7th Grade Editing

Where should a comma be inserted in this sentence:

My long-legged shaggy-haired dog bounded down the twisting trail after me.

• after dog

• after twisting

• after long-legged

• after shaggy-haired

My dad and me repaired the engine in our car last Saturday.

• change dad to Dad

• change repaired to repairs

• change me to I

• change repaired to repair

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?

The drummers in the band are Nick Carrie and Phillip.

• insert a comma before Nick

• capitalize drummers

• insert commas after Nick and Carrie

• change are to is

What change, if any, needs to be made to this sentence?

The Greens are lying a new wood floor in their dining room.

• add an exclamation mark to the end

• add an apostrophe to Greens

• change lying to laying

• No change is needed.

What change, if any, needs to be added to this sentence.

My aunt Alexis is always telling funny jokes.

• change telling to told

• capitalize aunt

• add a comma after Alexis

• No change is needed.

What correction, if any, needs to be made to this sentence.

Lauren Edwards my cousin is visiting from Liverpool, England.

• insert a comma after Edwards

• insert a comma after Edwards and after cousin

• omit the comma after Liverpool

• No change is needed.

What change, if any, needs to be made to this sentence?

My great aunt Liza was born on May 17, 1887.

• Capitalize great

• Capitalize aunt

• Capitalize great and aunt

• No change is needed

What changes, if any, need to be made to this sentence?

The caller politely asked "May I please speak to Mark?"

• change May to Can

• add a comma after asked

• move the question mark outside of the quotation marks

• No change is needed.

What change, if any, needs to be made.

Donna Harris

328 Maple street

Branford Connecticut 06405

• capitalize street

• insert a comma after Branford

• No change is needed.

• Both 1 and 2

What change, if any, needs to be made to this sentence?

I enjoy all vegetables accept broccoli.

• change vegetables to vegetable

• change accept to except

• insert an exclamation mark at the end

• No change is needed.