Revising
Jason needs to add a topic sentence to the second paragraph (sentences 6-12). Which sentence can replace sentence 6 as a new topic sentence for this paragraph?
A.) A trip to the Final Four semifinal game was a once in a lifetime experience.
B.) It took 2 hours on a plane and one hour in the car to get to our hotel.
C.) I'm going to tell you about the best game I've ever been to in my entire life.
D.) I have been to and played in a lot of basketball games.
A.) A trip to the Final Four semifinal game was a once in a lifetime experience.
The Final Four championship game will take place in Houston, Texas on Monday April 3, 2022.
A.) Change take to taking
B.) Delete the comma after Houston
C.) Insert a comma after Monday
D.) Change the end punctuation to a question mark
C.) Insert a comma after Monday
The Coaches of both teams shook hands before the game started.
A.) Change Coaches to coaches
B.) Change teams to team's
C.) Change shook to shaked
D.) Change started to starting
A.) Change Coaches to coaches
Jason has included an extraneous sentence in the second paragraph (sentences 6-12). Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph?
A.) Sentence 9
B.) Sentence 10
C.) Sentence 11
D.) Sentence 12
B.) Sentence 10
Our teams best player won't be able to play because of a sprained ankle.
A.) Change Our to Are
B.) Change teams to team's
C.) Change best to better
D.) Change won't to wont'
B.) Change teams to team's
As the band played the fight song, the fans cheered with excitement.
A.) Delete the comma after song
B.) Change cheered to cheering
C.) Change excitement to excited
D.) Make no change
D.) Make no change
Which transition word is best to add at the beginning of sentence 13?
A.) In addition,
B.) For example,
C.) On the other hand,
D.) Soon,
D.) Soon,
My family cheers for the Kentucky Wildcats because my dad went to college their.
A.) Change Kentucky to kentucky
B.) Add a comma after Wildcats
C.) Change their to there
D.) Make no change
C.) Change their to there
What is the correct way to write the following sentence?
The Texas Longhorns are close to home their campus is in Austin, Texas.
A.) The Texas Longhorns are close to home. Their campus is in Austin, Texas.
B.) The Texas Longhorns are close. To home their campus is in Austin, Texas.
C.) The Texas Longhorns are close, to home, their campus is in Austin, Texas.
D.) The sentence is correct.
A.) The Texas Longhorns are close to home. Their campus is in Austin, Texas.
The word It is not the right word for sentence 19. Which word should replace It in this sentence?
A.) The game
B.) My dad
C.) The seat
D.) The fans
A.) The game
What is the BEST way to combine these two sentences?
The coaches are drawing up plays. The players are warming up.
A.) The coaches are drawing up plays the players are warming up.
B.) The coaches are drawing up plays while the players are warming up.
B.) The coaches are drawing up plays while the players are warming up.
My dad snapped lots of pictures and I just sat in my seat enjoying he game.
A.) Change snapped to snaped
B.) Insert a comma after pictures
C.) Change sat to sitted
D.) Change enjoying to injoying
B.) Insert a comma after pictures
Jason would like to add a sentence to bring his paper to a more effective conclusion. Which sentence should he add after sentence 5 to achieve his goal?
A.) The best part of the game was the last five minutes.
B.) Next year, I will have to attend more Duke games.
C.) I also enjoy going to football and baseball games with my dad.
D.) Until then, this semifinal game has been the most exciting and fun game I have ever seen.
D.) Until then, this semifinal game has been the most exciting and fun game I have ever seen.
It took us forever to climb up the millions of stairs to our seats.
A.) Change took to take
B.) Insert a comma after forever
C.) Change clime to climb
D.) No change is needed
C.) Change clime to climb
As the Georgia player shot free throws, I was secretly hopping he would miss.
A.) Change Georgia to georgia
B.) Change shot to shooted
C.) Change secretly to secret
D.) Change hopping to hoping
D.) Change hopping to hoping