WorksheetsFriday: Editing & Revising Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
(2) She and her husband, the president, try to make a America we can all be proud of.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
Change She to Her
Change try to tries
Change a to an
No change needs to be made.
(5) Lady Bird Johnson was married to president Lyndon B. Johnson.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?
Change was to were
Change president to President
Insert a comma after president
No change needs to be made.
(6) What did Lady Bird Johnson hope to do!
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?
Change did to does
Change do to due
Change ! to ?
No change needs to be made.
(10) She wanted to make the city more beautiful for both adults and childs.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?
Change wanted to wants
Delete to
Change beautiful to beautifully
Change childs to children
(11) Everyone was quickly pleased with her work.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?
Change was to is
Change quickly to quick
Change her to hers
No change needs to be made.
(12) The first lady also formed a group to remove liter and plant millions of flowers and plants all over the country.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 12?
Change a to an
Change liter to litter
Insert a comma after liter
Change over to about
(15) They enjoyed living in prettyer cities.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15?
Change They to Theirs
Change prettyer to prettier
Change cities to citys
No change needs to be made.
(18) She died on July 11 2007, but her good works live on for us to treasure.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?
Insert a comma after July 11
Delete the comma after 2007
Change but to or
Change for to four
(3) It was built in 1888 and still stands as a symbol of pride in the Lone Star State.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?
Change built to build
Change symbol to simbol
Change Lone Star State to lone star state
No change needs to be made.
(6) On 1843, some people wanted Houston to be the capital of Texas.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?
Change On to In
Change wanted to want
Delete be
No change needs to be made.
(10) She saw the thieves ran to the street and fired a big cannon.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?
Change saw to sees
Change thieves to thieve's
Insert commas after theives and street
Change cannon to canon
(11) The suden noise from the cannon scared the thieves off!
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?
Change suden to sudden
Change from to on
Delete off
No change needs to be made.
(12) Eberlys quick thinking had saved the day.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 12?
Change Eberlys to Eberly's
Change quick to quik
Change had to has
No change needs to be made.
(13) The people of Austin got the records back, but Austin remains the capital of Texas to this day.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?
Change records to record's
Delete the comma after back
Change but to and
Change capital to Capital
(15) There is even a large statue of her in down town Austin.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15?
Change There to They're
Change her to her's
Change down town to downtown
No change needs to be made.
(16) However, both the Texas Capitol and Eberly’s statue are sights you will want to see in Austin.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 16?
Delete the comma after However
Change However to To sum up
Change Capitol to capitol
Change see to sea
(5) The teacher’s desk was at the front of the room, facing the children. (6) The youngest children sat near the front. (7) They wore old-fashioned clothes. (8) The oldest children sat in the back. (9) In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room. (10) The girls sat on the other side of the room.
Which sentence does NOT belong in the second paragraph?
Sentence 5
Sentence 6
Sentence 7
Sentence 8
(11) When the teacher called on students, they stood up and answered the question. (12) There was only one teacher for each schoolhouse. (13) The children who were in the same grade listened to the teacher’s lesson. (14) The other children sat quietly. (15) They read their books. (16) I always sit quietly in class.
Which sentence does NOT belong in the third paragraph?
Sentence 13
Sentence 14
Sentence 15
Sentence 16
(9) In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room. (10) The girls sat on the other side of the room.
Which is the BEST way to combine sentences 9 and 10?
In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room, the girls sitting on the other side.
In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room so the girls could sit on the other side.
In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room, the girls sat on the other side.
In some schools, the boys sat on one side of the room, and the girls sat on the other side.
(17) In the United States, most one-room schoolhouses are no longer used as schools.
Which sentence could BEST be added after sentence 17?
Some schoolhouses were painted red, but most were white.
They have been torn down, or they are used for other purposes.
A typical school day was 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The teacher’s house was often attached to the school.
