Editing
Commonly Confused Words
ECR
Revision
Run-on, Frag, Sentence?
100

Even though she works long hours. She keeps working hard after she gets home.

What is change the period to a comma after the word--hours and lowercase the s in --she? Even though she works long hours, she keeps working hard after she gets home.

100

The tall red one on the corner is there house.

What is change there house to their house. The tall red one on the corner is their house.

100

What is the most important part of your introduction paragraph?

What is your thesis statement?

100

Tamika she is the fastest runner.

What is remove she? Tamika is the fastest runner.

100

Because it requires a lot of skill and determination.

What is a fragment?

200

My sister needed help with her social study's project this week.

What is remove the apostrophe in --study's-- and change the word to --studies? My sister needed help with her social studies project this week.

200

Its their job to let us know if the games have been rained out.

What is change --Its to It's? It's their job to let us know if the games have been rained out.

200

What should you include at the beginning of each body paragraph and the conclusion paragraph?

What is a transition word?

200

Which conjunction should be added?

I needed to pass my test, _____ I studied every night.

What is I needed to pass my test, so I studied every night.

200

Water can be found in the earth's surface and it can be found under the earth's surface.

What is a run-on?

300

I hope they let us know if you're games have been rained out.

What is change --you're to your? I hope they let us know if your games have been rained out.

300

She excepted the job at the new store.

What is change excepted to accepted? She accepted the job at the new store.

300

What punctuation mark should always follow a transition word?

What is a comma after transition words? 

300

Which transition word should be added?

I like vanilla ice cream, _________, I like chocolate better.

What is add the transition word however? I like vanilla ice cream, however, I like chocolate better.

300

If you want to become famous.

What is a fragment?

400

I will ask my Grandma if she can give us a ride.

What is change Grandma to grandma? I will ask my grandma if she can give us a ride.

400

She invited Maria and ___ to the birthday party.

What is She invited Maria and me to the birthday party?

400

What strategy should you use to organize your body paragraphs? 

What is RACE?

400

Which sentence should be deleted?

1. Basketball is a great sport. 2. It takes good hand and eye coordination to play basketball. 3. You need to have stamina to run up and down the court. 4. I like playing soccer too. 5. You need to practice shooting the basketball into the goal. 6. Basketball is a fun way to  exercise. 

What is delete sentence 4?

1. Basketball is a great sport. 2. It takes good hand and eye coordination to play basketball. 3. You need to have stamina to run up and down the court.  5. You need to practice shooting the basketball into the goal. 6. Basketball is a fun way to  exercise.

400

Being a straight-A student is great, but understanding the material is more important.

What is a sentence?

500

I just seen dad last night.

**** There are two wrong answers

What is change seen to saw and dad to DAD? I just saw DAD last night.

500

I like to read more then watch TV?

What is change then to than? I like to read more than watch TV?

500

What does RACE stand for?

R=restate the prompt

A=answer the question

C=cite text evidence

E=explain the answer

500

What would make this sentence more clear?

The students only had a couple of days left before it started.

A. change students to boys and girls

B. change it to summer

C. change started to began


What is change it to summer? The students only had a couple of days left before summer started.

500

When it rains the rain forms runoff the abundance of rain causes some areas to flood.

What is a run-on?

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