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Editing and Revising #2

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(1) Tara had to much cake last night. (2) She is sick to her stomach this morning.


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

a)

Change the period to a question mark.

b)

Change had to has

c)

Change to to too

d)

Make no change

2.

(5) Jenny and Haley walked there dogs together for two hours. (6) The dogs slept very well that night.


What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

a)

Change Jenny and Haley to Them

b)

Change there to their

c)

Change dogs to dog’s

d)

Make no change

3.

(14) The monkey’s swung through the trees. (15) One of them fell on the ground.


What change, if any, should be made in sentence 14?

a)

Change monkey’s to monkeys

b)

Change swung to swinged

c)

Add a comma after swung

d)

Make no change

4.

22) While David folded laundry, his brother does the dishes. (23) They went outside to play.


What change, if any, should be made in sentence 22?

a)

Change David to david

b)

Delete the comma after laundry

c)

Change does to did

d)

Make no change

5.
Some fish _(move/moves)_ together for protection, hiding behind each other.
a)
move
b)
moves
6.

Correct this sentence: Martha likes to swim, skiing, and to dance.

a)

Martha likes to swim, to ski, and to dance.

b)

Martha likes to swimming, to skiing, and to dancing.

c)

Martha likes to swim, skiing, and to sing.

7.

Which is the run-on?

a)

I went to the store and got milk and then got bread.

b)

My cat knocks things off of the counter it makes me wake up at night.

c)

The bird sang a pretty song as the sun was rising in the morning.

d)

When it is raining, we can't play outside for recess.

8.
Fix this sentence:
My father is tall my mother is short.
a)
My father is tall and my mother is short.
b)
My father is tall, and my mother is short.
c)
My father is tall, or my mother is short.
d)
My father is tall, my mother is short.
9.
Me and my brother went over there because they had lots of different board games to play! 
What change, if any, is needed in the sentence above?
a)
Change me and my brother to my brother and I
b)
change lots to lot's
c)
change there to their
d)
no change is needed
10.
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
11.
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
On saturday the beekeepers came to our house.
a)
A) Change saturday to Saturday
b)
B) Change house to home
c)
C) Change came to come
d)
D) Make no change
12.
What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
How would you get rid of a huge colony of bees!
a)
A) Change bees to bee
b)
B) Change the exclamation point to a question mark
c)
C) Change rid to ride
d)
D) Make no change
13.
What is the best way to rewrite this sentence?
And brought her inside and made her a house dog.
a)
A) We brought her inside and made her a house dog.
b)
B) Brought her inside, and we made her a house dog.
c)
C) Made her a house dog and brought her inside.
d)
D) And brought her inside, and made her a house dog.
14.
What is the best way to rewrite this sentence?
She was a year old. Before we learned about her unusual skill.
a)
A) She was a year old, before we learned about her unusual skill.
b)
B) She was a year old before we learned about her unusual skill.
c)
C) Before we learned about her unusual skill, she was a year old.
d)
D) She was a year old. Whose unusual skill we learned about before.
15.
What change should be made?
He then climbed inside the canoe he made his way across the lake.
a)
A) He then climbed inside the canoe and made his way. Across a lake.
b)
B) He then climbed inside the canoe. And he made his way across the lake.
c)
C) He then climbed inside the canoe, and made his way across the lake.
16.
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?
I like to read stories aloud, Sam said to his mother.
a)
A) Put quotation marks before I and after aloud
b)
B) Remove the comma
c)
C) Change mother to Mother
d)
D) Make no change
17.
What is wrong with this sentence? After the tents are set up by the lake.
a)
A) this is not a complete sentence
b)
B) a comma is needed after “after”
c)
C) change the period to an exclamation point
d)
D) no change is needed
18.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
She went to the 1924 olympics and won a gold medal as part of the U.S. swim team.
a)
A) change went to go
b)
B) change swim team to Swim Team
c)
C) change olympics to Olympics
d)
D) make no change
19.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
It did not take her long to turn casual swiming into a competitive profession.
a)
A) change take to took
b)
B) add a comma after long
c)
C) change swiming to swimming
d)
D) make no change
20.
What correction should be made to this sentence? Gertrude Ederle was a great american swimmer.
a)
A) change american to American
b)
B) change swimmer to swimming
c)
C) change was to were
d)
D) make no change
21.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
Alaska is rich in forests wildlife, and minerals.
a)
A) remove the comma after wildlife
b)
B) change Alaska to alaska
c)
C) add a comma after forests
d)
D) make no change
22.
What correction should be made to this sentence?
Last summer my family went to visit Aunt Hilda in alaska.
a)
A) add a comma after summer
b)
B) Change alaska to Alaska
c)
C) change Aunt Hilda to aunt hilda
d)
D) make no change