Editing and Proofreading

I am not the one who took your pencil.

• this is a run-on sentence

• this is a fragmented sentence

• this sentence is correct

• this sentence needs better punctuation

Whenever you wake me up early for school.

• This is a run-on sentence

• This is a sentence fragment

• This sentence is correct

• This sentence needs better punctuation

I like monkeys but I hate gorillas.

• this is a run-on sentence

• this is a fragmented sentence

• this sentence is correct

• this sentence needs better punctuation

How can I correct this sentence?

• add an independent clause to the end

• add a dependent clause

• add a comma and an independent clause to the end

• delete it from my paragraph

How can I correct this sentence?

• add an independent clause to the beginning

• add a dependent clause

• add a comma and an independent clause to the end

• add a pronoun

My sister, a 12th grader finally got a summer job!

What's wrong with the sentence above?

• a period should replace the exclamation point

• there should be a comma after "grader"

• there should be a comma after "a"

• The sentence does not make sense

Choose the item in which the hyphen is correctly used.

• one-way-street

• one-way street

• first in line

• after-noon

Which sentence has correct use of your and you're?

• Because you're my friend, you can leave your book in my locker.

• Put you're coat on the back of your chair.

• You're friends are not there on Saturdays.

• You're happy your not free!

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

•  In the dead of night. The van pulled up. 

• Chuck would not, give Jaime the seat.  

• Over coffee and toast, Kelly told me about her new job. 

• Lemonade. My favorite drink.

Which of the underlined words or phrases in the following sentence could be deleted without changing the meaning?
Various different companies offer incentive plans to their employees.

• different 

• incentive 

• plans 

• employees