Revise & Edit: Karate
Karate (1) Karate is a sport for people of all ages, from childs to adults. (2) In karate, you learn how to defend yourself by using only your hands and feet (3) Many people like karate because itβs good exercise, too!(4) There are many storys about how and where karate started (5) Some people believe that the sport started on an island near Japan hundreds of years ago. (6) A king became tired of war. (7) He would not his men use weapons. (8) Since his warriors had not weapons, they learned movemants, or forms, to use when they fought. (9) Teachers taught these forms to other people. (10) Through the years, more and more people studied the sport. (11) Today, people all over the word can learn these forms. (12) Many people, including americans, study these forms at karate schools.(13) When people do karate, they often wear a white jacket and white pants. (14) Their teacher usual gives them a special belt to wear. (15) The color of the belt they wear shows how much they know. (16) A beginner wears a white belt. (17) The other colors are yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, and black (18) People wear either a brown or black belt at the two highest levels.(19) Sometimes people go to a competision to see how good they are. (20) They can compete against other people of the same age and rank. (21) They can see people at all levels of skill. (22) By watching, they can see how to get better. What change if any should be made in sentence 1? Change people to People Change the comma to a period Change childs to children Make no change What change should be made in sentence 4? change are to is change storys to stories Insert a comma after how Change where to wear What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7? Change He to King Insert let after not Change use to used Make no change What change should be made in sentence 8? insert a period after weapons change learned to learn change movemants to movement change fought to fouht What change, if any, should be made in sentence 12? Delete the comma after people Change americans to Americans Change forms to form Make no change What change should be made in sentence 14? Change usual to usually Change give to gave Change to to too Change the period to a question mark What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18? Change either to neither Change or to nor Insert a comma after belt Make no change What change, if any, should be made in sentence 19? Delete some in sometimes Change competision to competition Change good to well Make no change