Friday: Editing & Revising Quiz

(2) She and her husband, the president, try to make a America we can all be proud of.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

• Change She to Her

• Change try to tries

• Change a to an

• No change needs to be made.

(5) Lady Bird Johnson was married to president Lyndon B. Johnson.

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

• Change was to were

• Change president to President

• Insert a comma after president

• No change needs to be made.

(6) What did Lady Bird Johnson hope to do!

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

• Change did to does

• Change do to due

• Change ! to ?

• No change needs to be made.

(10) She wanted to make the city more beautiful for both adults and childs.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?

• Change wanted to wants

• Delete to

• Change beautiful to beautifully

• Change childs to children

(11) Everyone was quickly pleased with her work.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?

• Change was to is

• Change quickly to quick

• Change her to hers

• No change needs to be made.

(12) The first lady also formed a group to remove liter and plant millions of flowers and plants all over the country.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 12?

• Change a to an

• Change liter to litter

• Insert a comma after liter

• Change over to about

(15) They enjoyed living in prettyer cities.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15?

• Change They to Theirs

• Change prettyer to prettier

• Change cities to citys

• No change needs to be made.

(18) She died on July 11 2007, but her good works live on for us to treasure.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?

• Insert a comma after July 11

• Delete the comma after 2007

• Change but to or

• Change for to four

(3) It was built in 1888 and still stands as a symbol of pride in the Lone Star State.

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

• Change built to build

• Change symbol to simbol

• Change Lone Star State to lone star state

• No change needs to be made.

(6) On 1843, some people wanted Houston to be the capital of Texas.

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

• Change On to In

• Change wanted to want

• Delete be

• No change needs to be made.