Parts of Speech
(27) “This one looks ready,” I blurted out. (28) Before he could stop me, I smeared the undercooked pancake with my spatula. (29) While I scraped my impatience off the griddle, Dad showed me what he meant by “solid bubbles” and then taught me how to flip the pancakes correct.(30) I was impressed by his skill. (31) I tried to mimic his actions when I got a second chance at flipping.
How should sentence 29 be changed?
A) Changescrapedtoscrapped
B) Insert a comma after bubbles
C) Change taught to teached
D) Change correct to correctly
D) Change correct to correctly
(4) A mom, a dad, and a little girl named Lauren pointed at him. (5) They took Oliver out of his pen and put him in there car. (6) Oliver was finally on his way to a place he could call home!
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?
A) Change took to take
B) Insert a comma after pen
C) Change there to their
D) No change should be made.
C) Change there to their
(21) When the light came on, Dad showed me how to pour the correct amount of batter onto the griddle. (22) It didn’t seem like such a small
amount would be enough to make a pancake but I soon realized just how much the batter spreads out. (23) I also realized how important it is to properly space the pancakes so that they don’t run together.
What change should be made in sentence 22?
A) Change didn’t to did’nt
B) Insert a comma after pancake
C) Change spreads out to spread out
D) Sentence 22 should not be changed.
B) Insert a comma after pancake
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 27?
A) Change grew to grows
B) Change spring up to sprung up
C) Change them to it
D) No change needs to be made in sentence 27.
C) Change them to it
(4) I like dogs. (5) I just think they get a little too much atention. (6) In my opinion cats are just as wonderful as dogs.
How should sentence 5 be changed?
A) Change get to got
B) Change too much to to much
C) Change atention to attention
D) Sentence 5 should not be changed.
C) Change atention to attention
(20) “What’s the problem here?” grumbled another ant. (21) I turned my head to see one of the biggest, meanest-looking ants I had ever saw. (22) She had long legs and a pair of large, jagged jaws.
(23) I assumed she was one of the soldier ants that my nursemaid ant had warned me about.
How should sentence 21 be changed?
A) Change to see to there was
B) Change biggest to bigest
C) Change meanest-looking to most meanest-looking
D) Change saw to seen
D) Change saw to seen
(31) So the next time you hear someone listing the reasons that dogs are better than cats, remember that having a cat for a pet has it’s advantages. (32) They are easy to take care of, and they can be helpful and loving. (33) In my opinion, cats are truly man’s best friends.
How should sentence 31 be changed?
A) Change hear to heard
B) Change reasons to reason’s
C) Change remember to rember
D) Change it’s to its
D) Change it’s to its
(24) Three small things seemed to be gesturing to him from the box! (25) They weren’t people, but they weren’t dogs either.
(26) Oliver’s loneliness was replaced by curiosity. (27) “What are you?” he asked.
(28) “We’re pets!” replied a creature with long legs and a lanky body. (29) “I happen to be a shrimp.”
(30) “I’m a clown fish,” a striped orange-and-white thing said with a giggle.”
(31) “And I’m a piece of coral,” sang something that looked like a colorful rock with many arms.
How should sentence 30 be changed?
A) Changestripedtostripped
B) Changesaidtosays
C) Delete the quotation marks after the period
)D The sentence should not be changed.
C ) Delete the quotation marks after the period
(19) It grew bigger and bigger, and so did the forest around it. (20) Color slowly returned to the area as new grass swayed in the wind. (21) Bright-red berrys began to grow on shrubs, and tiny wildflowers started to dot the landscape.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 21?
A) Change berrys to berries
B) Delete and
C) Change wildflowers to wildflower’s
D) No change needs to be made.
A) Change berrys to berries
(41) Then he glansed again at his new friends and let out a contented sigh. (42) “Thank you,” he mumbled softly.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 41?
A) Delete he
B) Change glansed to glanced
C) Insert a comma after friends
D) Sentence 41 should not be changed.
B) Change glansed to glanced
(29) She began speaking to various community groups to raise money for a new organization, HELP, which stands for Hope, Encouragement, Love, and Peace. (30) HELP has now sended approximately 700 blankets to children in the Middle East, Africa, and Central America. (31) Charlie is excited about helping even more children.
What change should be made in sentence 30?
A) Change has to having
B) Change sended to sent
C) Change to children to they have gone to children D) No change should be made.
B) Change sended to sent
(21) “It doesn’t really matter how small or old you are,” he insists. (22) “If your young and think you can’t make a big difference in the world, well, you actually can.”
What change needs to be made in sentence 22?
A) Change your to you’re
B) Change the period to a comma
C) Delete the quotation marks at the end of the sentence
D) No change needs to be made in sentence 22.
