Question 1

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 3?

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I am convinced that students would do better in school if they had a midday break that allowed them enough time to eat a good meal and recharge their brains with physical activity.

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I am convinced that students would do better in school if they had a midday break that allowed them enough time to eat a good meal that recharged their brains with physical activity.

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I am convinced that students would do better in school if they had a midday break that allowed them enough time to eat a good meal and that allowed them enough time to recharge their brains with physical activity.

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I am convinced that students would do better in school if they had a midday break that allowed them enough time to eat a good meal because they need to recharge their brains with physical activity.

Question 2

Leah wants to add the following idea to the second paragraph (sentences 4-9). Reread the paragraph carefully. Where is the most effective place to add this sentence?

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After sentence 6

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After sentence 9

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After sentence 8

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After sentence 7

Question 3

Leah wants to add some detail to the idea she expressed in sentence 10. Which of these sentences could best follow and support sentence 10?

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In the first three hours of the school day, a student might be asked to solve a linear equation, analyze a scene from a play by Shakespeare, and memorize the parts of a cell.

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Some scientists believe that what we eat is related to our willingness and ability to work hard enough to achieve success.

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Once I had to work on a set of math problems all afternoon, and by the end of the day, I was ready to take a long nap.

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It can be exhausting and draining.

Question 4

Leah would like to provide some strong evidence to support the ideas she is proposing in the third paragraph (sentences 10-14). Read the following quotations and analyze the information presented in each. Which quotation would be best to insert after sentence 13 to add credibility to the ideas in this paragraph?

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According to Dr. John Ratey, a professor at Harvard Medical School, "exercise provides an unparalleled stimulus, creating an environment in which the brain is ready, willing, and able to learn."

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In the preamble to its constitution, the World Health Organization states, "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

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Thomas Edison once said, "The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but instead will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

Question 5

Leah has not used the best choice of words in sentence 18. What change should she make?

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Change promotion to performance

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Change opportunity to planning

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Change alert to conscious

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Change improve to develop

Question 6

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

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Scott Flansburg, who is known as the "human calculator," is an ordinary person with an extraordinary ability.

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Scott Flansburg is an ordinary person with an extraordinary ability, he is known as the "human calculator."

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Scott Flansburg is known as the "human calculator," an ordinary person, and has an extraordinary ability.

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Scott Flansburg is an ordinary person with an extraordinary ability, who is known as the "human calculator."

Question 7

The third paragraph (sentences 14-18) starts abruptly. Which sentence could be added before sentence 14 to best introduce the ideas presented in this paragraph?

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Today Flansburg has a mission.

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The "human calculator" is a person who thinks like a calculator.

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Flansburg solves problems that are complicated.

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Helping people is important to the "human calculator."

Question 8

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 16?

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Called an edutainer, Flansburg entertains people with his superhuman mathematical abilities and educates them with his technique.

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Called an edutainer, Flansburg entertains people with his superhuman mathematical abilities, which educate them with his technique.

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Called an edutainer, he entertains people Flansburg has superhuman mathematical abilities and educates them with his technique.

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Called an edutainer, his superhuman mathematical abilities that he entertains people with will educate his technique, too.

Question 9

Gina did not use an effective transition to help the reader move from sentence 22 to sentence 23. Which transition word or phrase should replace 'In other words'?

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In fact

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In the end

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As a result

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Apologetically

Question 10

Which sentence could best be added after sentence 24 to support the idea expressed in this sentence?

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This online celebration pits students of all ages against one another in live games of mental arithmetic.

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Numeracy is defined as the ability to reason with numbers and other mathematical concepts.

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Flansburg has been featured on Fox News, CNN, and the Discovery Channel.

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It is supposed to promote numeracy among people throughout the world.

Question 11

The meaning of sentence 3 is not clear. Adam can help clarify what he is trying to say in this sentence by replacing the pronoun 'they' with -

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these stores

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shoppers

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the products

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fruits and vegetables

Question 12

What is the most effective way to revise sentence 7?

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Studies show that the average distance most food travels before it reaches your plate is 1,500 miles!

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Studies show that the average distance most food travels before it reaches your plate, it is a distance of 1,500 miles!

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Studies show this. That the average distance most food travels before it reaches your plate is 1,500 miles!

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Studies show that the average distance before it reaches your plate that most food travels is 1,500 miles!

Question 13

Adam wants to improve the transition from the third paragraph (sentences 11-18) to the fourth paragraph (sentences 19-23). How can Adam revise sentence 19 to provide a more effective transition?

