Revising and Editing Grammar Review

Revising and Editing Grammar Review

By Kerri McLean

Editing is ​changing the grammar of a sentence such as capitalization, usage, punctuation, and spelling.

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EDITING

Revising is changing the content, structure, or organization of a sentence or paragraph such as adding, removing, moving, or substituting words and phrases.

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REVISING

What is the difference between revising and editing?

Multiple Choice

What is the correct capitalization for the following sentence?
donald was hurrying to get to the 4th of july party.

• Donald was hurrying to get to the 4th of july party.
• donald was hurrying to get to the 4th of July party.
• Donald was hurrying to get to the 4th of July party.
• Donald was hurrying to get to the 4th of July Party.

Multiple Choice

Which country is capitalized correctly?

• The republic of Congo
• New Zealand
• The United states of America
• dominican republic

Multiple Choice

What title below uses correct capitalization?

• Harry potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
• The lion King
• The Secret Life of Pets
• finding nemo 

Multiple Choice

Where should the comma(s) go?
When Alfred finally realized the gravity of the situation it was much too late.

• after "Alfred"
• after "gravity"
• after "situation"
• no comma necessary

Multiple Choice

Where should the comma(s) go?
The giant sequoia trees have been growing for hundreds of years but they have not  been cut down because the national park system protects them.  

• after "years"
• after "years" AND after "down"
• after "down"
• no comma necessary

Multiple Choice

Sentence Combining:
Which of these is the correct way to join two sentences:

• He was practicing his soccer skills because he found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills, there, he found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills; and then found a stray dog.
• He was practicing his soccer skills when he found a stray dog. 

Multiple Choice

Where should the comma(s) go?

Next summer I want to go kayaking in the ocean hiking in the Appalachian Mountains and surfing in Florida.

• Next summer I want to go kayaking, in the ocean hiking, in the Appalachian, Mountains, and surfing in Florida.

• Next summer I want to go kayaking in the ocean, hiking in the Appalachian Mountains, and surfing in Florida.

• Next summer I want to go kayaking in the ocean, hiking in the Appalachian Mountains and surfing in Florida.

• Next summer, I want to go kayaking in the ocean hiking in the Appalachian Mountains, and surfing in Florida.

Multiple Choice

His name was given to him by his grandmother, which means “brave one” in another language.

What is the most effective revision to make?  

• His name, which means “brave one” in another language, was given to him by his grandmother.
• Since his name was given to him by his grandmother, it means “brave one” in another language.
• His name was given to him by his grandmother, it means “brave one” in another language.
• Given to him by a grandmother, in another language, his name means “brave one.” 

Fill in the Blank

I was futilely stuffing my face and religiously pumping iron and failing to alter my appearance, and now I’d stumbled on the simplest solution to looking bigger.

In this sentence the word ________ provides a clue to the meaning of the word futilely.

Multiple Choice

I would like ___ come ____ but I'm ____ tired.

• to/to/too

• too/to/too

• to/too/too

Multiple Choice

________ going over to _______ house for dinner tonight.

• They're / there

• Their / they're

• There / their

• They're / their