CUPS
Editing
Revising
Expository
Just for Fun!
100
What change should be made to this sentence? 1) My mom, dad, and me all looked around the room to find my missing book.
What is me to I?
100
What change should be made to this sentence? 1) Mikey loves soccer more then football.
What is then to than?
100
Which sentence is written correctly? A) The children waited excitedly for their new puppy, to come home. B) The children waited, excitedly, for their new puppy to come home. C) The children waited excitedly for their new puppy to come home. D) The children waited excitedly, for their new puppy, to come home.
What is C?
100
The _________ is the central idea for your essay. It states your opinion or position for the essay.
What is thesis?
100
What change should be made? 1) Mrs. White sliped on a banana peel and slid down the hallway.
What is sliped to slipped?
200
What change should be made to this sentence? 1) My tree house in my backyard hang's in the trees, and the only way to get to it is by climbing a long set of stairs.
What is hang's to hangs?
200
What change should be made to this sentence? 1) The fourth grade choir performance was a very special Event.
What is Event to event?
200
Which sentence is written correctly? A) When Sammy walked through the door his dog ran up to greet him. B) Sammy walked through the door, while his dog ran up to greet him. C) When Sammy walked through the door, his dog ran up to greet him. D) While Sammy he walked through the door, his dog ran up to greet him.
What is C?
200
The __________ sentence is the first sentence of a new paragraph that states your reason that supports your thesis statement.
What is topic?
200
What change should be made? 1) Mrs. Benners dog, Bella, sat on her sandwich.
What is Benners to Benner's?
300
What change should be made to this sentence? 1) Sam was hoping to move from the outfield to the pitchers mound.
What is pitchers to pitcher's?
300
What change should be made to this sentence? 1) Its going to be a great weekend visiting my family in Louisiana.
What is Its to It's?
300
Which sentence is written correctly? A) While the family went upstairs, the cat was left to sleep downstairs in the basement. B) The family went upstairs and the cat was left to sleep downstairs in thee basement. C) The family went upstairs, the cat was left to sleep downstairs in the basement. D) While the family went upstairs. The cat was left to sleep downstairs in the basement.
What is A?
300
________ ________ are the facts, opinions, or "short stories" that support and prove your topic sentence for that paragraph.
What are supporting details?
300
What change should be made? 1) Mrs. Klingshirn cryed tears of joy when her students passed the STAAR test.
What is cryed to cried?
400
What change should be made to this sentence? 1) Tommy was sure that with a little more practice, he would be catching and throwing the ball just as good as Stan does.
What is good to well?
400
What change should be made to this sentence? 1) My neighbors took the groceries into there house.
What is there to their?
400
Which sentence is correct? A) My mom and dad were so excited to give me my present, they forgot to wrap it. B) My mom and dad were so excited, to give me my present, they forgot to wrap it. C) My mom and dad were so excited to give me my present, and they forgot to wrap it. D) My mom and dad were so excited to give me my present that they forgot to wrap it.
What is D?
400
__________ help your paper flow or move to the next paragraph.
What are transitions?
400
What change should be made? 1) Ms. Harper glansed around to make sure no one saw her before she ran out of the school at dismissal.
What is glansed to glanced?
500
What change needs to be made to this sentence? 1) I was so bad that I figured the Coach wouldn't care if I got bored at practice and lay down in the outfield.
What is Coach to coach?
500
What change should be made to this sentence? 1) My dad can balanse a spinning basketball on his finger.
What is balanse to balance?
500
Which sentence is correct? A) Before I could go outside, I had to finish my homework, and wash the dog. B) Before I could go outside, I had to finish my homework and wash the dog. C) Before I could go outside. I had to finish my homework and wash the dog. D) Before, I could go outside, I had to finish my homework and wash the dog.
What is B?
500
The ___________ restates your thesis and reasons to remind the reader of your position. Also, try adding a new spin to the paragraph.
What is conclusion?
500
The teachers took a vacation to hawaii after the STAAR test was over.
What is hawaii to Hawaii?
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