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Week 3 Grammar

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 4hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What change needs to be made in sentence 40?

Occasionaly, when we don’t get what we want, something even better is waiting for us around the corner!

a)

Change Occasionaly to Occasionally

b)

Change even better to even beter

c)

Delete the comma after want

d)

No change needs to be made.

2.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 8?

8 People have come to rely on plastic bags as everything from totes for groceries to trash-can linners to lunch bags.

a)

Change come to came

b)

Change groceries to grocery’s

c)

Change linners to liners

d)

Make no change

3.

How should sentence 18 be changed?

18 She described her own adolesence, and I was shocked to learn that her experience had been similar to mine.

a)

Change adolesence to adolescence

b)

Delete and

c)

Change her to their

d)

Sentence 18 should not be changed.

4.

What change should be made in sentence 32?

32 My afterschool volleyball days were over, but when my Chemistry teacher announced that we should each find a lab partner, instead of looking down at my shoes, I looked up and smiled.

a)

Change Chemistry to chemistry

b)

Change announced to announsed

c)

Delete the comma after partner

d)

Change the comma after shoes to a period

5.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?

7 I decided that I wasn’t going to allow the situation to ruin my chance of enjoying a traditional High School experience.

a)

Change that to something

b)

Change situation to sitaution

c)

Change High School to high school

d)

Make no change

6.

What change should be made in sentence 3?

3 Have you heard teenagers express these sentiments or uttered some of it yourself?

a)

Change teenagers to teenager’s

b)

Change sentiments to sentaments

c)

Change it to them

d)

No change should be made

7.

What change should be made in sentence 21?

21 She wanted to help right societies wrongs, especially the denial of a woman’s right to an education.

a)

Change societies to society’s

b)

Delete the comma

c)

Change woman’s to womans’

d)

No change should be made in sentence 21.

8.

What change should be made in sentence 36?

36 As her fight continues, Malala Yousafzai reminds world leaders “So let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty, and terrorism, and let us pick up our books and pens."

a)

Change reminds to remind’s

b)

Insert a comma after leaders

c)

Change illiteracy to ilitteracy

d)

Insert quotation marks at the end of the sentence

9.

How should sentence 36 be changed?

36 The moral of “The Seagull and the Crow” was clearly this no matter how dissimilar two creatures might be, they will have opportunities to help and support each other."

a)

Insert a colon after this

b)

Change dissimilar to dissimular

c)

Delete the comma

d)

Change they to you

10.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?

7 One of the cornerstone’s of a democracy is the right people have to vote for those who represent them in government.

a)

Change cornerstone’s to cornerstones

b)

Change is to are

c)

Change them to you

d)

No change should be made in this sentence.

11.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?

4 In fact, in the 2012 presidential election, fewer then 40 percent of U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 and 24 voted.

a)

Change presidential to Presidential

b)

Change the comma after election to a semicolon

c)

Change then to than

d)

No change should be made in sentence 4.

12.

What change should be made in sentence 22?

22 Should your community raise its sales tax, impose a tax on sugary drinks, or help pay for a sports arena.

a)

Change its to it’s

b)

Change sugary to sugery

c)

Change help pay to helped pay

d)

Change the period to a question mark

13.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 27?

27 It’s your privilage as a U.S. citizen, and it will definitely have an impact on your future.

a)

Change privilage to privilege

b)

Delete the comma

c)

Change it to they

d)

No change needs to be made.

14.

What change should be made in sentence 6?

6 With no instructions or guidence, Ortiz and his sister planned to take their new boats out onto the water.

a)

Change With to Without

b)

Change guidence to guidance

c)

Delete the comma

d)

Change planned to planning

15.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 27?

27 He later explained that he just wasn’t confident he would be able to land the kayak safe.

a)

Change explained to explains

b)

Change confident to confidant

c)

Change safe to safely

d)

No change needs to be made in this sentence.

16.

I'm late for school today. My alarm didn't go off.

a)

Yes, semi colon

b)

No, no semi colon

17.

My teacher is on fire. I wonder where I left that hat.

a)

Yes, semi colon

b)

No, no semi colon

18.

I saw the sun shining. It hadn’t rained for days. I presumed there was no chance of it starting now.

a)

Semi colon after 'shining'

b)

Semi colon after 'days'

c)

No semi colon

19.

Some people want to be famous. I was never interested in fame.

a)

Yes, semi colon

b)

No, no semi colon

20.

•We walked back into town to find food. I couldn’t find my hat though.

a)

Yes, semi colon

b)

No, no semi colon