General Knowledge
What statement answers the prompt?
Controlling Idea/Thesis
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: I want to go to the mall but my sister wants to go to the pool.
a. add a comma after but
b. add a comma before but
c. add a comma before wants
d. make no change
b. add a comma before but
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: I pestered my parents with countless questions to make sure I known as much as possible about riding a horse.
a. change parents to parents'
b. change countless to count less
c. change known to knew
d. change the period after horse to a question mark
c. change known to knew
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: They are found in many parts of the world, such as Texas, the middle eastern countries, Russia, and even under the ocean.
a. change They to Them
b. delete the comma after Texas
c. change middle eastern to Middle Eastern
d. change ocean to ocaen
c. change middle eastern to Middle Eastern
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: When Gasoline burns, it turns into a vapor.
a. change Gasoline to gasoline
b. delete the comma after burns
c. change it to itself
d. change turns to turn
a. change Gasoline to gasoline
Give 3 examples of transition words.
first, second, third, next, then, after, as a result, although, before, meanwhile, finally, another, also, etc...
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: The pieces of wood change to smoke and ashes when the fire fades.
a. change wood to would
b. change change to changes
c. add a comma before "when"
d. make no change
d. make no change
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: Aw, you won't be able to ride a horse," he teased.
a. add quotation marks before Aw
b. change won't to wont
c. change he to his
d. no changes need to be made
a. add quotation marks before Aw
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: At last, we arrived at our lodge in South Fork Colorado. a. change arrived to arrive
b. change lodge to Lodge
c. add a comma after South Fork
d. make no change
c. add a comma after South Fork
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: Ultraviolet light can also be used to clean the air because it kills some germs bacteria, and viruses.
a. change germs to jerms
b. add a colon after kills
c. add a comma after germs
d. no change needs to be made
c. add a comma after germs
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: Because summer is so close I'm going to buy a swimsuit.
a. change buy to by
b. change I'm to I am
c. add a comma after "close"
d. make no change
c. add a comma after "close"
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: I went to bed that night with visions of galloping on a horse threw open fields, up jagged mountain ridges, and across raging rivers.
a. change night to knight
b. change threw to through
c. delete the comma after fields
d. change raging rivers to Raging Rivers
b. change threw to through
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: He talked as if he had been riding horses for years, when in fact, like me, he hadn't never ridden before.
a. change for to fore
b. delete the comma after years
c. change hadn't never to had never
d. no change is needed
c. change hadn't never to had never
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: We can better understand how to stop rust, kill harmfull viruses, and prevent fires.
a. change We to Us
b. change harmfull to harmful
c. change fires to fires'
d. make no change
b. change harmfull to harmful
Give 3 ways to hook a reader.
Possible answers: Just imagine, onomatopoeia, alliteration, catching statement, descriptive image, hyperbole, quote, interesting fact, etc.
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: What explains this transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly.
a. change explains to explians
b. change this to these
c. change the period to a question mark
d. no changes need to be made
c. change the period to a question mark
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: My brother had trouble with his american paint horse from the beginning.
a. change horse to hoarse
b. add a colon after with
c. change american to American
d. make no change
c. change american to American
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: My fellow students and me think that student book clubs will make reading exciting again.
a. change me to I
b. add a comma after make
c. change student to students
d. no changes need to be made
a. change me to I
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: As the population of the United States grows, the need for power increases.
a. change United States to United States'
b. delete the comma after grows
c. change increases to increase
d. no changes need to be made
d. no changes need to be made
Which of the following should be italicized?:
A. Jackson Creek, Texas
B. AMCMS
C. To Kill a Mockingbird
D. English
C. To Kill a Mockingbird
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: Students will be free to read modern books like The Hunger Games or Harry Potter and the deathly hallows.
a. change Students to Student's
b. change and to And
c. change The Hunger Games to The hunger games
d. change deathly hallows to Deathly Hallows
d. change deathly hallows to Deathly Hallows
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: Finally, book clubs will make students better-readers.
a. change delete the comma after Finally
b. change will make to made
c. change better-readers to better readers
d. no changes need to be made
c. change better-readers to better readers
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: There are three important types of chemical properties the ability to burn, the ability to react with oxygen, and the ability to react with light.
a. change are to is
b. change types to type
c. add a colon after properties
d. change the comma after oxygen to a semicolon
c. add a colon after properties