Grammar Practice (Credit: TCAP Released 8)

Passage 1: Which change, if any, should be made to the underlined text?

ambicious

• ambisious

• ambitious

• ambitous

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Passage 1: Which change, if any, shows the best way to revise the underlined text?

After many years of hard work, he made a discovery. After a great deal of research, he discovered electrons. Electrons are fundamental particles of matter.

• He made a discovery after many years. He discovered fundamental particles called electrons after a great deal of research.

• After many years of research and hard work, he discovered the fundamental particles of matter called electrons.

• After many years of hard work, he discovered a fundamental particle of matter called electrons after a great deal of research.

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Passage 1: Which change, if any, should be made to the underlined text?

Joined together into molecules, tiny atoms making up everything in the world.

• Since being joined together into molecules, tiny atoms making up everything in the world.

• Everything in the world being made up of tiny atoms joined together into molecules.

• Tiny atoms, joined together into molecules, make up everything in the world.

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Passage 1: Which change, if any, shows the best way to revise the underlined text?

Nonetheless, the fact that there were particles even smaller than molecules or atoms was discovered by Rutherford.

• Nonetheless, particles even smaller than molecules or atoms were discovered by Rutherford.

• Nonetheless, Rutherford discovered that there were particles even smaller than molecules or atoms.

• Nonetheless, the fact that was discovered by Rutherford was that there were particles even smaller than molecules or atoms.

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Passage 1: Which change, if any, should be made to the underlined text?

the atom just as bits of fruit in a pudding does

• the atom just as bits of fruit in a pudding do

• the atoms just as a bit of fruit in a pudding do

• the atoms just as a bit of fruit in a pudding have done

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Passage 2: Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?

Eyeing the practice goal at the far end of the frozen pond he slipped

• Eyeing the practice goal, at the far end of the frozen pond he, slipped

• Eyeing the practice goal, at the far end of the frozen pond he slipped

• Eyeing the practice goal at the far end of the frozen pond, he slipped

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Passage 2: Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?

If the world were to fall away,

• If the world will fall away

• If the world is falling away

• If the world falls away

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Passage 2: Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?

ice he

• ice, but he

• ice, he

• ice. He

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Passage 2: Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?

teammate’s disappointed faces

• teammates disappointed face’s

• teammates’ disappointed faces

• teammate’s disappointed faces’

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Passage 2: Which change, if any, is needed to the underlined text?

more important

• most important

• fully important

• best important

• No change