Rephrasing Sentences Quiz

Choose the option that best rephrases the underlined part of the sentence, maintaining the original meaning. "Just off the tip of Point Loma, San Diego, California, the Cabrillo National Monument sits."

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• The Cabrillo National Monument sits in San Diego, California, just off the tip of Point Loma.

• Just off the tip of Point Loma, sits the Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, California.

• In San Diego, just off the tip of Point Loma, California, sits the Cabrillo National Monument.

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined portion of the sentence, if it needs to be corrected. "The monument, with its fourteen-foot-high statue, of Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo is a striking commemoration of an important event in American history. But few today know"

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• fourteen-foot-high statue of Portuguese explorer Juan Cabrillo,

• fourteen-foot-high statue of Portuguese, explorer Juan Cabrillo,

• fourteen-foot-high statue of Portuguese explorer, Juan Cabrillo,

Choose the option that best fills in the blank in the following sentence: "But few today know much about the man, _____ is honored there."

Choose the option that best fits the blank labeled with the number 4 in the passage.

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• Cabrillo was Portuguese, therefore

• Cabrillo was Portuguese, but

• Cabrillo was Portuguese, moreover

Choose the option that best fits the blank labeled with the number 5 in the passage.

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• He soon became one

• Cabrillo soon became a conquistador himself

• Cabrillo soon became one himself

Choose the option that best fits the blank labeled with the number 6 in the passage.

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• set sail to explore the Pacific Coast

• set sail on exploring up the Pacific Coast

• set sail on Pacific Coast exploration

Which of the following sentences would be the most effective introductory sentence for Paragraph 3?

• Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo landed at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542.

• Honor is very important to the Portuguese.

• San Diego sits at the southwestern tip of the continental United States.

• Most exploration of the Pacific Coast was done by Spaniards.

Choose the option that best fits the blank labeled [8] in the passage.

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• and

• with

• for

Cabrillo’s journey ______ in what is now Acapulco, Mexico, and ended far to the north at the Russian River in northern California. Despite its historical importance, Cabrillo’s expedition was not a universal success.

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• began

• is beginning

• has begun

Cabrillo’s expedition was not ________.

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• a total and universal success

• an entirely complete success

• absolutely a universal success