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Tablets make learning interactive, easy, and make it fun!

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 30?

A. Tablets make learning interactive, easy, and fun!

B. Tablets make interactive learning easy and fun!

C. Tablets make learning interactive, easy, and make learning fun!

D. Tablets make learning interactive, make learning easy, and make learning fun!

What is A. Tablets make learning interactive, easy, and fun!
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(22) La Salle never found the mouth of the Mississippi River. (23) He was killed by his own men.


What transition can BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 23?

A. For example

B. Instead

C. Of course

D. On the other hand

What is B. Instead?
100
La Salle wanted the Mississippi basin in the name of France.


Joan did not choose the most effective words in this sentence. What is the best change for her to make in this sentence?

A. Change La Salle to He

B. Change wanted to claimed

C. Change basin to land

D. Change name to kingdom

What is B. Change wanted to claimed?
100

(28) The ship was excavated using a cofferdam. (29) A cofferdam is a temporary enclosure built in the water.


What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?

A. The ship was excavated using a cofferdam and a temporary enclosure built in the water.

B. The ship was excavated using a cofferdam, this is a temporary enclosure built in the water.

C. The ship was excavated using a cofferdam, which is a temporary enclosure built in the water.

D. The ship was excavated using a cofferdam, built in the water, which is a temporary enclosure.

What is C: The ship was excavated using a cofferdam, which is a temporary enclosure built in the water.

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(1) In 1995, divers made an extraordinary discovery at the bottom of murky Matagorda Bay. (2) It was the remains of a 17th-century ship.


Which sentence could Joan add after sentence 2 to strengthen the introduction to her paper?

A. This paper will tell you all about this important discovery.

B. The discovery gives us a remarkable look into Texas's past.

C. Hundreds of ships have sunk off the Texas coast.

D. I visited Matagorda Bay last summer and learned all about this ship.

What is B: The discovery gives us a remarkable look into Texas's past?
200
It is believed in the Americas that the Mexican free-tailed bat is the most plentiful animal.


What is the best way to revise this sentence?

A. In the Americas, the Mexican free-tailed bat is believed to be the most plentiful mammal.

B. It is believed that the Mexican free-tailed bat is considered to be the most plentiful mammal in the Americas.

C. The Mexican free-tailed bat is believed to be the most plentiful mammal in the Americas.

D. Where it is believed in the Americas, the Mexican free-tailed bat is the most plentiful mammal.

What is A. In the Americas, the Mexican free-tailed bat is believed to be the most plentiful mammal?
200
(30) The name comes from chuck, a slang word for "food." (31) You would likely have found many other state symbols on chuck wagons. (32) They carried the state peppers (chiltepin and jalapeno), state bread (pan de campo), state vegetable (sweet Texas onion), and state dish (chili). 


What transition can BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 32?

A. Of course

B. For example

C. Afterward

D. As a result

What is B: For example?
200
Problems led La Salle to miss his intended target by nearly 400 miles!


A. change Problems to Incorrect maps

B. change miss to long for

C. change target to goal

D. change nearly to more than

What is A. change Problems to Incorrect maps?
200
(6) Texas actually has three state mammals. (7) All three were designated in 1995.


What is the best way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

A. Texas actually has three state mammals, which were all designated in 1995.

B. All of Texas's state mammals were designated in 1995.

C. Texas actually has three state mammals, all three were designated in 1995.

D. Texas actually has three state mammals; however, all three were designated in 1995.

What is A: Texas actually has three state mammals, which were all designated in 1995.

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(33) The Texas Historical Commission calls La Belle "one of the most important shipwrecks ever discovered in North America."


Joan would like to add a sentence to support the idea she presented in sentence 33. Which of these could BEST follow and support sentence 33?

A. The Texas Historical Commission is the state agency for historical preservation.

B. The wreck shows the supplies needed to establish a 17th-century colony in the New World.

C. Another important shipwreck is the USS Hatteras, the only U.S. warship sunk at sea in the gulf.

D. Archeologists even discovered the skeletal remains of a sailor lying over a coil of anchor rope.

What is D: Archeologists even discovered the skeletal remains of a sailor lying over a coil of anchor rope?

