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Jeremy stood in front of the mirror. Tomorrow would be his first day at Caldon Middle School. He felt great when he had a ball in his hands, but he always felt nervous about meeting new friends. He wished that he had something interesting to say. Then he...

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Which is a complete sentence? Answer options with 4 options 1. Jet and George, being best friends. 2. Be on time if you can. 3. Before your homework is done. 4. Kat who has green eyes and black hair.

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n avid reader since childhood, Jola found the book fair fascinating. Question Which is another way to write this sentence? Answer options with 4 options 1. Jola, an avid reader since childhood, found the book fair fascinating. 2. Jola found the book fair...

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When I was just a little kid, A monster ,fill in the blank, beneath my bed, But when I vowed to face my fear, I found the monster wasn't there. Though monsters sometimes reappear, I'm growing braver year by year! Question Isabel wants to add a word to the...

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Which sentence shows the apostrophe (') used correctly? Answer options with 4 options 1. The sweater was Eli's, not Rosalies. 2. The sweater was Elis, not Rosalie's. 3. The sweater was Eli's, not Rosalie's. 4. The sweater was Elis', not Rosalies'.

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Which sentence shows the apostrophe (') used correctly?

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Although the Magna Carta was signed in 1215, its message is still important today. They established the idea that people have the right to limit the powers of government. Question Which revision of the second sentence corrects the vague pronoun problem ,b...

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[1] The development of new types of blacksmith techniques in medieval times led to the widespread use of steel armor to protect soldiers during wartime. [2] The earliest version of the armor was called "mail." [3] Mail was clunky and heavy. [4] It deflect...

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Many people agree that the ,begin underline,invention,end underline, of the ,begin underline,computer,end underline, is one of the greatest ,begin underline,acheivements,end underline, of the ,begin underline,twentieth,end underline, century. Question Whi...

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Every year my school puts on a play. My friends and I are part of the stage crew. One of the tasks ,begin bold,[we],end bold, do is build and paint large scenery panels. We want ,begin bold,[it],end bold, to look as realistic as possible. If the scenery p...

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Which sentence is ,begin emphasis,not,end emphasis, punctuated correctly? Answer options with 4 options 1. The book ,begin underline,Frankenstein,end underline, was written by Mary Shelley, who wrote the novel at age 19. 2. The story is about a doctor who...

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Some people are very careful to reduce waste by recycling paper and plastic. However, they may not realize the importance of conserving water. Taking a 10-minute shower uses more water than is really needed to get clean. A long shower also wastes fuel, si...

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Which is a complete sentence? Answer options with 4 options 1. The weather having been somewhat rainier than usual during last November. 2. When we saw the unusual assortment of stamps in the tattered album. 3. Ruined beyond repair after the storm was a s...

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Which sentence is punctuated correctly? Answer options with 4 options 1. The house next door, as a matter of fact has been for sale for nearly two years. 2. You're quite right Mr. Kendrick, that our department store does need a personal shopper. 3. The re...

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Forced to sprint the length of the basketball court a dozen times, it was an especially tough practice. Question How should the sentence be rewritten to correct the dangling modifier? Answer options with 4 options 1. The players had an especially tough pr...

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Read the argumentative essay Julio is writing. He wants to improve his transition from paragraph 2 to paragraph 3. Choose the transitional word or phrase that ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, achieves Julio's goal. Response area with 1 blank spaces para...

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Jack struggled with the shifts in temperature the frosty air of the early morning became a baking heat by midday. Question Which revision corrects the run-on sentence? Answer options with 4 options 1. Jack struggled with the shifts in temperature, the fro...

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Al is writing a report for school. He is using this question to guide his research: "What were the major conflicts within the main political parties during the Civil War?" Which source will ,begin emphasis,most,end emphasis, likely provide information rel...

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Which is a prepositional phrase? Answer options with 4 options 1. once used 2. cheering vigorously 3. when seen 4. by hand

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"Blue whales ,begin underline,are gentle giants and the largest animals in the world, but their food consists of tiny, shrimp-like animals called krill. These gentle giants,end underline, can eat up to 12,000 pounds of krill a day." Question This excerpt...

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When a tree sapling is very young, they must have the benefits of water and food or nutrients. Question Which error was made in this sentence? Answer options with 4 options 1. There should be no comma after the word "young." 2. The wrong verb comes after...

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The day began with an icy blast [1] the kind that shakes an entire house. Molly lay in bed [2] and tried to speculate on what effect the cold wind would have on her cross-country race that day. She reasoned that the wind blows on everybody [3] moreover, s...

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Read the paragraph from Dayita's report. She wants to make sure she is using precise and accurate language. Consider each pair of words and choose the ,begin emphasis,most,end emphasis, precise and accurate word from each set. Response area with 4 radio b...

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Alaska's amazing scenery and wildlife makes the state worth a visit. Question Which revision of the sentence corrects the subject-verb agreement problem? Answer options with 4 options 1. Alaska's amazing scenery and wildlife is what makes the state worth...

