Sentence Revision Quiz LBJ

What change should be made to the following sentence?
It just comes with the territory, especially when you have a brother, who is the epitome of cool.

• change comes to come's
• change especially to specially
• delete the comma after brother
• make no change

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

What change should be made to this sentence?
I had always been fascinated with chemistry, biology, and math, but since those interests hadn't fit Tyson's definition of cool, I had never pursued it.

• change fascinated to fasinated
• delete the comma after cool
• Change had never pursued to hadn't never pursued
• change it to them

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2C

What change should be made to this sentence?
As we organized teams, prepared resourses, practiced answering questions, and trained for the annual tournament, I felt more connected than I ever had to any sport.

• change resourses to resources
• change the comma after tournament to a period
• change than to then
• no change should be made

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2C

What is the correct way to rewrite this sentence?
Yes, I'm Tyson's little brother, but that's only part of my identity, I'm a cool guy in my own way, too.

• Yes, I'm Tyson's little brother, that's only part of my identity, though, I'm a cool guy in my own way, too.
• Yes, I'm Tyson's little brother, but that's only part of my identity. Because I'm a cool guy in my own way, too.
• Yes, I'm Tyson's little brother, but that's only part of my identity. I'm a cool guy in my own way, too.
• It's correct as it is

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

How should this sentence be changed?
The designs were more sophistacated, and my dreams had broadened.

• change were to are
• change sophistacated to
  sophisticated
• delete and
• make no change

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
That takes a university education.

• change takes to take
• change university to University
• Insert quotation marks after the period
• Make no change

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

What change should be made in the following sentence?
The lady was good, but it wasn't her skill that got her attention, it was her age.

• delete but
• change her skill to no skill
• change my to our
• change the comma after attention to a semicolon

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

How should the following sentence be changed?
I admired her ability to pick up a split, but I also appreciated her advise.

• change admired to admirred
• change the comma to a semicolon
• make no change
• change advise to advice

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.9-10.2C

What is the correct way to write the following sentence?
It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was Bessie Richards, she was a recording artist of the 1960s.

• It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was Bessie Richards. Who was a recording artist of the 1960s.
• It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag. She was Bessie Richards, a recording artist of the 1960s.
• It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was Bessie Richards. A recording artist of the 1960s.
• It turned out this lady with the pink bowling bag was Bessie Richards, a recording artist of the 1960s.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?
A year past since I last bowled with Bessie, and I've resumed my drawing.

• change past to passed
• delete and
• change resumed to resummed
• make no change

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2