30 questions
How is the most effective way to combine sentence 12 and 13?
Huge flames shot out of the burner inside the balloon, which was heating the air.
Huge flames shot out of the burner because the air inside the balloon was heated.
Huge flames shot out of the burner, heating the air inside the balloon.
Huge flames shot out of the burner, the flames heated the air inside the balloon.
Quincy has not used the most effective word in sentence 30. To improve this sentence, he should change feeling to —
tug
impression
urge
encounter
What is the most effective way to revise sentence 26?
Donna Griffiths, who earned the Guinness World Record, had the longest sneezing fit in history when she was from Worcestershire, England.
Donna Griffiths earned the Guinness World Record from Worcestershire, England, for the longest sneezing fit in history.
Donna Griffiths was from Worcestershire, England, she earned the Guinness World Record for the longest sneezing fit in history.
Donna Griffiths, from Worcestershire, England, earned the Guinness World Record for the longest sneezing fit in history.
What is the correct way to write sentence 5?
It’s called upcycling. Or turning something you would otherwise throw away into a useful item.
It’s called upcycling, or turning something you would otherwise throw away into a useful item.
It’s called upcycling, which is turning something you would otherwise throw away. Into a useful item.
Sentence 5 is written correctly in the paper.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 11?
Change It to They
Change stitched to stiched
Insert a comma after together
No change needs to be made.
How should sentence 22 be changed?
Change reduce to reduse
Insert a semicolon after landfills
Change protects to protect’s
Sentence 22 should not be changed.
What change should be made in sentence 19?
Delete the comma after plastic
Change breaks to brakes
Change its to it’s
Change used to uses
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 29?
Change During to Durring
Change great depression to Great Depression
Change the comma to a semicolon
No change should be made in sentence 29.
What change needs to be made in sentence 31?
Change broken to broke
Change became to becomes
Change scraps to scrapes
Change was fashioned to were fashioned
How should sentence 5 be changed?
Change insists to insisted
Insert hardly after wouldn’t
Change hair to no hair
Sentence 5 should not be changed.
How should sentence 17 be changed?
Insert a comma after shelter
Change were to was
Change availible to available
Sentence 17 should not be changed.
What is the correct way to write sentences 20 and 21?
The dog jumped up to greet them, sending bits of fur into the air.
The dog jumped up to greet them. Which sent bits of fur into the air.
The dog jumped up to greet them, this sent bits of fur into the air.
The sentences are written correctly in the story.
What change should be made in sentence 28?
Change spun to spinned
Insert a comma after circles
Change obnoxiously to obnoxously
Delete the quotation marks
How should sentence 34 be changed?
Change led to lead
Change more quieter to quieter
Insert a comma after kennel
Sentence 34 should not be changed.
What is the correct way to write sentence 35?
Resting on a blanket was a medium-size dog. Who had curly white hair and floppy ears.
Resting on a blanket, a medium-size dog. She had curly white hair and floppy ears.
Resting on a blanket, a medium-size dog with curly white hair and floppy ears.
Resting on a blanket was a medium-size dog with curly white hair and floppy ears.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 44?
Change delicately to delicatly
Change rised to rose
Change and to she
No change needs to be made in this sentence.
What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 4?
Unfortunately, my hands aren’t interested, they don’t care what my brain is telling them to do.
Unfortunately, my hands aren’t interested in what my brain is telling my hands to do.
Unfortunately, my hands and my brain aren’t interested in what it is telling them to do.
No revision is needed in this sentence.
What is the BEST way to revise sentence 8?
A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream, and from the car behind me, it returns my focus to the world around me.
A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream and returns my focus to the world around me, it came from the car behind me.
A shrill scream from the car behind me snaps me out of my daydream and returns my focus to the world around me.
A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream from the car behind me, returning my focus to the world around me.
What is the BEST revision to make in sentence 9?
All I can hear is the whoosh of the wind, the thunder of the car’s metallic wheels, and the piercing shrieks of my fellow passengers
All I can hear is the whoosh of the wind and the thunder of the car’s metallic wheels, I can also hear my fellow passengers who have piercing shrieks.
All I can hear is the whoosh of the wind and the thunder of the car’s metallic wheels and my fellow passengers and their piercing shrieks.
All I can hear is the whoosh of the wind next to the thunder of the car’s metallic wheels beside my fellow passengers who have piercing shrieks.
What is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of sentence 19?
For example
To repeat
On the other hand
In fact
What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 3?
They write essays, take tests, and do homework while there are sports practices.
They write essays, take tests, do homework, and attend sports practices.
They write essays, take tests, and do homework, they also go to sports practices.
Sentence 3 is written correctly in the paper.
Ari would like to revise sentence 7 so that it more clearly states the position he is taking in this paper. Which of the following could replace sentence 7 and BEST accomplish this goal?
Our school should join other schools in implementing a citizenship program that will require service projects within the school.
School can be a place where students are part of something bigger than just academics, classrooms, and lunchrooms.
We as a school can offer programs that help kids do amazing things with their lives today and add to their futures.
In this paper I’ll tell you how we can set some new goals and encourage kids in our school to be more responsible.
The meaning of sentence 20 can be clarified by changing them to —
businesses
programs
students
schools
What change needs to be made in sentence 5?
Change has even written to has even wrote
Change has even written to have even written
Change has even written to even writing
No change needs to be made.
What is the correct way to write sentence 13?
Furthermore, quite a few legal holidays are celebrated on Mondays. Including Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day
Furthermore, quite a few legal holidays, including Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day, are celebrated on Mondays.
Furthermore, quite a few legal holidays, including Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. They are celebrated on Mondays.
Sentence 13 is written correctly in the paper.
What change should be made in sentence 18?
Change a to an
Change average to averege
Change can collect to collecting
No change should be made in sentence 18.