300
(4) But before the singer Selena made her career, other female Hispanic singers helped call attention to the music made by Tejano artists in the state of Texas and far and wide around the world.


What is the BEST way to revise sentence 4?

A. Other Hispanic singers helped to call attention to Tejano music.

B. But before Selena, other female Hispanic singers helped call attention to Tejano music, in Texas and around the world.

C. Other female Hispanic singers helped call attention to the music made by Tejano artists in the state of Texas and far and wide around the world, but before the singer Selena made her career.

D. But before the singer Selena made her career in the state of Texas and far and wide around the world, other female Hispanic singers helped call attention to the music made by Tejano artists.

What is D: But before the singer Selena made her career in the state of Texas and far and wide around the world, other female Hispanic singers helped call attention to the music made by Tejano artists? 
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(19) For many Mexicans-Americans, she was the Queen of Tejano. (20) She and Lydia Mendoza, another wonderful singer, have been called the Grandes de Texas, or "Texas Greats."


What transition can BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 20?

A. Meanwhile

B. For example

C. However

D. In addition

What is D: In addition?
300
(8) Schools must do more than just buy the tablets. (9)They also need to buy the textbook software, build a Wi-Fi structure, and train them.


A. change They to Schools

B. change need to want

C. change build to construct

D. change them to teachers

What is D. change them to teachers?
300
(6) In 1922, she was born in Brownsville, Texas. (7) She was the oldest of seven children.


What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?

A. In 1922, she was born in Brownsville, Texas, but she was the oldest of seven children.

B. In 1922, she was born in Brownsville, Texas, the oldest of seven children.

C. In 1922, she was born in Brownsville, Texas; the oldest of seven children.

D. In 1922, oldest of seven children, she was born in Brownsville, Texas.

What is B: In 1922, she was born in Brownsville, Texas, the oldest of seven children.

300
(15) Silva was known as La Reina del Bolero, or "the Queen of Bolero." 


Rosalie would like to add a sentence to support the idea she has presented in sentence 15. Which of these could BEST follow and support sentence 15?

A. There are many different kinds of Tejano music, including boleros.

B. This does not mean that Chelo Silva was a real queen; she was a singer.

C. A bolero is a type of song with very romantic and sentimental lyrics.

D. Bolero songs are the most popular form of Tejano music throughout Texas and Mexico, but cumbia songs are also popular.

What is C: A bolero is a type of song with very romantic and sentimental lyrics.

400

(9) If a person can look beyond the bad words, the violent acts, and the terrible situations detailed in the novels, they will see that Mr. Myers's books are about change and hope.


What is the best way to revise sentence 9?

A. If a person can look beyond the bad words, the violent acts, and the terrible situations detailed in the novels, you will see that Mr. Myers's books are about change and hope.

B. If people can look beyond the bad words, the violent acts, and the terrible situations detailed in the novels, they will see that Mr. Myers's books are about change and hope.

C. If they can look beyond the bad words, the violent acts, and the terrible situations detailed in the novels, they will see that Mr. Myers's books are about change and hope.

D. If people can look beyond the bad words, the violent acts, and the terrible situations detailed in the novels, the school board will see that Mr. Myers's books are about change and hope.

What is B: If people can look beyond the bad words, the violent acts, and the terrible situations detailed in the novels, they will see that Mr. Myers's books are about change and hope.

400
(9) If a person can look beyond the bad words, the violent acts, and the terrible situations detailed in the novels, they will see that Mr. Myers's books are about change and hope.(10) Racism and violence are still a part of daily life for many of us students.


What transition can be added to this sentence?

A. Subsequently

B. Nevertheless

C. For instance

D. Without a doubt

What is B. Nevertheless?
400
My opinion will supposedly not be very popular with my peers.


Some of the wording Tyrell used in this sentence is inappropriate. What is the BEST change for him to make in this sentence?

A. change opinion to viewpoint

B. change supposedly to probably

C. change popular with to despised by

D. change peers to friends

What is B. change supposedly to probably?
400
(16) You'll move from one part of the country to the other. (17) You'll be handed off from one regional control center to another.


What is the BEST way to combine these sentences?

A. However, you'll move from one part of the country to another when you'll be handed off from one regional control center to another.

