Part One
Dad talked frequently about wanting to keep all his staff employed at Coe’s dry cleaners.
A. Change talked to talking
B. Change frequently to freqently
C. Change dry cleaners to Dry Cleaners
D. No change should be made.
C. Change dry cleaners to Dry Cleaners
“This, ladies and gentlemen,” Mr. Potter announced as he held up a hat, “Contains all the words on your vocabulary list.”
What change needs to be made?
F. Change ladies to lady’s
G. Change announced to announsed
H. Delete the comma after hat
J. Change Contains to contains
For more than 120 years, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has been warning ship Captains of shallow sandbars off the coast of North Carolina.
What change, if any, should be made?
A. Change has been warning to have been warning
B. Change Captains to captains
C. Change off the coast to of the coast
D. No change should be made in this sentence.
If they were in the same room, all there things could be in one place.
What change, if any, should be made?
F. Change they to we
G. Delete the comma
H. Change there to their
J. No change should be made in this sentence.It helps you breath, keeps your heart beating, and directs your stomach to digest food.
What change, if any, should be made?
A. Change breath to breathe
B. Change beating to beeting
C. Change directs to directing
D Sentence 12 should not be changed.
If I had my own room, I would paint it a color appropriate for a teenager and hang some posters without no Disney princesses and unicorns on them.
How should this sentence be changed?
F Change appropriate to appropriate
G Insert a comma after teenager
H Delete no
J No change should be made in sentence 21.
Finally, I’m in middle school, which means that I have more homework then Megan does.
What change, if any, needs to be made?
A. Change which to this
B. Change I to we
C. Change then to than
D. No change needs to be made.
When I unfolded mine I let out a whoop.
What change should be made in this sentence?
F Delete When
G Insert a comma after mine
H Change I let out to and let out
J Sentence 14 should not be changed.
(19) Each week, I got to shadow different zoo workers, they would be taking care of their assigned animals.
F Each week, I got to shadow different zoo workers. Who would be taking care of their assigned animals.
G Each week, I got to shadow different zoo workers as they took care of their assigned animals.
H Each week, getting to shadow different zoo workers. They would be taking care of their assigned animals.
J The sentence is written correctly in the paper.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30?
A Change arrangements to arangements
B Change is causing to are causing
C Change a lot to alot
D Make no change
How does sentence 6 need to be changed?
F Change admit to admitt
G Change that to it
H Change had enjoyed to have enjoyed
J Insert a comma after brother
How should sentence 14 be changed?
A Change Educating to Educating
B Change are to is
C Change things to thing’s
D Sentence 14 should not be changed.
Len Fisher is a scientist he has made a career out of researching ordinary things in life.
What is the correct way to write this sentence?
A. Len Fisher is a scientist who has made a career out of researching ordinary things in life.
B. Len Fisher, a scientist making a career out of researching ordinary things in life.
C. Len Fisher is a scientist. Who has made a career out of researching ordinary things in life.
D. Sentence 6 is written correctly in the paper.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 7?
A Change It’s to Its
B Change are to is
C Change balance to balence
D No change needs to be made in this sentence.
(12) I would also have a place to spread out materials and work on projects without getting in anyone elses way.
A Change I to And
B Change spread to spred
C Change anyone to no one
D Change elses to else's
A. Try to study everything last minute
B. Stay up until 2 in the morning
C. Eat a nice meal and get plenty of sleep