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Finally, buying food from local farmers can benefit the environment.

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Adam wants to improve the transition from the third paragraph (sentences 11-18) to the fourth paragraph (sentences 19-23). How can Adam revise sentence 19 to provide a more effective transition?

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As distance declines, the amount of fuel needed also declines.

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The last reason to buy local is an important one.

Question 14

Adam would like to add the following detail to the fourth paragraph (sentences 19-23). Where should he insert this sentence?

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After sentence 23

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After sentence 20

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Adam should not add this detail to the fourth paragraph.

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After sentence 21

Question 15

How can Adam revise sentence 25 to more clearly emphasize the thesis of his paper?

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However, for environmentally conscious consumers who want the freshest, best-tasting, and most nutritious fruits and vegetables, the local farmers' market is the better choice.

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Check today to see whether you have a farmers' market in your area; you won't regret it.

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On the other hand, the local farmers' market is a good way to help yourself and your community.

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Yet for the local consumer, the farmers' market has a host of advantages that make it difficult to ignore as a viable option.

Question 16

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?

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Change 'creep's' to 'creeps'

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No change should be made in sentence 4.

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Delete 'and'

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Delete the comma

Question 17

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?

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Insert a comma after 'contacts'

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Change 'saw' to 'seen'

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Change 'me' to 'mine'

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Make no change

Question 18

What is the correct way to write sentences 10 and 11?

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Finally, after having to repair my broken glasses following a particularly rough basketball game, I agreed to give contact lenses a try.

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Finally, when I had to repair my broken glasses following a particularly rough basketball game is when I agreed. To give contact lenses a try.

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Sentences 10 and 11 are correct in the paper.

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Finally, I had to repair my broken glasses following a particularly rough basketball game, then I agreed to give contact lenses a try.

Question 19

What change, if any, is needed in sentence 16?

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Change 'it' to 'them'

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Insert quotation marks after 'said'

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Insert a comma after 'free'

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No change is needed in this sentence.

Question 20

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 24?

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Change 'then' to 'than'

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No change needs to be made in this sentence.

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Change 'announced' to 'anounced'

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Delete the comma after 'Mom'

Question 21

What change should be made in sentence 26?

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Change 'took' to 'taken'

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Change 'We returned' to 'Returning'

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Delete the comma

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Change 'an hour' to 'a hour'

Question 22

What is the correct way to write sentence 29?

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Now I pop my contacts in and out in seconds, and I love the freedom they give me.

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Now I pop my contacts in and out in seconds. Loving the freedom they give me.

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Now I pop my contacts in and out in seconds I love the freedom they give me.

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Now I pop my contacts in and out in seconds, which loves the freedom they give me.

Question 23

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?

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Change 'natural' to 'naturally'

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Change 'comes' to 'came'

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Change 'Walking' to 'Walk'

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No change should be made in sentence 1.

Question 24

What change is needed in sentence 2?

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Change 'descisions' to 'decisions'

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Delete the comma

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Change 'making' to 'make'

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Change 'expertly navigating' to they 'expertly navigate'

Question 25

What is the correct way to write sentence 5?

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Sentence 5 is correct in the paper.

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Working with chalk on city sidewalks. He creates startling drawings that appear to be three-dimensional.

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Working with chalk on city sidewalks, he creates startling drawings they appear to be three-dimensional.

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Working with chalk on city sidewalks, he creates them. The startling drawings that appear to be three-dimensional

Question 26

What is the correct way to write sentence 11?

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Moving back and forth between the pavement and the camera, Beever carefully checks every mark that he makes.

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Back and forth between the pavement and the camera Beever moves. Carefully checking every mark that he makes

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Sentence 11 is already correct in the paper.

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Beever moves back and forth between the pavement and the camera. To carefully check every mark that he makes.

Question 27

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 12?

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Change 'dilligent' to 'diligent'

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Change 'relies on' to 'rely on'

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No change needs to be made.

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Delete 'because'

Question 28

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15?

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Change the comma to a semicolon

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Change 'will bring' to 'brought'

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No change should be made.

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Change 'important' to 'importent'

Question 29

What change needs to be made in sentence 20?

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Change 'But' to 'but'

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Delete the comma after 'work'

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Delete the comma after 'says'

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Change 'It's' to 'Its'

Question 30

What change should be made in sentence 21?

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Insert a comma after 'difficult'

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Change 'his' to 'their'

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Change 'results' to 'result's'

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Change 'determined' to 'determinned'

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