Revising/Editing Week #1

Monday

#1 What is the correct way to write sentence 1?

A. Irrigation is when crops are watered by man-made methods or farmers cannot rely on rain to keep their crops healthy.

B. Irrigation is when crops are watered by man-made methods because farmers cannot rely on rain to keep their crops healthy.

C. Irrigation is when crops are watered by man-made methods but farmers cannot rely on rain to keep their crops healthy.

D. Irrigation is when crops are watered by man-made methods and farmers cannot rely on rain to keep their crops healthy.

• A

• B

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Monday

#2.    What change should be made in sentence 5?

A. Change egypt to Egypt

B. Change China to china

C. Insert a comma after dams

D. Change figured out to figure out

• A

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Monday

#3.    What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?

A. Change scientist to scientists

B. Change grows to grew

C. Change more to most

D. Change irrigation to irigation

• A

• B

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Monday

#4.    What change should be made in sentence 1?

A. Change Not to not

B. Change animal to animals

C. Insert a comma after freezing

D. Change Arctic to arctic

• A

• B

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Monday

#5.    What change should be made in sentence 3?

A. Change cold to coldest

B. Change Earth to earth

C. Insert a comma after Alaska

D. Change extends to extend

• A

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Monday

#6.    What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

A. Change long and tall to longest and tallest

B. Change them to themselves

C. Change across to acros

D. Change quick to quickly

• A

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Thursday: The Compass

#5.    Which sentence in the fourth paragraph (sentence 25-34) contains unnecessary information that should be removed?

A. Sentence 26

B. Sentence 27

C. Setence 28

D. Sentence 29

• A

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Thursday: The Compass

#4.    What is the MOST effective way to combine sentences 16 and 17?

A. These “South Pointers” were for back up only they were not reliable enough to actually help explorers navigate.

B. They were not reliable these “South Pointers” were for back up only, enough to actually help explorers navigate.

C. These “South Pointers” were for back up only, they were not reliable enough to actually help explorers navigate.

D. These “South Pointers” were for back up only, since they were not reliable enough to actually help explorers navigate.

• A

• B

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• D

Thursday: The Compass

#3.    Bailey needs a better transition at the beginning of sentence 11. Which transition should replace Moreover?

A. Therefore

B. Thus

C. Then

D. However

• A

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Thursday: The Compass

#2.    Which sentence should replace sentence 7 to provide a more effective claim at the beginning of the second paragraph (sentences 7-14)?

A. The lodestone was very useful to create the very early compsses.

B. At that time, fortune telling was very popular using the lodestone stone.

C. No one knows how the first compass was invented, but more likely China did it.

D. The first compass used for navigation was likely invented in China, but Western Europe quickly caught up.

• A

• B

• C

• D