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Editing Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What change is needed? "I did not think a road trip to an outdoor museum would be fun I was wrong."

a)

I did not think a road trip to an outdoor museum would be fun, but I was wrong.

b)

I did not think a road trip to an outdoor museum would be fun or I was wrong.

c)

I did not think a road trip to an outdoor museum would be fun, since I was wrong.

d)

I did not think a road trip to an outdoor museum would be fun because I was wrong.

2.

Instead of landing in Virginia as planned the Mayflower ended up in massachusetts near Cape Cod. What change is needed?

a)

Change Virginia to virginia

b)

Change Mayflower to mayflower

c)

Change massachusetts to Massachusetts

d)

Make no change

3.

Soon. He started publishing a weekly newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette.

What change is needed?

a)

Change Pennsylvania to pennsylvania

b)

Replace the period after soon with a comma and change He to he

c)

Make no change

d)

Change He to he

4.

However, the Pilgrims wanted to live in a community with any type of fair and safe structure.

What change is needed?

a)

Change Pilgrims to pilgrims

b)

Delete the comma after However

c)

Change wanted to wants

d)

Make no change

5.

Franklin wrote it when, he was an old man finishing it when he was 82.

What change is needed?

a)

Move the comma after when to after man

b)

Move the comma after when to after Franklin

c)

Delete the comma

d)

Make no change

6.

Later, he began a second newspaper, in german, to serve Pennsylvania’s many German settlers.

What change is needed?

a)

Delete the comma after Later.

b)

change 'german' to German

c)

Change 'German' to german

d)

Make no change

7.

My aunt opened the jewelry box and screamed, “Your grandma’s beautiful diamond necklace is missing!

What change is needed?

a)

Change grandma’s to grandmas’

b)

Insert a comma after box

c)

Insert quotation marks after missing!

d)

Make no change

8.

On november 11, 1620, the colonists signed this important document.

What change is needed?

a)

Change november to November

b)

Delete the comma after 1620

c)

Change colonists to Colonists

d)

Make no change

9.

The teacher scanned the room and said “If you’re caught talking, you will have two days of lunch detention next week.”

What change is needed?

a)

Add a comma after said

b)

Change you’re to your

c)

Change days to day’s

d)

Make no change

10.

It would eventually become known as the Mayflower compact.

What change is needed?

a)

Change become to became

b)

Make no change

c)

Change Mayflower to mayflower

d)

Change compact to Compact

11.

(13) During the Middle Ages, forks were smaller and became more widely used for eating. (14) Not everyone liked the idea of using forks, though.

What is the best way to combine sentences 13 and 14?

a)

Forks during the Middle Ages were smaller, they became more widely used for eating, but not everyone liked the idea of using forks.

b)

Forks during the Middle Ages, which were smaller and more widely used for eating, though everyone did not like the idea of using them.

c)

During the Middle Ages, forks were smaller and more widely used for eating, and everyone did not like the idea of using forks, though.

d)

During the Middle Ages, forks were smaller and became more widely used for eating, however not everyone liked the idea of using them.

12.

(17) There are dozens of large tables in the cafeteria. (18) The lab would only need about eight of them.

What is the best way to combine sentences 17 and 18?

a)

Because there are dozens of large tables in the cafeteria, only about eight of them would be needed by the lab.

b)

Where there are dozens of large tables is in the cafeteria, and the lab would only need about eight of them.

c)

There are dozens of large tables in the cafeteria, so only about eight of them would be needed by the lab.

d)

There are dozens of large tables in the cafeteria, but the lab would only need about eight of them.

13.

 2 Instead of landing in Virginia as plan, the Mayflower ended up in Massachusetts near Cape Cod. 

What needs to be changed in sentence 2?

a)

Change landing to landed

b)

Change plan to planned

c)

Change ended to ends

d)

Make no change

14.

(6) Leaders on the boat helped the people wrote an agreement. 

What needs to be changed in sentence 6?

a)

Change on to in

b)

Change helped to help

c)

Change wrote to write

d)

Make no change

15.

What change is needed?

Instead, you get to demonstrate what you've learned and enjoy success!

a)

Change 'Instead' to 'Finally'

b)

Change get to got

c)

Change demonstrate to deminstrate

d)

Change learned to learn

16.

(2) I was pleased after a few minutes.  (3) I saw fluffy whipped cream.

What is the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

a)

I was pleased, to see fluffy white cream after a few minutes.

b)

After a few minutes, I was pleased to see fluffy white cream.

c)

I was, after a few minutes pleased to see fluffy white cream.

d)

After a few minutes, fluffy white cream I was pleased to see.

17.

(6) Daniel’s family had just moved to town. (7) The ants in his former city had not been fire ants.

What is the BEST way to revise sentences 6 and 7?

a)

Daniel’s family had just moved to town, for the ants in his former city had not been fire ants.

b)

Daniel’s family had just moved to town, but the ants in his former city had not been fire ants.

c)

Family had just moved to town.

d)

Daniel’s family had just moved to town nor the ants in his former city had been fire ants.

18.

They can stays under the water for up to 15 minutes with one breath.

What change needs to be made, if any?

a)

Change They to He

b)

Change stays to stay

c)

Change can to cans

d)

No change needed

19.

(15) Since they did not have objects to play with, these creative animals making their own toys out of air!

What change needs to be made in sentence 15?

a)

Change making to make

b)

Change did to doing

c)

Change objects to object

d)

Change animals to animal

20.

Mi Lin and Josh dragged their broken bikes into the garage. (2) “I’m so sorry you broke your arm,” Mi Lin said. (3) “It’s not your fault,” Josh says. “I never should have tried that trick.

What change needs to be made in sentence 3?

a)

Change it’s to its

b)

Change says to said

c)

Change says to say

d)

No change is needed in sentence 3