Question 1

The best way to clarify the meaning of sentence 4 is to change They to -

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My parents

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We

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The newspapers

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The kids

Question 2

Ben realized that he left the following detail out of the second paragraph (sentences 3-9).
Where is the most effective place to insert this sentence?

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After sentence 6

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After sentence 7

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After sentence 5

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After sentence 8

Question 3

The transition from the second paragraph (sentences 3-9) to the third paragraph (sentences 10-15) is weak. Read both paragraphs again. Which sentence could best replace sentence 10 and improve the transition between these two paragraphs?

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Soon we began talking about what the note had instructed us to do: pay it forward.

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Suddenly it was obvious that we all had a lot that we needed to talk about.

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This stranger had given us cash, something our family had been without for a very long time.

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We wanted to think of some unusual ways to help others.

Question 4

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 18?

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The kids in the after-school program made cards for the residents of a retirement center.

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The kids in the after-school program and the residents of a retirement center made cards.

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The kids in the after-school program of a retirement center made cards for the residents.

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The kids in the after-school program made cards they were for the residents of a retirement center.

Question 5

Ben wants to add a closing sentence to reinforce the controlling idea of his paper. Which of the following ideas could best follow sentence 25 and help accomplish this goal?

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You just have to be willing to pay it forward.

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Hard work always pays off in the end.

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It doesn't take money to be a highly effective person.

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You don't have to start the fire; you just have to be a spark.

Question 6

Zane wants to add a sentence to the end of the first paragraph (sentences 1-9) to better articulate the thesis of his paper. Consider the paper as a whole, paying careful attention to the first and second paragraphs. Which of the following ideas would best follow sentence 9 and express a controlling idea in this paper?

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Robotic surgery, an enhanced form of laparoscopic surgery, offered solutions to some of these problems.

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Laparoscopic surgery is an important process that is now new and improved.

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Most doctors would call laparoscopic surgery a huge success, even with its problems.

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Solutions were needed immediately.

Question 7

What is the best way to revise sentence 13?

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To use the system, the surgeon makes three or four small incisions in a patient and then inserts stainless-steel rods into the openings.

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To use the system, the surgeon makes three or four small incisions in a patient she then inserts stainless-steel rods into the openings.

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To use the system, the surgeon, while making three or four small incisions in a patient, inserts stainless-steel rods into the openings.

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To use the system, the surgeon makes three or four small incisions in a patient who inserts stainless-steel rods into the openings.

Question 8

Zane needs to use a more appropriate word than tweaks in sentence 18. Which of these words would be the best replacement for 'tweaks'?

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manipulates

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changes

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corrects

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does

Question 9

Zane wants to provide more detail in sentence 23. Which of the following could replace sentence 23 and best accomplish this goal?

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Could this be a way to provide better medical care to people in rural communities, war zones, or isolated parts of the world?

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Could this be a way for excited and engaged doctors to provide enriched medical care to people and patients whom they care so much about?

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Could this be a way to provide and give better medical care to people who may really need it today?

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Could this be a method for providing better and improved medical care to people who live in places outside the United States?

Question 10

Zane wants to add some questions after sentence 25 to help close this paper. Which of the following could best be added after sentence 25?

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But what about 20 or 30 years from now? Could robotics provide treatments that are unheard of today?

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Does your computer always work? Can you depend on technology when you need it?

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What is technology used for today? How will it be used when you are an adult?

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Are there places that are too remote to get a connection? Are there people who don't even have access to a computer?

Question 11

Sentence 4 is a weak attempt at a thesis statement. How can Kate revise this sentence to more clearly establish the thesis of her paper?

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Every American teenager should learn at least one other language, for both personal and professional benefit.

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Learning another language will change the lives of American kids, as well as the lives of their parents and neighbors.

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It's important to learn another language so that you'll be able to communicate in the global market that will surely be part of your future.

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Every single American kid needs to and must learn another language today.

Question 12

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 7 and 8?

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One such study, published in the Journal of Educational Psychology, found that native English speakers in a Spanish immersion program significantly outperformed monolingual English-speaking students on English vocabulary tests.

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One such study found that native English speakers in a Spanish immersion program significantly outperformed monolingual English-speaking students on English vocabulary tests and published in the Journal of Educational Psychology.

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One such study found that native English speakers in a Spanish immersion program published in the Journal of Educational Psychology significantly outperformed monolingual English-speaking students on English vocabulary tests.

