Revising Practice

(1) During the summer of 2006, YouTube was one of the fastest growing sites on the web. (2) The website uploaded more than 65,000 new videos and had 100 million video views per day that July.  (3) It was ranked one of the most popular websites.
Which transition word or phrase could BEST be added to the beginning of sentence 3?

• For example
• However
• Soon
• In conclusion

YouTube quickly became popular because it was easy to use, and it was popular by entertaining young people.

What is the BEST way to revise this sentence?

• YouTube quickly became popular because it was easy to use and entertaining to young people.

• YouTube quickly became popular because it was easy to use, it was also entertaining to young people.

• Quickly popular because it was easy to use, YouTube was also entertaining to young people.

• Because YouTube quickly became popular, it was also entertaining to young people.

The following sentence pair should be combined to make a better sentence. Which is the best revision?

The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike.

• The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat.

• The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.

• On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.

• The tire on the bicycle is flat.

Choose the best conjunction to combine the sentence pair: Joe loves watching television. He hates soap operas.

• and
• but
• or

Which sentence could be added after sentence 1 to strengthen the introduction of this paper?

(1) In the times of the Middle Ages, many children dreamt of becoming a knight. (2) Usually one first became a page when one was eight years old. (3) As a page, a boy would serve his lord because he became a teenager. (4) Then he would become an esquire.

• A knight is very cool.

• Only boys could become knights.

• Only boys could become knights, and it took lots of training.

• Training to be a Knight.

Which word should replace the word "BECAUSE" in sentence 3 to best connect the two clauses?
(1) In the times of the Middle Ages, many children dreamt of becoming a knight. (2) Usually one first became a page when one was eight years old. (3) As a page, a boy would serve his lord because he became a teenager. (4) Then he would become an esquire. 

• until
• if
• while
• although

Choose the BEST way to combine sentences 3 and 4.
(1) Getting a drink isn't easy for the gecko lizard. (2) It lives on dry dessert sand dunes on the west coast of Africa. (3) Early each morning. (4) Cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air. 

• Early each morning the cool air from the ocean. Comes in and hits the warm coastal air.
• Early each morning. The cool air, from the ocean, comes in, and hits, the warm coastal air. 
• Early each morning, cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.
• Early each morning cool air from the ocean comes in, and hits the warm coastal air.

(1)One of the zoo goers favorite to view is the blankets in the chimp's enclosure.  (2)The keepers  use them to keep the chimps engaged and to encourage the expression of natural behaviors.  
I need a topic sentence for this paragraph.  Which sentence could come just before sentence 1 and help open this paragraph? 

• The chimps at the Houston Zoo enjoy many enrichment activities.
• Going to the zoo is a great way to spend the day.
• At the zoo there is a lot to do.
• There are many ways to encourage natural behaviors in animals at the zoo.

(7) Each week our parents would walk with us from school to the park to fly kites together. (8)There were only three of us in the Kite Society.
Which transition word or phrase could best be added to the beginning of sentence 8?

• After
• At first
• Because
• Finally

Which is the best way to combine these two sentences?

Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest. We even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest. We Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, but we even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, and we even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, yet we even keep track of who wins.

• Sometimes we have contest to see who runs the fastest, or we even keep track of who wins.