REVISING AND EDITING PRACTICE

Which word best completes the following sentence:
I saw so much descriptive language in the story that it painted a picture in my head of what was happening. In other words, I saw lots of ______.

• tone
• imagery
• theme
• metaphors

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.IV

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

The father helped his children get into they're pajamas.

• Change they're to their.
• Change father to Father
• Change they're to there
• Change helped to helping

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.X

What is the best change we can make to this sentence: 

After I went to the store I went shoe shopping with my friends.

• Change friends to friend's
• Insert a comma after After
• Insert a comma after shopping
• Insert a comma after store

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.V

TEKS.ELA.E2.9(C)

Why did the little puppy dog lick its sore paw.

• Change its to it's
• Change sore to soar
• Change puppy to puppey
• Change the period to a question mark

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.1A

TEKS.ELA.5.1A

TEKS.ELA.6.1A

TEKS.ELA.7.1A

TEKS.ELA.8.1A

Which words correctly complete this sentence:
I wonder ______ the ______ will change this weekend.

• weather/whether
• whether/weather

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TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.V

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. 

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

What change, if any, should be made?
Grandma and I are bakeing cookies for the carnival.

• Change bakeing to baking
• Change I to me
• Change cookies to cookie's

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TEKS.ELA.2.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

• Because night fell
• Jim ate the sandwich.
• On a tree-lined path.
• In our area of the city.

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

Choose the best conjunction to join the sentence pair.
We can ask directions. We can use a map. 

• and
• but
• or
• because

The following sentence pair should be combined to make a better sentence. Which is the best revision? 
The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike. 

• The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat.
• The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.
• On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.
• The tire on the bicycle is flat.