Elar Editing/Revising Quiz #1
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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.
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Insert a comma after them
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Delete and
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Change places too dense to places to dense
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No change should be made.
Correct Answer
A. Insert a comma after themExplanation
This sentence has two independent clauses and a fanboy. It should have a comma before the word "and."Rate this question:
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What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?The cinematographers wasn’t having much luck getting footage of the big cats.
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Change wasn’t having to weren’t having
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Change much luck to no luck
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Insert a comma after luck
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Make no change
Correct Answer
A. Change wasn’t having to weren’t havingExplanation
The word cinematographers is plural, so the verb should be "weren't"Rate this question:
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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.
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Change wondered to wandered
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Change weather to whether
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Change clear to clearer
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No change needs to be made.
Correct Answer
B. Change weather to whetherExplanation
The word "weather" refers to temperature, rain, etc. The word "whether" has to do with making choices.Rate this question:
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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.
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Change were to was
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Change impressive to impresive
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Change the comma to a semicolon
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Change realistic to realism
Correct Answer
C. Change the comma to a semicolonExplanation
When combining two closely related complete sentences without a fanboy, use a semicolon.Rate this question:
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What change, if any, should be made to this sentence? “But now,” he added, “It seems the most natural thing in the world.”
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Change the comma after added to a period
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Change world to World
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Change It to it
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No change should be made
Correct Answer
C. Change It to itExplanation
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.Rate this question:
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What is the best way to revise this sentence? A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag named Yao Ming.
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A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag he was named Yao Ming.
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A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag. Who was named Yao Ming.
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The famous basketball player who carried the Chinese flag, he was named Yao Ming.
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A famous basketball player named Yao Ming carried the Chinese flag.
Correct Answer
D. 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.Rate this question:
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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.
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Although
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However
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Because
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Where
Correct Answer
C. BecauseExplanation
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.Rate this question:
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