7.20A - Capitalization
(1) "Hey Fritz! (2) Listen to this neat riddle" Myrna called to Fritz. (3) Groaning because he knew her jokes and riddles were usually quite lame, her friend answered glumly, "okay...let me hear it."(4)"Sisters and brothers have I none, but that man's father is my father's son," Myrna recited.
1. What change should be made in sentence 3?
A. Change usually to usualy
B. Delete the comma after lame
C. Change okay to Okay
D. Change hear to here
What is C. Change okay to Okay
(7) And how have humans affected this environment?
(8) Reduced water flow, pollutants non-native species, and local population growth have created serious problems for the Everglades. (9) Of primary concern is the reduced water flow to the area.
6. What change should be made in sentence 8?
A. Insert a comma after pollutants
B. Change population to poppulation
C. Change have to has
D. Change problems to problem's
What is A. Insert a comma after pollutants
(16) The patrol's head trainer, Kate, began looking for candidates. (17) Searching the Internet, Dudley was found listed for sale. (18) In his photograph he appeared plain and overweight, but after reading about his fine breeding, Kate put him on the list for consideration.
11. What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 17?
A. Searching the Internet, she found Dudley listed for sale.
B. She searched the Internet, she found Dudley listed for sale.
C. Searching the Internet was where she found Dudley listed for sale.
D. No revision is needed in sentence 17.
What is A. Searching the Internet, she found Dudley listed for sale.
(2) There's science behind the alarm clock that wakes you up, the weather report that influences what you wear, the toothpaste you use to brush your teeth, and even the clean water that comes from your fawcet. (3) Clearly, the world you live in today wouldn't be the same without the contributions of many dedicated scientists and there work. (4) However, you may be surprised to learn about the work of one scientist.
16. What change needs to be made in sentence 3?
A. Change without the to without no
B. Change contributions to contribution's
C. Insert a comma after scientists
D. Change there to their
What is D. Change there to their
(7) The highly anticipated colt, dusty brown with an off-center white diamond on his forehead, was obviously a dud. (8) That's how he got the name Dudley. (9) Since the patrol trained only the most promising horses, Dudley was sold to rancher Paul McGee.
20. What is the most effective transition word or phrase to add to the beginning of sentence 8?
A. However
B. Additionally
C. After that
D. In fact
What is D. In fact
(5) "Who is 'that man'?" (6) Leaving Fritz scratching his head in puzzlement, Myrna strolled on down the Street. (7) "Call me later if you can't figure it out," she shot back over her shoulder with a laugh.
2. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?
F. Change Leaving to Leaveing
G. Delete the comma
H. Change Street to street
J. No change should be made in this sentence.
What is H. Change Street to street
(14) Everglades National Park provides shelter to more than just your ordinary plants and animals. (15) Inside the park are a wide variety of threatened and endangered species, the West Indian manatee, the Florida panther, the green turtle, the American crocodile, and many more. (16) The everglades provides a special habitat for these rare species.
7. What change should be made in sentence 15?
A. Insert a comma after park
B. Change threatened to threatend
C. Change the comma after species to a colon
D. Change green to Green
What is C. Change the comma after species to a colon
(24) Yet visitors to the horse barn were drawn to him, and he loved the attention. (25) With regular exercise and the diet was strict, Dudley grew trim and sleek, and he was able to make the first cut.
(26) As the days passed, Dudley's performance improved, too.
12. What is the most effective way to revise sentence 25?
A. The exercise was regular and the diet was strict, Dudley grew trim and sleek, and he was able to make the first cut.
B. With regular exercise and a strict diet, Dudley grew trim and sleek; he was able to make the first cut.
C. The regular exercise and strict diet that caused Dudley to grow trim and sleek was able to make the first cut.
D. With regular exercise the diet was strict, so Dudley grew trim and sleek; he was able to make the first cut.
What is B. With regular exercise and a strict diet, Dudley grew trim and sleek; he was able to make the first cut.
(17) The researchers found that fatty liquids are the best for dunking. (18) Chocolate milk, for example, caused a cookie to release as much as 11 times more flavor then other drinks. (19) Team members also determined that a cookie should be submerged for at least 3.5 seconds but no more than 5 seconds.
17. What change should be made in sentence 18?
A. Delete the comma after milk
B. Change caused to causing
C. Change then to than
D. No change should be made.
What is C.Change then to than
(1) Whether or no you realize it, science affects many parts of your everyday life. (2) There's science behind the alarm clock that wakes you up, the weather report that influences what you wear, the toothpaste you use to brush your teeth, and even the clean water that comes from your fawcet. (3) Clearly, the world you live in today wouldn't be the same without the contributions of many dedicated scientists and there work.
21. How should sentence 2 be changed?
A. Delete the comma after up
B. Change comes to come
C. Change fawcet to faucet
D. Sentence 2 should not be changed.
What is C. Change fawcet to faucet
(1) June 5, 2002
Dear sir or madam:
(2) Last month, I ordered a pair of sunglasses from your catalog, Summer style.
3. What change, if any, should be made in line 1, the letter's greeting?
A. Change sir and madam to Sir and Madam
B. Insert a comma after sir
C. Change madam to maddam
D. No change should be made in this line.
What is A. Change sir and madam to Sir and Madam
(3) Imagine it. (4) For two weeks, you and your fellow students travel around the charming town of Toaos New Mexico. (5) You explore the locations where some of O'Keefee's most famous paintings were created.
8. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?