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The ten summer camp kids I'm teaching are seated around a weathered-gray wood picnic table in Woodland Park, paper squares at the ready. I explain to them that Japanese paper folding, or origami, is an art, a skill, a tradition. I say that our fingers kno...

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Which sentence contains a relative pronoun? Answer options with 4 options 1. That is my dog running across the street. 2. Carrots are a favorite food of rabbits. 3. When I play video games, I know I should be reading a book. 4. People who drink five glass...

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The young senator had a reputation for seeking out contrasting opinions on matters of importance. Everyone's input was appreciated, encouraged, and carefully considered. She made an effort to be ,begin underline,fair,end underline, even when members of he...

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"Getting enough sleep ,begin underline,is as important as eating right and exercising regularly. After a good night's sleep, people feel refreshed and alert. Also, sleep,end underline, helps the body remain healthy." Question This excerpt will be quoted i...

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Choose the missing word or words. Information Of all the math problems in the book, they did this one ,fill in the blank, . Answer options with 4 options 1. more easily 2. most easily 3. easiest 4. easier

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Read the paragraphs from an argumentative essay that Stan is writing. Move to each blank the word or phrase that ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, connects the ideas in the paragraphs. Response area with 2 blank spaces One of the goals of instituting a c...

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Before every game, my coach always says the same thing "I believe in you." Question Which sentence has the correct punctuation? Answer options with 4 options 1. Before every game, my coach always says the same thing: "I believe in you." 2. Before every ga...

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Are you a morning person or a night person? Some people feel energized at night and are referred to as "night owls." Morning people—those who leap out of bed prepared to take on the day—get the nickname "larks." Some research has shown that the old adage...

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Use caution when crossing the street. You should always look both ways before you attempt to cross. Check to be sure that there is no traffic coming before you move forward. If possible, use the crosswalk when you cross the street. The crosswalk signal wi...

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Night is for sorrow and dawn is for joy, Chasing the troubles that fret and annoy; Darkness for sighing and daylight for song,— Cheery and chaste the strain, heartfelt and strong. All the night through, though I moan in the dark, I wake in the morning to...

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Alex shifted uneasily as he pressed the doorbell next to a massive carved wood door. He was standing in the stone-paved entryway of the home of the town's most notable citizen, the writer Stephen Renway. Situated on a bluff over the river, the home displa...

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Nicolaus Copernicus was one of the first great astronomers of the ,begin bold,Renaissance,end bold,. Copernicus challenged the Earth-centered view of the Universe that had been popular in Europe for nearly 2,000 years. He theorized that the Sun, rather th...

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King Lear has divided his kingdom among his daughters. Two of his daughters, Regan and Goneril, are greedy and superficial and soon betray their father. They convince members of the court to turn against the king and manage to completely undermine his aut...

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Beloved Regan, Thy sister's naught. O Regan, ,begin underline,she hath tied,end underline, ,begin underline,Sharp-tooth'd unkindness, like a vulture, here!,end underline, ,begin italics,[Lays his hand on his heart.],end italics, I can scarce speak to thee...

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from ,begin bold,The State of Georgia March 16, 1870,end bold, Mr. President, I rise at this particular juncture in the discussion of the Georgia bill with feelings which perhaps never before entered into the experience of any member of this body. I rise,...

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from ,begin bold,Discourse on Woman,end bold, The lecturer regarded the announcement of woman's achievements, and the offering of appropriate praise through the press, as a gross innovation upon the obscurity of female life—he complained that the exhibiti...

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Two centuries ago, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left St. Louis to explore the new lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. They made that journey in the spirit of discovery, to learn the potential of vast new territory and to chart a way for others...

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So many cares to vex the day, So many fears to haunt the night, My heart was all but weaned away From every lure of old delight. Then summer came, announced by June, With beauty, miracle and mirth. She hung aloft the rounding moon, She poured her sunshine...

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The imagination has oft painted Howard University as a temple—a temple of knowledge,—a temple for the teaching of justice; a temple for the upbuild of mankind. Let us then hold its form to our imagination, pearly white as the palaces of the South, straigh...

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The storms that break and sweep about my feet, The winds that blow and tear, the rains that fall, Shall not the courage of my soul appall; I shall be conqueror, tho' sore defeat O'erwhelm the outbound keels of all my fleet Of dreams; tho' not one tattered...

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Who says the Indian race is vanishing? The Indians will not vanish. The feathers, paint and moccasin will vanish, but the Indians,—never! Just as long as there is a drop of human blood in America, the Indians will not vanish. His spirit is everywhere; the...

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This little fellow had his acquaintances among his father's friends, and I chanced to be one of them. He never failed to seek me out in the crowd, shake hands, and make some pleasant remark; and this, in a boy of ten years of age, was, to say the least, e...

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A stream cannot rise higher than its source. The atmosphere of homes is no rarer and purer and sweeter than are the mothers in those homes. A race is but a total of families. The nation is the aggregate of its homes. As the whole is sum of all its parts,...

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The landscape of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is the result of various geological processes over the last 150 million years. Here, Earth's crust has been compressed, pulled apart, glaciated, eroded, and subjected to volcanism. All of this geologic ac...

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