B. As you move from one part of the country to another, you'll be handed off from one regional control center to another.

C. You'll move from one part of the country to another you'll be handed off from one regional control center to another.

D. You'll move from one part of the country to another after you'll be handed off from one regional control center to another.

What is B: As you move from one part of the country to another, you'll be handed off from one regional control center to another?

400
Silva was famous and a great figure in Texas history.


Rosalie wants to end her paper with an interesting closing thought. Which of these sentences could BEST replace this sentence and most effectively close her paper?

A. Although she was born in Texas, Chelo Silva was famous throughout the American Southwest and Mexico.

B. But no matter her title, Chelo Silva will always be one of the great heroes of Tejano culture to me.

C. Selena will always be the Queen of Tejano, but Chelo Silva is much more deserving of that title.

D. Chelo Silva has a star on the South Texas Walk of Fame in downtown Corpus Christie, Texas.

What is A: Although she was born in Texas, Chelo Silva was famous throughout the American Southwest and Mexico.

500
(1) Every state has its own symbols. (2) In a state as big and diverse as Texas, it is not surprising that we have so many. (3) Everyone knows the obvious symbols, like the bird or flower. (4) But did you know that we also have a state footwear? (5) Here are a few symbols you may not know.


Lydia wants to improve her introduction. How can she rewrite sentence 3 to provide more detail and imagery?

A. Texas is the second-largest state in the country, so of course we have a bunch of symbols!

B. The obvious symbols, like the bird and flower, are well known to even the smallest child in school, who has seen pictures in books and magazines.

C. Everyone has heard the call of our state bird, the mockingbird, or seen the fields of bright bluebonnets, the state flower.

D. Stepping outside, one is greeted by the many sights and sounds, some of which are state symbols.

What is D. Stepping outside, one is greeted by the many sights and sounds, some of which are state symbols.
500
(16) In addition, tablets can be very distracting. (17) What was your first thought when I mentioned replacing textbooks with tablets? (18) I bet it was how you'd be able to use your new tablet to play games and surf the Internet. (19) Unlike print textbooks, tablets have a multitude of uses. (20) They also have a multitude of distractions. (21) Apps, email, social media, games, and websites would all compete to pull your attention away from your assignment or teacher.


(22) Tablets also require a lot of bandwidth. (23) According to the FCC, students need broadband access at home to be able to do Internet-based homework.

Tyrell would like to add a transition word or phrase to help readers move from the first paragraph to the second. Which of these is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of sentence 22?

A. However

B. Lastly

C. In conclusion

D. For that reason

What is B. Lastly?
500
Students researched the subject and sent them to a state representative.


Lydia needs to clarify the meaning of this sentence. What is the most effective way to do this?

A. change Students to They

B. change subject to topic

C. change them to their findings

D. change representative to legislator

What is change them to their findings?
500
(4) In the 1870's, some immigrants came to Texas from Germany and from Ireland.


What is the BEST way to revise this sentence?

A. In the 1870's, some immigrants came to Texas, who came from Germany and from Ireland.

B. In the 1870's, some immigrants came to Texas from Germany also from Ireland.

C. In the 1870's, some immigrants came to Texas from Germany and Ireland.

D. In the 1870's, some immigrants to Texas came because of Germany and from Ireland.

What is C: In the 1870's, some immigrants came to Texas from Germany and Ireland?

500
(4) The design by architect E.E. Myers was chosen in a national competition. (5) One of the most striking features of the Texas Capitol is the dome, which is almost identical to the one found on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.


Marcus needs more support for the idea he is presenting in this paragraph. Which sentence could BEST follow sentence 5 and help develop the main idea of this paragraph?

A. Myers drew inspiration from the buildings of Renaissance Italy using a style known as Renaissance Revival.

B. The buildings of Renaissance Italy influenced the building of the Capitol, a style seen in many different public buildings.

C. Renaissance Italy provided the design of the Texas State Capitol as part of Renaissance Revival.

D. Myers drew his designs on the buildings of Renaissance Italy to create the Renaissance Revival style for the Capitol.

What is A: Myers drew inspiration from the buildings of Renaissance Italy using a style known as Renaissance Revival.