Elar Editing/Revising Quiz #1

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    What change, if any, should be made to this sentence? Amy didn't know weather the her mother would buy the new shoes. 

    • Change wondered to wandered
    • Change weather to whether
    • Change clear to clearer
    • No change needs to be made.
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ELAR Editing\/Revising Quiz #1 assesses key skills in grammar and sentence structure, focusing on punctuation, verb tense agreement, word choice, and sentence construction. It is designed to improve understanding and accuracy in written English communication.

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  • 2. 

    What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?The cinematographers wasn’t having much luck getting footage of the big cats. 

    • Change wasn’t having to weren’t having

    • Change much luck to no luck

    • Insert a comma after luck

    • Make no change

    Correct Answer
    A. Change wasn’t having to weren’t having
    Explanation
    The word cinematographers is plural, so the verb should be "weren't"

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  • 3. 

    The word as does not appropriately connect the two clauses in this sentence. Which word should replace the word as?  I led my classmates in songs as our music teacher had a sore throat. 

    • Although

    • However

    • Because

    • Where

    Correct Answer
    A. Because
    Explanation
    The word "because" lets us know that we are about to learn the reason for something. The reason the person led the classmates in songs was because the teachers had a sore throat.

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  • 4. 

    What is the best way to revise this sentence? A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag named Yao Ming. 

    • A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag he was named Yao Ming.

    • A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag. Who was named Yao Ming.

    • The famous basketball player who carried the Chinese flag, he was named Yao Ming.

    • A famous basketball player named Yao Ming carried the Chinese flag.

    Correct Answer
    A. A famous basketball player named Yao Ming carried the Chinese flag.
    Explanation
    The flag was not named Yao Ming, the person was named Yao Ming. Modifiers should be right next to the words or phrases they are modifying to avoid confusion.

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  • 5. 

    What change needs to be made to this sentence? The images that the elephant cameras had captured were impressive, no human cinematographer could have captured such realistic footage. 

    • Change were to was

    • Change impressive to impresive

    • Change the comma to a semicolon

    • Change realistic to realism

    Correct Answer
    A. Change the comma to a semicolon
    Explanation
    When combining two closely related complete sentences without a fanboy, use a semicolon.

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  • 6. 

    What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?Jungle animals don’t usually let humans get very close to them and they travel in places too dense for wildlife photographers to go. 

    • Insert a comma after them

    • Delete and

    • Change places too dense to places to dense

    • No change should be made.

    Correct Answer
    A. Insert a comma after them
    Explanation
    This sentence has two independent clauses and a fanboy. It should have a comma before the word "and."

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  • 7. 

    What change, if any, should be made to this sentence? “But now,” he added, “It seems the most natural thing in the world.” 

    • Change the comma after added to a period

    • Change world to World

    • Change It to it

    • No change should be made

    Correct Answer
    A. Change It to it
    Explanation
    You don't need to capitalize the "I" in "it" because it is not the beginning of a new sentence. The word is just a part of the sentence that started at the beginning of the speaking.

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