1. Editing Invitations Review: Are You Smarter than a 3rd Grader?

2. Invitation to Edit - 1
(1) Now for the lemon. (2) Andrew cut one in half and squeezed. (3) Oh no! (4) A seeds dropped in by mistake.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?
change seeds to seed
change dropped to drop
change mistake to mistakes
Make no change

3. Invitation to Edit - 2
(1) Andrew went to his seat. (2) Then he took the tissue with the five dime out of his pocket. (3) He held it near the floor and aimed it toward Sharon.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
change five to fives
change dime to dimes
change pocket to pockets
Make no change

4. Invitation to Edit - 3
(1) then Sharon walked alongside Andrew? (2) Before Andrew could say a word, Sharon made a super duper frog face just for him.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?
then Sharon walked alongside Andrew!
Then Sharon walked alongside Andrew?
Then Sharon walked alongside Andrew.
Make no change

5. Invitation to Edit -4
(1) The doctor shone a little electric light into John’s right ear. (2) Then he shone it into john’s left ear. (3) Then he shone it in John’s nose.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
change Then to then
change ear to Ear
change john’s to John’s
Make no change

6. Invitation to Edit - 5
(1) Mrs. LaRue was unhurt in the incident, though her coat was badly torn. (2) “I don’t care about that,” she said. (3) “I’m just happy to have my Ike back home where he belong!”
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?
change have to has
change belong to belongs
change he to they
Make no change

7. Invitation to Edit - 6
(1) Well, the day’s not over yet, Kitty! (2) There’s one more surprise left for you on your birthday! (3) Puppy work very hard to make something extra special for you.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?
change work to works
change work to worked
change make to maked
Make no change

8. Invitation to Edit - 7
(1) Henrys sister was very, very old. (2) Almost fourteen. (3) She didn’t ever argue with Henry or Mark. (4) In fact, she hardly talked to them at all because she was so old and wise and almost grown up.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?
change Henrys to Henry
change Henrys to Henrys’
change Henrys to Henry’s
Make no change

9. Invitation to Edit - 8
(1) Without thinking about it, Henry ran down the alley that lay between two white houses. (2) At the end of the alley was a large garage with one door partly open.
What revision, if any, should be made in sentence 1?
Without thinking about it, Henry ran down a large grassy alley that lay between two white houses.
Without thinking about it, Henry ran down the alley, that lay between white houses.
Without thinking about it Henry ran down an alley that lay between houses.
Make no change

10. Invitation to Edit - 9
(1) Exactly, said Dr. Fargo. (2) “The boy, it seems, is nothing more that a walking candy bar!”
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?
“Exactly, said Dr. Fargo.”
“Exactly,” said Dr. Fargo.
“Exactly” said Dr. Fargo.
Make no change

11. Invitation to Edit - 10
(1) Finally, there was Susan Buttercups, who was in his class. (2) Susan had soft yellow curls round pink cheeks blue eyes and one of the best collections of marbles in the neighborhood.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
Susan had soft yellow, curls round pink, cheeks blue, eyes and one of the best collections of marbles in the neighborhood.
Susan had soft yellow curls, round pink cheeks, blue eyes, and one of the best collections of marbles in the neighborhood.
Susan had soft yellow curls, round pink cheeks blue eyes and one of the best collections of marbles in the neighborhood.
Make no change

12. Invitation to Edit - 11
(1) “I’m dr. Fargo,” said the doctor, “that much I know. (2) Now what I’d like to do is get to know more about those brown spots of yours.”
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?
change dr. to doc.
change the word doctor to Dr.
capitalize the d in dr.
Make no change

13. Invitation to Edit - 12
(1) Crickwing found a nice pile of tasty leaves, roots, and petals. (2) He took comfort in their bright colors and interesting shapes he often built sculptures from them before he ate them.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
He took comfort in their bright colors and interesting shapes but he often built sculptures from them before he ate them.
He took comfort in their bright colors and interesting shapes and, he often built sculptures from them before he ate them.
He took comfort in their bright colors and interesting shapes, and he often built sculptures from them before he ate them.
Make no change

14. Invitation to Edit - 13
(1) He stopped to look in the mirror. (2) He made his eyes cross and stuck out his front tooths. (3) “I am the beast,” he said. (4) The beast with the baby teeth.”
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
change tooths to teeths
change tooths to tooth’s
change tooths to teeth
Make no change

15. Invitation to Edit - 14
(1) Once more Ramona looked at hers book of fairy tales waiting on the chair beside the front door, and as she looked at its worn cover she had an inspiration. (2) Maybe her idea would work, and maybe it wouldn’t. (3) It was worth a try.
What revision, if any, should be made in sentence 1?
change hers to her
change its to it
change hers to mine
Make no change

16. Invitation to Edit - 15
(1) First, Charlie grabbed a ride with a band in a balloon, and they crossed the choppy Channel to a bouncy, brassy tune. (2) Before, they saw a fine French fox, wearing sister Sophie’s socks, but no sign of Charlie’s Underpants.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
change before to first
change Before to Then
change but to then
Make no change