Editing Practice

1.  What change needs to be made in sentence 1?

• A   Change grandad  to Grandad

• B   Insert a comma after grandad

• C   Change Summer to summer

• D   No change is needed

Answer explanation

Seasons are not capitalized unless they are part of a title, such an an event (ex: Fall Festival).

2.  What is the correct way to write sentence 7?

• F   Two other good singers, Jessica and Stephanie, said they wanted to be in the band.

• G   Two other good singers Jessica and Stephanie they said they wanted to be in the band.

• H   Two other good singers, Jessica and Stephanie.  They said they wanted to be in the band.

• J   Sentence 7 is written correctly in the paper

3.  How does sentence 9 need to be changed?

• A   Insert a comma after would

• B   Change honer to honor

• C   Delete the comma after row

• D   Make no change

4.  What change should be made in sentence 11?

• F   Change were to we’re

• G   Changed pulled to pull

• H   Insert a comma after P.A.

• J   Change closit to closet

5.  How should sentence 12 be changed?

• A   Insert a comma after us

• B   Delete the colon after conditions

• C   Change promise to promice

• D   Sentence 12 should not be changed

Answer explanation

Intruductory clause needs to be followed by a comma.

6.  How should sentence 19 be changed?

• F   Change That’s to That’s

• G   Change probably to probaly

• H   Change has sung to have sung

• J    Change started to starts

Answer explanation

Verb tense needs to match with subject.

7.  What change needs to be made in sentence 24?

• A   Insert a comma after it

• B   Change comes to come 

• C   Insert a comma after and

• D   Change sing to sang

Answer explanation

Subject/verb agreement

8.  What is the correct way to write sentence 25?

• F  We love it even more when they start to dance even though we end up playing the same seven songs over and over instead of learning new material.

• G  We love it even more when they start to dance, even though, we end up playing the same seven songs over and over instead of learning new material.

• H  We love it even more when they start to dance, even though we end up playing the same seven songs over and over instead, of learning new material.

• J  Sentence 25 is written correctly in the paper

9.  What change is needed in sentence 28?

• A   Change goal: to goal,

• B   Change winning to wining

• C   Change years to year’s

• D  No change is needed in the sentence.

Answer explanation

This year's talent show means the talent show belongs to the year - possessive

10.  What is the correct way to write sentences 30 and 31?

• F  There is still one more thing we need to come up with a name for the band.

• G  There is still one more thing we need to come up   with: a name for the band.

• H  There is still one more thing we need to come up   with, a name for the band.

• J   There is still one more thing we need to come up   it’s a name for the band.