which sentence correctly shows how the apostrophe is used to form a contraction

Question

The storm's arrival on Friday will bring much-needed rain
The missing notebook contained all of teacher's information for the field
Molly's options for course to study next semester are unlimited
Fred noted it's poor time to plant spring flowers until after the last frost

Answer 1

The sentence that correctly shows how the apostrophe is used to form a contraction is:

Fred noted it's poor time to plant spring flowers until after the last frost.

In this sentence, "it's" is the contraction for "it is."

However, it’s worth noting that the sentence is grammatically incorrect because "it's" should be used as "it is," and the correct phrase should be "it’s a poor time."

Let’s break down the other sentences:

• "The storm's arrival on Friday will bring much-needed rain." (Here, “storm's” shows possession, not contraction.)
• "The missing notebook contained all of teacher's information for the field." (Here, “teacher's” also shows possession, not contraction.)
• "Molly's options for course to study next semester are unlimited." (Again, “Molly's” shows possession.)

Therefore, the correct answer for contraction usage is indeed Fred's sentence, though grammatically it needs adjustment.

Answer 2

which punctuation mark should be used to offset speech tags in a quotation
semicolon
dash
comma
period

Answer 3

The correct punctuation mark to use to offset speech tags in a quotation is a comma.

For example:

• “I will be there soon,” she said.

Here, the comma is used to separate the quoted speech from the speech tag.

Answer 4

which sentence contains coordinate adjectives
Mr. Tanner is a new science teacher at Windsor Middle School
Mr. Tanner is an inspiring, smart, energetic science teacher
Mr. Tanner is an a amazing seventh-grade science teacher
Mr. Tanner is my sister's seventh-grade science teacher at Windsor Middle School

Answer 5

The sentence that contains coordinate adjectives is:

Mr. Tanner is an inspiring, smart, energetic science teacher.

Coordinate adjectives are adjectives that modify the same noun and are usually separated by commas. In this case, "inspiring," "smart," and "energetic" are all adjectives describing "science teacher."

Answer 6

The PTA agree to fund a fall field trip. The seventh-grade class vote on the destination. Some votes for the zoo; other vote for the museum. After the vote, the student council announce that the zoo is in the winner.
Rewrite the paragraph so that all subjects and verbs agree

Answer 7

Here’s the revised paragraph with corrected subject-verb agreement:

The PTA agreed to fund a fall field trip. The seventh-grade class voted on the destination. Some voted for the zoo; others voted for the museum. After the vote, the student council announced that the zoo was the winner.

Answer 8

Everyone is exited for the pep rally. Katie and Jill are in charge of blowing up the balloons, her least favorite task. They hate how the balloons have to be completely full or it wont float. On the other side of the gym, Sam is practicing cheer routine. If she doesn't practice, you could embarrass yourself. Last to arrive are Brynn and Avery with the shirts to give away. As long as everybody does her part, the pep rally will be a success.
Revise the following paragraph for correct pronoun agreement

Answer 9

Here’s the revised paragraph with corrected pronoun agreement:

Everyone is excited for the pep rally. Katie and Jill are in charge of blowing up the balloons, their least favorite task. They hate how the balloons have to be completely full or they won't float. On the other side of the gym, Sam is practicing her cheer routine. If she doesn't practice, she could embarrass herself. Last to arrive are Brynn and Avery with the shirts to give away. As long as everyone does their part, the pep rally will be a success.