Your Amazing Brain
19 What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 7?
A Change It’s to Its
B Change are to is
C Change balance to balence
D No change needs to be made in this sentence
A Change It’s to Its
15 What change should be made in sentence 8?
A Change Jamal and I to Jamal and me
B Delete the comma
C Change fell to feel
D Change privacy to privicy
C Change fell to feel
9. What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 6?
A One half of the animal’s brain enters a sleep state, the other half of the brain stays alert.
B As one half of the animal’s brain enters a sleep state, the other half stays alert.
C One half of the animal’s brain enters a sleep state, or the other half of the animal’s brain
stays alert.
D As one half of the animal’s brain enters a sleep state, there is the other alert half of the
animal’s brain.
B As one half of the animal’s brain enters a sleep state, the other half stays alert.
21 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 12?
A Change breath to breathe
B Change beating to beeting
C Change directs to directing
D Sentence 12 should not be changed
A Change breath to breathe
16 What change needs to be made in sentence 12?
F Change I to And
G Change spread to spred
H Change anyone to no one
J Change elses to else’s
J Change elses to else’s
11 The meaning of sentence 13 is unclear. What change should Derek make to improve the
clarity of this sentence?
A Change migrate to journey
B Change every year to annually
C Change it to the long trip
D Change sleep to sleeping
C Change it to the long trip
What is wake up early/earlier?
17 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?
A Change Scientists to Scientists’
B Delete the comma
C Change we to they
D No change should be made in this sentence.
C Change we to they
20 What change should be made in sentence 25?
F Change its to it’s
G Change the comma to a period
H Change without bothering to without never bothering
J No change should be made in sentence 25.
J No change should be made in sentence 25.
8 Derek would like to replace sentence 3 with a sentence that better states the controlling idea
of his paper. Which of these would be the BEST replacement for sentence 3?
F As a result, that means other animals can hurt them.
G As a result, many animals have to figure out a new way to fall asleep.
H As a result, many animals have sleep patterns that help keep them safe.
J As a result, animals don’t climb in bed and pull up the covers like humans do.
H As a result, many animals have sleep patterns that help keep them safe.
What is asking your teacher the day before?
22 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 22?
F Change the comma to a semicolon
G Change touch to touched
H Insert a comma after finger
J No change should be made in this sentence.
H Insert a comma after finger
21 What is the correct way to rewrite sentences 27 and 28?
A So in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life, I respectfully request
that you let me have my own room.
B It’s in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life, therefore, I
respectfully request that you let me have my own room.
C It’s in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life, so I respectfully
request. That you let me have my own room.
D The sentences are written correctly in the passage.
A So in the best interest of my studies, my music, and my social life, I respectfully request
that you let me have my own room.
12 Derek has not used the most effective transition in sentence 25. Which of the following could
replace However in this sentence?
F As a matter of fact
G For example
H To conclude
J In contrast
F As a matter of fact
What is clearing your mind of distractions or stress?
20 What is the correct way to write sentences 9 and 10?
F It connects your brain to your spinal cord, this connects to most of the nerves in your
body.
G Connecting your brain to your spinal cord and then to most of the nerves in your body.
H Connecting your brain to your spinal cord. It connects to most of the nerves in your body.
J It connects your brain to your spinal cord, which connects to most of the nerves in your
body.
J It connects your brain to your spinal cord, which connects to most of the nerves in your
body.
19 What change should be made in sentence 22?
A Change fair to fare
B Change him to them
C Change the comma to a semicolon
D Change too to t
C Change the comma to a semicolon
13 What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 26?
A What is certain, though, is that animals that do sleep have found some clever ways to do
so, they are also unique.
B What is certain, though, is that animals have found some clever ways to sleep that are
unique ways, too.
C What is certain, though, is that animals that do sleep have found some clever and unique
ways to do so.
D No revision is needed in this sentence.
C What is certain, though, is that animals that do sleep have found some clever and unique
ways to do so.
What is doing your best?