought the bunk beds and moved us in together.
Change admit to admitt
Change that to it
Change had enjoyed to have enjoyed
Insert a comma after brother
What change should be made in sentence 8?
(8) But now that Jamal and I are both getting older, I feel that I’m ready for more privacy and a space of their own.
Change Jamal and I to Jamal and me
Delete the comma
Change their to my
What change needs to be made in sentence 12?
(12) I would also have a place to spread out materials and work on projects without getting in anyone elses way.
Change I to And
Change spread to spred
Change anyone to no one
Change elses to else’s
How does sentence 15 need to be changed?
(15) Mr. Owens, my Band Director, insists that I practice every night. (16) Sometimes I don’t have time for practice until later in the evening when Jamal is already in bed.
Change Band Director to band director
Delete the second comma
Change insists to insisting
Sentence 15 does not need to be changed
What change should be made in sentence 17?
(17) In a room of my own, I could play my trumpet without disturbing the rest of the family, and in time I would be a much better musican.
Change the comma after own to a period
Change disturbing to disterbing
Delete and
Change musican to musician
What change should be made in sentence 22?
(22) But it’s not really fair to make him leave all the time, it’s his room too.
Change fair to fare
Change him to them
Change the comma to a semicolon
Change too to to
What change should be made in sentence 25?
(25) Because of its location, I would be able to study and play my trumpet at night without bothering Jamal.
Change its to it’s
Change the comma to a period
Change without bothering to without never bothering
No change should be made in sentence 25.
What is the correct way to rewrite sentences 27 and 28?
(27) So in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life. (28) I respectfully request that you let me have my own room.
So in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life, I respectfully request that you let me have my own room.
It’s in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life, therefore, I respectfully request that you left me have my own room.
It’s in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life, so I respectfully request. That you let me have my own room.
The sentences are written correctly in the passage.
