"Diving In" Editing Practice

They think of instructors who teach curious tourists to dive and underwater photographers who take pictures of elaberate coral reefs.

• Change They to You

• Change pictures to picture's

• Change elaberate to elaborate

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Today there are a wide variety of careers that involved diving in not only oceans but also aquariums, rivers, lakes, ponds, and even water tanks.

• Change variety to vareity

• Change that to they

• Change involved to involve

• No change needs to be made.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

But among the plants and fish, there may also be a diver busyly cleaning the inside of the giant tank.

• Delete the comma

• Change there to their

• Change busyly to busily

• No change should be made.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

What is the correct way to write these sentences?

• When he surfaces, he usually has a heavy bag, it is filled with hundreds of golf balls that have mistakenly landed in the pond.

• When he surfaces, he usually has a heavy bag filled with hundreds of golf balls. That have mistakenly landed in the pond.

• When he surfaces, he usually has a heavy bag filled with hundreds of golf balls they have mistakenly landed in the pond.

• When he surfaces, he usually has a heavy bag filled with hundreds of golf balls that have mistakenly landed in the pond.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

On a average day Parker can collect as many as 3,000 golf balls.

• Change a to an

• Change average to average

• Chance can collect to collecting

• No change should be made in this sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

The water towers that supply our communities with drinking water requires regular maintenance.

• Change communities to community's

• Change requires to require

• Change maintenance to maintanence

• Make no change

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B