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Revising and Editing 1

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 39mins

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.

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:

"First you do your homework, than you can play on your phone," the exasperated mother replied.

a)

Change than to then

b)

Change your to you're

c)

Change mother to Mother

d)

Change replied to replyed

14.

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:


After I went to the store I went shoe shopping with my friends.

a)

Change friends to friend's

b)

Insert a comma after After

c)

Insert a comma after shopping

d)

Insert a comma after store

15.

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:


The father helped his children get into they're pajamas.

a)

Change they're to their.

b)

Change father to Father

c)

Change they're to there

d)

Change helped to helping

16.

"Snake! yelled Samantha," pointing at the long, slippery snake coming towards her.

a)

Delete the comma after long

b)

Delete the quotation marks after Samantha and add quotation marks after the exclamation point

c)

make no change

d)

Change the period to an exclamation point

17.

"I'm going to read my book" said Josie, as she lay down on her bed.

a)

Add a period after book

b)

Change said to said

c)

Add a comma after book

d)

No change needs to be made to this sentence

18.

Dad said that we would leave for our vacation on april 24, 2019. What change if any needs to be made in this sentence.

a)

Change april to April

b)

Change the period to a question mark

c)

Insert a comma after April

d)

This sentence is correct

19.

When my cousins visited, they left there game at our house. What change if any should be made in this sentence?

a)

Change cousins to cousin's

b)

Change our to hour

c)

The sentence does not need to be changed

d)

Change there to their

20.

Josh's mom said he cannot go outside to play because its too cold outside. What change if any should be made in the sentence.

a)

The sentence is correct

b)

Change its to it's

c)

Change mom to Mom

d)

change cannot to can

21.

Last summer, my family and I vacationed in the the grand canyon. What change if any should be made in this sentence.

a)

change grand canyon to Grand Canyon

b)

No change is needed

c)

This sentence does not need to be altered

d)

The sentence is correct

22.

kw'jiay is always trying his best in class. What change if any is needed.

a)

change kw'jiay to Kw'jiay.

b)

No change is needed

c)

Change is to are

d)

Change the period to a question mark

23.

Termyrick are having such a great day at school.

a)

Change Termyrick to termyrick

b)

This is a correct sentence

c)

Change are to is

d)

change school to School

24.

Bryson is such a kind Person.

a)

Change Person to person

b)

change Bryson to bryson

c)

change kind to Kind

d)

Make no change

25.

Harlem is always so Excited to be in class.

a)

change always to allways

b)

Change Excited to excited

c)

No change needs to be made

d)

Change Harlem to harlem

26.

He doesn’t think ______________ a good idea to spend all his money on video games.

a)

it's

b)

its

27.

A car is no good without __________ wheels.

a)

it's

b)

its

28.

__________ so nice to see you!

a)

it's

b)

its

29.

The tree in the back yard has finally lost all of _______ leaves.

a)

it's

b)

its

30.
"Did you see _______ new dog? She's adorable!"
a)
Their
b)
They're
c)
There
31.
"I want to go to Mexico for Thanksgiving! It looks so beautiful _______."
a)
Their
b)
They're
c)
There
32.
Keira said --- coming over tonight.
a)
they're
b)
there
c)
their
33.
Sawyer and Reily cannot find --- jackets.
a)
there
b)
their
c)
they're
34.
--- is an exciting movie playing tonight!
a)
their
b)
they're
c)
there
35.
--- always late!
a)
there 
b)
their
c)
they're
36.
Patty's harsh words didn't ___ Roger as much as he had anticipated. 
a)
affect
b)
effect
37.
Not doing your homework will negatively ... your grade.
a)
affect
b)
effect
38.

"Brain Freeze" can be an __________ of eating ice cream too fast.

a)

affect

b)

effect

39.

The rain has almost no ________ on traffic.

a)

affect

b)

effect

40.
School ended at ________ o' clock yesterday.
a)
too
b)
two
c)
to
41.
Mrs. Novicke has _______ cats.
a)
to
b)
too
c)
two
42.
The teacher gave us ______ much homework.
a)
too
b)
to
c)
two
43.
On Saturday, my family will go _____ the movies.
a)
too
b)
to
c)
two
44.
Ellen wants _______ be in the play.
a)
to
b)
too
c)
two
45.
Do you like apples, __________?
a)
to
b)
too
c)
two