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Grade 9 · English Language Arts · Unit 3 of 10

Revise & Edit

Clear, concise and correct

What your child practises

Making sentences more concise, choosing transitions, fixing unclear pronouns and tense shifts, catching errors a spell-checker misses, and Canadian spelling such as colour, centre, practise and licence.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: D2.5, D2.6 · revising for clarity and coherence, and editing for spelling, punctuation and grammar

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which sentence has subject-verb agreement?

    • The group of students are ready to start.
    • The group of students is ready to start.
    • The groups of students is ready to start.
    • The group of student are ready to start.
    Show answer

    The group of students is ready to start.

    Hint: Group is singular, so use is.

  2. Question 2

    Which revision makes the sentence parallel? “She likes hiking, swimming and to bike.”

    • She likes hiking, to swim and bike.
    • She likes to hike, swimming and to bike.
    • She likes hiking, swimming and biking.
    • She likes hike, swim and biking.
    Show answer

    She likes hiking, swimming and biking.

    Hint: Keep each item in the same form.

  3. Question 3

    Which is the standard Canadian spelling?

    • nieghbour
    • naybour
    • neighbor
    • neighbour
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    neighbour

    Hint: Canadian English keeps the u in words such as colour, neighbour and favour.

  4. Question 4

    Which is the correct form? “___ going to the park after school.”

    • Their
    • Theyre
    • There
    • They're
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    They're

    Hint: They're means they are.

  5. Question 5

    Which is the standard Canadian spelling?

    • centr
    • center
    • cetre
    • centre
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    centre

    Hint: Canadian English uses -re in words such as centre, metre and theatre.

  6. Question 6

    Which sentence is a run-on?

    • The bus was late we missed the start.
    • The bus was late; we missed the start.
    • The bus was late, so we missed the start.
    • Because the bus was late, we missed the start.
    Show answer

    The bus was late we missed the start.

    Hint: A run-on joins two complete sentences with no punctuation or conjunction.

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