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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(1) They are continually telling us that we should become more involved in the community by volunteering our time.

This sentence is unclear. What change should she make in sentence 1 to clarify her introductory paragraph?

a)

Change They to Teachers and leaders at our school

b)

Change continually to always

c)

Change telling us to instructing us

d)

Change community to surrounding neighborhood

2.

(4) Clearly, having a pet is benefitial and can provide people with a healthier and happier life.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 4?

a)

Change benefitial to beneficial

b)

Insert a comma after people

c)

Change healthier to healthiest

d)

No change is needed in sentence 4

3.

(26) Small dogs that need minimal space are more appropriate, for people who have a small home or yard.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 26?

a)

Change minimal to minamal

b)

Change are to were

c)

Delete the comma after appropriate

d)

No change is necessary.

4.

(30) As French poet Anatole France said, “until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”

What change should be made in sentence 30?

a)

Change poet to Poet

b)

Change until to Until

c)

Change one’s to ones’

d)

Change remains to remained

5.

(10) Unfortunately, her limited funds have run out after only one year, and she was forced to return home.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 10?

a)

Change have run to ran

b)

Delete the comma after year

c)

Change was forced to is forced

d)

Make no change

6.

(17) In September of 1921, Coleman, whom was now a proficient pilot, came back to the United States.

What change should Gena make in sentence 17?

a)

Insert a comma after September

b)

Change whom to who

c)

Change proficient to proficiant

d)

Change came to comes

7.

(25) Tragically, during a Florida performance in 1926, Coleman died when her plane experienced a mechanical failure and crashed.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 25?

a)

Insert a comma after performance

b)

Change the comma after 1926 to a semicolon

c)

Change mechanical to machanical

d)

No change should be made

8.

(28) Similar, a group of female African American pilots started the Bessie Coleman Aviators Club in 1977.

How does sentence 28 need to be changed?

a)

Change Similar to Similarly

b)

Change female to females

c)

Change started to would start

d)

Insert a comma after Club

9.

How should the sentence be changed?

Their is not much to do when you arrive.

a)

Change do to due

b)

Change not to knot

c)

Change their to there

d)

Make no change

10.

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

Tom is the goodest friend of Santiago because he is nice.

a)

Change goodest to best

b)

Change Santiago to santiago

c)

Insert a comma after Santiago

d)

Change nice to nic

11.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 3?

(2) If so, you know that playing sports requires a lot of hard work and sacrifice. (3) Many players have to practice before or after school and have game's at night and on the weekends.

a)

Change to players to player's

b)

Change game's to games

c)

Change night to knight

d)

Make no change

12.

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

When my friend Lucy came back from her trip this summer, she gave me chinese cookies with ingredients that were one of a kind.

a)

Change friend to freind

b)

Delete the comma after summer

c)

Change chinese to Chinese

d)

Change summer to Summer

13.

What change needs to be made in the sentence?

Their team doesn't have no poor players this week.

a)

Change their to there

b)

Change doesn't to does'nt

c)

Change players to player's

d)

Delete no

14.

What change needs to be made in the sentence?

Two hours later, scrambling over slipery rocks in a light rain, I wasn't so sure.

a)

Change light to lite

b)

Change slipery to slippery

c)

change Two to Too

d)

No change is needed.

15.

What change needs to be made in the sentence?

Thanksgiving is a American holiday that celebrates the Pilgrims' successful harvest.

a)

Change American to american

b)

Change Pilgrims' to Pligrims

c)

Change a to an

d)

Change successful to successfull