Revising
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Joey wrote about ways to stay healthy. Read Joey’s paper and think about how it should be revised. Then answer the questions that follow.
Staying Healthy and Having Fun
(1) Staying healthy is important, but it can be fun, too. (2) First, you must eat right. (3) You should eat several servings of fruits and
vegetables. (4) You also should eat several servings of whole grain foods. (5) Eating meat and dairy products is also important. (6) One recipe that
tastes great and is good for you. (7) Use sliced cucumbers with a cream cheese filling.
(8) To stay healthy, you also should exercise every day. (9) You can choose activities that are fun. (10) Some activities
that are fun and good for you are riding your bicycle, playing basketball or jumping rope. (12) You can even exercise by dancing.
1. What sentence could best be added after sentence 2?
A.
B.
C.
D.
My mom always eats the right foods.
Eating right will help keep you healthy.
Our school cafeteria serves healthy foods.
I learned to eat healthy foods from my mom.
2. What is the best way to combine sentences 6 and 7?
A. One recipe that tastes great and is good for you is
sliced cucumbers with a cream cheese filling.
B. One recipe that tastes great. And is good for you.
C. One recipe that tastes great and is good for you,
using sliced cucumbers with a cream cheese filling.
D. One recipe that tastes great is good for you and the
recipe uses cucumbers and a cream cheese filling.
3. Joey would like to combine sentences 3 and 4. What is the best
way to combine the sentences?
A. You should eat several servings of fruits and vegetables
and several servings of whole grain foods.
B. You should eat several servings of fruits and vegetables
and eat whole grain foods, too.
C. You should eat several servings of fruits, vegetables and
several servings of whole grain foods.
D. You should eat several servings of fruits, vegetables and
whole grain foods.
4. Joey wants to add a conclusion to his paper. Which sentence
could best be added after sentence 12 and close this paper?
A. Don’t wait to start riding your bicycle today!
B. Exercising by dancing is terrific fun!
C. So just pick an activity you like and get started today!
D. So just start dancing today!
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Sabrina wrote a report about George Washington. Read Sabrina’s paper and think about how it should be revised.
Then answer the questions that follow.
George Washington, Father of Our Country
(1) At one time, he was a surveyor, or a person who measures land. (2) He was also a soldier and a farmer.
(3) People trusted George, so they asked him to lead the colonies in the Revolutionary War against England. (4) The colonies
were finally free from England’s rule. (5) George’s leadership had helped the colonies win the war. (6) People were so grateful to George they
asked him to be the first president of the United States. (7) Abraham Lincoln was another great president of our country. (8) George
Washington was a great leader in war, but he was also a great leader in peaceful times. (9)That is why we call George Washington the father
of our country.
5. What sentence could best be inserted at the beginning of
the report to clearly state Sabrina’s central idea?
A. George Washington was a famous surveyor.
B. George Washington lived on a large plantation on
the Potomac River.
C. George Washington was a famous man in our
country’s history.
D. George Washington’s father died when he was
fifteen, and he went to live with his brother.
6. What transition could best be added to the beginning of
sentence 4?
A. After eight years of war
7. Where is the best place to insert this sentence?
No longer would Americans be ruled by the
the King of England.
A. at the beginning of the paragraph
B. after sentence 4
C. after sentence 3
D. at the end of the paragraph
8. What sentence does not belong in this report?
B. Because
A. sentence 4
C. At first
B. sentence 6
D. Today
C. sentence 7
D. sentence 8
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Answer Key
Staying Healthy and Having Fun
1.
2.
3.
4.
B
A
D
C
George Washington, Father of Our
Country
5.
6.
7.
8.
C
A
B
C
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