Editing and Sentence Combining

How should you change this sentence?

She questioned "How long will our trip last?"

• She questioned "how long will our trip last?"

• She questioned, "How long will our trip last?"

• She questioned "How long will our trip last"?

• Make no change

What is the best way to rewrite these sentences? Sarah was great at math. Sarah was not very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math but she was not. Very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math. But not good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math, but she was not very good at writing. 

• Sarah was great at math but she was not very good at writing. 

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.

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

When I opened my present I let out a yell.

• Delete When

• Change I to we

• Change I let out to and yell out

• Insert a comma after present.

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

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

"First you do your homework, than you can play on your phone," the exasperated mother replied.

• Change than to then

• Change your to you're

• Change mother to Mother

• Change replied to replyed

Is the following sentence a complete sentence or a fragment? I am planning a surprise barbecue for Lucas Sinclair's birthday. If it rains, we will have to move the party inside.

• Complete sentence

• Fragment

Which sentence is correctly edited for punctuation?

• A) The teacher said "Please submit your assignments on time."

• B) The teacher said, "please submit your assignments on time."

• C) The teacher said, "Please submit your assignments on time."

• D) The teacher said "please submit your assignments on time."

What is the best way to combine these sentences? The sun set. The sky turned orange.

• A) The sun set, the sky turned orange.

• B) The sun set and the sky turned orange.

• C) The sun set; the sky turned orange.

• D) The sun set when the sky turned orange.

Choose the correct sentence structure:

• A) Running through the park, the flowers were beautiful.

• B) Running through the park, I saw beautiful flowers.

• C) The flowers were beautiful, running through the park.

• D) I saw beautiful flowers running through the park.