A) Change your to you’re
(10) The sun kept shining, and the little plant kept growing.
(11) As its hungry roots dug into the rich soil, the plant grew stronger. (12) Its delicate stem became a woody trunk and its bare branches were soon filled with pointy pine needles. (13) By the end of the Summer, the tiny sprout had become the first new tree in a brand-new forest.
How should sentence 12 be changed?
A) Insert a comma after trunk
B) Change bare to bear
C) Change filled to fill
D) Sentence 12 should not be changed.
A) Insert a comma after trunk
(8) People say that friendships are formed by shared experiences. (9) My red sneakers and I have shared many! (10) There were hard times, like when we climmed the backyard tree and fell. (11) I sprained an ankle, and one of my tennis shoes suffered a broken lace.
What change needs to be made in sentence 10?
A) Change were to was
B) Change climmed to climbed
C) Change fell to falled
D) No change needs to be made.
B) Change climmed to climbed
(13) By the end of the Summer, the tiny sprout had become the first new tree in a brand-new forest.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 13?
A) Change Summer to summer
B) Change had become to becoming
C) Insert a comma after tree
D) No change needs to be made.
A) Change Summer to summer
(14) Zoey joined the mass movement toward the waves.
(15) Upon reaching the water, she splashes furiously. (16) The splashing of all the tiny turtle flippers made the water look like it was bubbling. (17) It took a very long time, but Zoey, along with many of her fellow hatchlings, finally made it out to sea.
What change needs to be made in sentence 15?
A) Change reaching to reeching
B) Change splashes to splashed
C) Change furiously to furious
D) No change needs to be made.
B) Change splashes to splashed
(19) Some people might argue that a rock-climbing wall is dangerous and that it would require to much adult supervision.
(20) However, students could be taught safety rules for climbing just like the ones they are taught for other playground equipment.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 19?
A) Insert a comma after dangerous
B) Delete and that
C) Change to much to too much
D) Make no change
C) Change to much to too much
(8) Today the members of CareGirlz, who range in age from 6 to 13, sing and dance at assisted-living centers, nursing homes, and children’s hospitals. (9) The group has performed in more than 20 different locations, bringing joy to hundreds of people. (10) I like to brighten up people’s days and help them have a fun time,” says Abigail. (11) “It makes me happy to see that I’m making others happy.”
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?
A) Insert quotation marks at the beginning of the sentence
B) Delete the comma
C) Change says to say’s
D) Make no change
A) Insert quotation marks at the beginning of the sentence
(6) As Zoey draged herself up the shore and away from the ocean, she felt the dry and grainy sand on her flippers. (7) The sharp tang of the sea air and the smell of the grasses on the shore began to bring back some memories. (8) Suddenly she remembered. (9) Zoey had been to this very place many years before.
What change should be made in sentence 6?
A) Delete As
B) Change draged to dragged
C) Change felt to feeled
D) Insert a comma after dry
B) Change draged to dragged
(15) The French people were very proud of the help they had given the United States during the revolutionary war.
What change should be made in sentence 15?
A) Change French to french
B) Change were to was
C) Change they to it
D) Change revolutionary war to Revolutionary War
D) Change revolutionary war to Revolutionary War
=(4) The kingdom was known for its beautiful gardens and temples.
(5) Today these ancient ruins served as a home for a type of monkey called the toque macaque (pronounced toke ma-KAK). (6) Because of where they live, these monkeys are often referred to as temple monkeys.
What change, if any, is needed in sentence 5?
A) Change served to serve
B) Change called to they are called
C) Change the period to a comma
D) No change is needed in sentence 5.
A) Change served to serve
(7) “Move,” she said. (8) “Your holding up the line.”
What change needs to be made in sentence 8?
A) Delete the quotation marks at the beginning of the sentence
B) Change Your to You’re
C) Change the period to a comma
D) No change needs to be made.
B) Change Your to You’re
(19) “What’s the problem, buddy?” someone asked in a raspy voice.
(20) Olivers ears stood up on his head.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 20?
A) Change Olivers to Oliver’s
B) Change stood up to standed up
C) Change on his head to they were on his head
D) No change should be made.
A) Change Olivers to Oliver’s
(11) My cat, on the other hand, is quite comfortable staying inside, and using her litter box.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?
A) Change quite to quiet
B) Delete the comma after inside
C) Change and using to she uses
D) Sentence 11 should not be changed.
B) Delete the comma after inside
(4) These shoes have become more then just footwear to me. (5) They have become my friends.
How does sentence 4 need to be changed?
A) Change have become to has become
B) Change then to than
C) Change to me to too me
D) Sentence 4 does not need to be changed.
B) Change then to than