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One such study found that native English speakers in a Spanish immersion program significantly outperformed monolingual English-speaking students on English vocabulary tests, which was published in the Journal of Educational Psychology.

Question 13

What transition could most effectively be added to the beginning of sentence 12?

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For example

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To put it differently

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Still

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Otherwise

Question 14

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 19?

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Employers need workers who can communicate in different languages and understand different cultures.

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Employers need workers who can communicate in different languages, and workers need employers who can understand different cultures.

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Employers need workers who can communicate in different languages, different cultures should be understood.

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Employers need workers who can communicate and are understood in different languages or different cultures.

Question 15

Kate thinks there is a sentence in the fourth paragraph (sentences 15-21) that should be deleted. Reread the paragraph. Which sentence, if any, should be deleted from this paragraph?

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Sentence 17

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Sentence 18

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Sentence 20

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No sentence should be deleted from the paragraph.

Question 16

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

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Insert a comma after 'task'

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No change should be made in this sentence.

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Change 'tedious' to 'tedeous'

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Change 'unrelated' to 'unrelatted'

Question 17

What change needs to be made in sentence 7?

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Change 'is' to 'are'

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Change 'others' to 'other's'

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Change 'accessible' to 'accessable'

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Change 'quite' to 'quiet'

Question 18

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

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Change 'Its' to 'It's'

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Change 'thousands' to 'thousand's'

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Sentence 12 does not need to be changed.

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Insert a comma after 'miles'

Question 19

What is the correct way to write sentence 18?

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Mercutio baits Tybalt, calling him names and provoking a fight.

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Mercutio baits Tybalt by calling him names. Which is provoking a fight.

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Sentence 18 is written correctly in the paper.

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Mercutio baits Tybalt. Who calls him names and provokes a fight.

Question 20

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 22?

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Change 'enragged' to 'enraged'

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Change 'Hearing' to 'He heard'

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Delete the comma

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No change needs to be made in sentence 22.

Question 21

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 23?

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Change 'begun' to 'began'

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Insert a comma after 'other'

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No change needs to be made in sentence 23.

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Change 'tragedy' to 'trajedy'

Question 22

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30?

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No change should be made in sentence 30.

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Change 'boring' to 'borring'

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Change 'through' to 'threw'

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Delete the comma

Question 23

How should sentence 3 be changed?

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Change 'assistence' to 'assistance'

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Sentence 3 does not need to be changed.

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Insert a comma after 'day'

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Change 'are likely' to 'were likely'

Question 24

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

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Change 'agency' to 'Agency'

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Change 'has launched' to 'have launched'

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No change should be made.

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Insert a comma after 'program'

Question 25

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 7?

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Insert a comma after 'Civitavecchia'

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Change 'Several' to 'Severel'

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Change 'teach' to 'teaches'

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No change needs to be made in this sentence.

Question 26

What is the correct way to write sentence 8?

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The school will train any type of dog that weighs at least 66 pounds and has a docile, obedient nature, but it favors Labradors, Newfoundlands, and golden retrievers.

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The school will train any type of dog that weighs at least 66 pounds, has a docile, obedient nature, and favors Labradors, Newfoundlands, and golden retrievers.

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The school will train any type of dog that weighs at least 66 pounds and has a docile, obedient nature. But favors Labradors, Newfoundlands, and golden retrievers.

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The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

Question 27

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 13?

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Change 'Italys' to 'Italy's'

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Change 'patrolling' to 'patroling'

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No change needs to be made in sentence 13.

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Insert a comma after 'beaches'

Question 28

What change should be made in sentence 15?

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Delete the quotation marks at the end of the sentence

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Change 'can't' to 'Can't'

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Change 'explains' to 'explaining'

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Change 'experience' to 'expereince'

Question 29

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 21?

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Change 'towed' to 'tows'

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No change needs to be made in this sentence.

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Change 'wears' to 'wear's'

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Change 'buoy' to 'bouy'

Question 30

What is the correct way to write sentence 28?

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And their innate heroism and love of challenges turn these well-trained dogs into firstclass lifeguards.

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And their innate heroism turn these well-trained dogs into first-class lifeguards, it is also the love of challenges.

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Sentence 28 is written correctly in the paper.

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And their innate heroism and love of challenges. These turn these well-trained dogs into first-class lifeguards.

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