A. Delete the comma
B. Change travel to traveling
C. Insert a comma after Taos
D. No change should be made in this sentence.
What is C. Insert a comma after Taos
(26) As the days passed, Dudley's performance improved, too. (27) The biggest challenge for patrol horses is staying sane when faced with distractions and disturbances. (28) The horses must follow orders regardless of the conditions around them.
13. In sentence 27, Sierra does not think that sane is the best word to use. Which of the following would be a more effective word to use in this sentence?
A. calm
B. friendly
C. reasonable
D. open
What is A. calm
(19) Team members also determined that a cookie should be submerged for at least 3.5 seconds but no more than 5 seconds. (20) If the cookie was dunked too long, the liquid dissolved the sugar in the cookie and made them fall apart. (21) The research also showed that when only the bottom portion of the cookie was dunked, the cookie lasted four times longer.
18. How should sentence 20 be changed?
A. Change too long to to long
B. Change and to this
C. Change them to it
D. Sentence 20 should not be changed.
Change C. Change them to it
(5) He spent months researching the most effective way to dunk a cookie.
(6) Len Fisher is a scientist he has made a career out of researching ordinary things in life. (7) He uses his research to each people about science.
22. What is the correct way to write sentence 6?
A. Len Fisher is a scientist who has made a career out of researching ordinary things in life.
B. Len Fisher, a scientist making a career out of researching ordinary things in life.
C. Len Fisher is a scientist. Who has made a career out of researching ordinary things in life.
D. Sentence 6 is written correctly.
What is A. Len Fisher is a scientist who has made a career out of researching ordinary things in life.
(1) June 5, 2002
Dear sir or madam:
(2) Last month, I ordered a pair of sunglasses from your catalog, Summer style. (3) After wearing the sunglasses only twice, I noticed that the lenses were scratched.
4. What change should be mad in sentence 2?
A. Delete the comma after month
B. Change your to you're
C. Change catalog to cattalog
D. Change style to Style
What is D. Change style to Style
(29) Students are responsible for their own lodging.
(30) Here is your chance to experience Georgia O'Keeffes New Mexico. (31) Walk in her footsteps, and be inspired.
9. What change needs to be made in sentence 30?
A. Change Here to Hear
B. Insert a comma after chance
C. Change experience to expereince
D. Change O'Keeffes to O'Keeffe's
What is D. Change O'Keeffes to O'Keeffe's
(38) The next day, Kate led Dudley into a grooming stall. (39) A group had gathered for the special ceremony. (40) Every horse that joins the Jackson City Patrol has its mane clipped into a crisp, neat line. (41) Dudley seemed to understand. (42) He pawed one hoof, bobbed his head, and stood tall, fit, and proud.
14. Which sentence could be added after sentence 42 to bring the story to a more effective close?
A. As the son of Zeus and Diamond, Dudley was proud of his heritage.
B. The plain little colt had finally become the horse he had been bred to be.
C. He was read to move back to the McGee ranch and be with his family again.
D. Dudley would never be the horse that people had hoped for, but he was still special.
What is B. The plain little colt had finally become the horse he had been bred to be.
(21) The research also showed that when only the bottom portion of the cookie was dunked, the cookie lasted four times longer. (22) The teams were most surprised to learn that hot liquids, such as tea and coffee, didn't score good in their tests.
(23) Of course, there are people who argue.
19. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 22?
A. Insert a comma after surprised
B. Delete the comma after coffee
C. Change good to well
D. Make no change
What is C. Change good to well
(15) The goal of the experiments was to figure out how to gain the most flavor with the least amount of cookie crumble. (16) After two different investigations and the testing of approximately 200 cookie-and-drink combinations Fisher announced the teams' findings.
(17) The researchers found that fatty liquids are the best for dunking.
23. What change needs to be made in sentence 16?
A. Change investigations to investagations
B. Insert a comma after combinations
C. Change teams' to teams
D. No change needs to be made.
What is B. Insert a comma after combinations
(2) His system put his people among the first Native Americans to read and write their own language. (3) He was born in the Town of Taskigi, in what is now Tennessee, to a part-Cherokee mother and a white father. (4) Raised among the Cherokee, Sequoyah spoke no english as a child.
5. What change should be made in sentence 3?
What is...Change Town to town
Double the points if you can explain why.
(1) Most U.S. Presidents have had pets; the White House has been home to dogs, cats, and a variety of other animals. (2) George Washington, had 36 dogs, a parrot, and a horse. (3) John Adams, Andrew Jackson, and John Kennedy kept horses.
10. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
What is...Delete the comma after Washington
Double the points if you can explain why.
(10) Life on the ranch was good, and Dudley turned out be a sweet-natured and loyal horse. (11) He learned quickly and was great with kids. (12) Everyone loved him, but unfortunately, the good times didn't last. (13) When the McGee family suffered financial losses, the ranch horses suffered, too. (14) Dudley got fat and lazy, but he never lost his lovable personality.
15. Where is the best place to insert this sentence?
There were no funds for quality food and no trainers to exercise the animals.
What is...After sentence 13
(22) The teams were most surprised to learn that hot liquids, such as tea and coffee, didn't score good in their tests.
(23) Of course, there are people who argue. (24) That researching frivolous things like cookie dunking is a waste of time and money. (25) But Len Fisher disagrees.
24. What is the correct way to write sentences 23 and 24?
What is...Of course, there are people who argue that researching frivolous things like cookie dunking is a waste of time and money.