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EDIT.24G
EDITING: EXERCISE 1.
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19. What is Mary doing? Washing the dishes. A B
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EDITING: EXERCISE 2.
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20. Rarely he goes in the summer to the beach. A B
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EDITING: EXERCISE 3.
PUNCTUATION
MY FRIEND JUAN
is round and chubby His eyes are green His hair is brown and curly
fat and has a heavy build He always wears a suit to work and to
school.
tries to help.
going to look for another job Next he is going to buy a house and
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EDITING: EXERCISE 4.
CAPITALIZATION
necessary.
yesterday was not a typical day for me. it was complicated and
took a difficult test. by the time i got home, i was very tired.
as a result, i woke up late. when i woke up, it was 7:30. i got out
standing on the train, i saw that i was wearing one black shoe and
the door, my boss was standing there. he stopped me at the door and
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studied for my calculus test with a classmate. i was lost. i
test. it was very difficult and i don't think i passed it. i felt
awful. i went home and fell asleep watching T.V. my sister woke me
up, and i told her about my terrible day. she invited me out for
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EDITING: EXERCISE 5.
SPELLING
In each sentence below, one word is misspelled. Circle the error and
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12. There were several mices in the house.
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EDITING: EXERCISE 6.
SPELLING
In each sentence below, one word is misspelled. Circle the error and
write the words correctly in the space provided.
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EDITING: EXERCISE 7.
AGREEMENT
10. Juan were doing his best, but it wasn't good enough.
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EDITING: EXERCISE 8.
AGREEMENT
15. Neither Betty nor her sister cooks dinner every night.
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EDITING: EXERCISE 9.
VERB TENSE
Each of the sentences below contains an error in verb tense. Identify the
error by circling it.
5. Mary and Steve live in Miami for two months before they moved
to Hollywood.
8. Pedro watch the baseball game and drink beer last night.
class.
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EDITING: EXERCISE 10.
VERB TENSE
Each of the sentences below contains an error in verb tense. Identify the
error by circling it.
12. Linda will be finishing her new book before the year was over.
14. Alice overcooks the dinner and spoils the dinner last Sunday.
15. Donna eaten all of the ice cream before we got home.
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EDITING: EXERCISE 11.
WORD ORDER
Each of the sentences below has an error or errors in word order. Please
rewrite the sentence correctly in the space provided.
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10. Susan to the beach with went Mary.
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EDITING: EXERCISE 12
WORD ORDER
Each of the sentences below contains an error or errors in word order.
Please rewrite it correctly in the space provided.
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10. To writing English learning is difficult.
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