Editing and Omission

English Language

Editing and Omission starts at 5 and continues till grade 12. QuestionsToday has an evolving set of questions to continuously challenge students so that their knowledge grows in Editing and Omission. How you perform is determined by your score and the time you take. When you play a quiz, your answers are evaluated in concept instead of actual words and definitions used.

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Explain the importance of editing for conciseness in academic writing.

Explain the process of editing a paragraph for coherence.

Explain why it is important to maintain subject-verb agreement during editing.

Explain why parallel structure is important in editing.

Identify the error in the following sentence and provide the corrected version: 'She don't like to play football.'

Identify the error in the following sentence: 'Each of the boys have a book.'

Identify the error in the following sentence: 'Neither the teacher nor the students was present.'

Identify the error in the following sentence: 'She not only sings but also dancing.'

Choose the correctly edited sentence: (1) She is more smarter than her sister. (2) She is smarter than her sister. (3) She is most smarter than her sister. (4) She is more smart than her sister.

Choose the correctly edited sentence: (1) She is senior than me. (2) She is more senior than me. (3) She is senior to me. (4) She is most senior than me.

Choose the correctly edited sentence: (1) The informations are accurate. (2) The information is accurate. (3) The informations is accurate. (4) The information are accurate.

Choose the sentence with correct punctuation: (1) My friend, who lives in Canada, is visiting. (2) My friend who lives in Canada is visiting. (3) My friend who, lives in Canada is visiting. (4) My friend who lives, in Canada is visiting.

Fill in the blank with the correct word: She is the _______ (tall) girl in the class.

Fill in the blank: The book, as well as the pen, _______ (be) on the table.

Fill in the blank: The children _______ (play) in the park every evening.

Fill in the blank: The committee _______ (decide) to postpone the meeting.

True or False: Editing can involve changing the tense of verbs to maintain consistency.

True or False: Editing is only necessary for academic writing.

True or False: Editing should be done only after the entire text is written.

True or False: Omission can sometimes change the meaning of a sentence.