Biographies

1. Look at the Mae Jemison article. What is the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4?

• A. She is an astronaut, medical doctor, and a surgeon.

• B. She is an astronaut, and a medical doctor, and a surgeon.

• C. Not only is she an astronaut, but she is also a medical doctor and a surgeon.

• D. No revision needed.

2. Look at the Jesse Owens article. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

• A. Change one to won.

• B. Change two to too.

• C. Change medals to meddles.

• D. Sentence 3 should not be changed.

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3. Look at the Jesse Owens article. What change should be made in sentence 4?

• A. Change Jesse's to Jesse

• B. Change was to were

• C. Change broken to breaking

• D. Change the period to a question mark.

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4. Look at the Harriet Tubman article. What is the correct way to write sentence 5?

• Harriet helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom, to the Northern United States and Canada.

• Harriet helped over 300 slaves, escape to freedom to the Northern United States and Canada.

• Harriet helped over 300 slaves and escaped to freedom to the Northern United States and Canada.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

5. Look at the Garrett Morgan article. What is the correct way to write sentence 3?

• A. He also invented a gas mask, using it to rescue miners. Who were trapped in an underground mine.

• B. He also invented a gas mask, using it to rescue miners, who were trapped in an underground mine.

• C. He also invented a gas mask that was used to rescue miners who were trapped in an underground mine.

• D. The sentence is written correctly in the article.

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6. Look at the Garrett Morgan article. Which transition word or phrase could BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 4?

• A. Yet

• B. Afterwards

• C. In addition

• D. For example

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