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(14) Finally, Elia dug a big hole next to the palace. (15) She filled it with an old turtle shell, a mouse skull, and a chicken bone. (16) Then, she built a covering for the hole with twigs, leaves, and more mud. (17) Elia told me later that was her dungeon, where a magic dragon guarded her most prized treasures. (18) My sister has a big imagination.
Amal would like to use a better word than big in sentence 18?
Which of the following words should replace big?
A good
B marvelous
C humongous
D mind
C. humongous
(1) My “I Saw Science” moment happened in my backyard. (2) The science I saw was erosion. (3) It was caused by the combination of my sister’s outdoor projects and some rainstorms.
(4) My five-year-old sister, Elia, loves to play outside. (5) She’s always gathering something, building something, or burying something in the backyard. (6) In this case, she was doing all three.
(7) Our house is at the bottom of a hill. (8) That’s great news for Elia because she loves to play in the mud. (9) Last Friday night, there was a heavy rainstorm. (10) On Saturday, Elia happily spent the day building a mud palace.
Amal forgot to include the following detail in the third paragraph (sentences 7 – 10).
Anytime it rains, one area of the backyard
becomes a mud pit.
Where should she place the sentence?
F After sentence 7
G After sentence 8
H After sentence 9
J After sentence 10
F. After sentence 7
(19) Elia must have spent hours working on her mud palace. (20) When she finally came in, she told us her plans for expanding it the next day. (21) But it rained again that Saturday night.
Which of the following transition words or phrases would BEST replace but in sentence 21?
F And
G Nevertheless,
H On the other hand,
J Unfortunately,
J Unfortunately,
(1) The Caddo people were one of the biggest Native American tribes in Texas. (2) In 1300, over 200,000 Caddo peoples lived in what is now east Texas.
What change should be made in sentence 2?
F Change Caddo to caddo
G Change peoples to people
H Remove lived after peoples
J Change is to was
G Change peoples to people
(23) Half of the palace still looked ok. (24) You could see bits of doghouse through the mud. (25) It was mostly intact.
On the lines below, write a new sentence that combines the ideas from sentences 24 and 25 in a clear and effective way.
You could see bits of doghouse through the mud, but it was mostly intact.
(1) The most embarrassing thing happened during my basketball game today. (2) If you’re not a basketball player, you may not know this. (3) But at halftime, the teams change court sides. (4) For the first half of the game, your team is trying to make baskets on one side of the court. (5) At the second half of the game, your team hopefully makes baskets on the other side of the court. (6) I think you can imagine where this is going.
What change, if any, is needed in sentence 5?
A Add does after hopefully
B Change makes to make
C Change hopefully to hopeful
D Change At to During
D Change At to During
(37) On Sunday I helped Elia rebuild her mud palace. (38) This time, we put the whole thing under the oak tree. (39) We don’t want it to erode!
Amal wants to improve her conclusion. Which of the following
sentences BEST replaces sentence 39?
A Elia was so upset about the erosion and we don’t want her next palace to erode.
B The oak tree is big enough to protect the palace from erosion next time it rains.
C I hope you enjoyed my story about seeing science through Elia’s eroding mud palace.
D We want to protect her palace from erosion so it can last as long as possible.
B The oak tree is big enough to protect the palace from erosion next time it rains.
(8) I was feeling terific, running full speed toward the basket, and no one seemed to be stopping me.
What change should be made in sentence 8?
F Change terific to terrific
G Change feeling to feelling
H Change toward to tord
J Change seemed to seems
F Change terific to terrific