Revise & Edit A
What correction should be made to this sentence?
Last summer my family went to visit Aunt Hilda in alaska.
Alaska is a proper noun and must be capitalized.
conjunctions
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: Your brain is responsible for controlling the muscles that you move intentional.
a. Add a comma before for
b. Change controlling to controling
c. Change intentional to intentionally
c. Change intentional to intentionally
Fill in the blank with the correct your/you're:
_____ going to fail the test if you don't focus on this review. However, if you do focus, _____ sure to pass!
You're (you are) going to fail the test if you don't focus on this review. However, if you do focus, you're (you are) sure to pass!
As French poet Anatole France said, "until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
Capitalize Until:
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
What ALWAYS goes with a FANBOY in a compound sentence?
A comma!
Ex: I don't like milk, but I love cereal.
Fill each blank with the correct their/there/they're:
She was _____ waiting for her father to pick her up from soccer practice after a long day. As she waited, she noticed a few students walk by with _____ dogs. "_____ adorable!" she called out to them.
She was there waiting for her father to pick her up from soccer practice after a long day. As she waited, she noticed a few students walk by with their dogs. "They're adorable!" she called out to them.
Pick one:
The boys (drove/drived) down the street.
drove
The boys drove down the street.
____________ is a contraction for 'it is' OR 'it has' - your answer must be grammatically correct.
It's
Ex: It's - It is
It's (It is) a great day today!
Simple, compound, or complex sentence?
Keiko Suzuki, captain of the 2014 walking team, says that by participating in precision walking, she and her classmates will be better prepared for their careers.
Complex
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence:
Your brain helps you breath, keeps your heart beating, and directs your stomach to digest food.
Change breath to breathe
When do you use an apostrophe?
1. To show ownership (ex: Mrs. Miller's house is on the corner)
2. Contraction (ex: should+not= shouldn't)
Rewrite the following sentence correctly.
On saturday the electritian came to are house.
On Saturday, the electrician came to our house.
Name the AAAWWUBBIS words?
As, Although, After, While, When, Unless, Because, Before, If, Since
Melody's opening sentence (very 1st sentence) is unclear. How could we make it better?
"They are continually telling us that we should become more involved in the community by volunteering our time."
a. change 'They' to 'Teachers and leaders at our school'
b. change 'continually' to 'always'
c. change 'telling us' to 'instructing us'
A: change 'They' to 'Teachers and leaders at our school'
Ex: Teachers and leaders at our school are continually telling us that we should become more involved in the community by volunteering our time.
Which two/too/to should be used:
It is ______ late _____ turn in your paper, because it's _____ days late.
too- as well
to- location
two- number 2
ex: It is too late to turn in your paper, because it's two days late.
Put the following sentences in logical order:
1. At first it was novel for my dad and me to text back and forth.
2. Several times, however, he had to ask me what certain expressions meant.
3. After a while he began calling me instead of texting.
4. He really enjoyed being able to get in touch with me quickly.
1, 4, 2, 3
What change(s) need to be made to the following sentence?
Thats imposible, he screamed. The loud noise woken the naighbors next door.
"That's impossible!" he screamed. The loud noise woke the neighbors next door.
Where could the writer place a semicolon in the following sentence? Repeated downpours cause our land to flood, however, the flood does not last too long.
Repeated downpours cause our land to flood; however, the flood does not last too long.
What's missing from the sentence?
Sarah got a new haircut and later she dyed it blue
punctuation:
Needs a comma & period.
Sarah got a new haircut, and later she dyed it blue.