4th Grade Thursday 3/20 ARMS Questions

Which of the following sentences is correctly revised for clarity?

• The cat, which was black, sat on the mat.

• The black cat sat on the mat.

• The mat was sat on by the cat, which was black.

• On the mat, the cat sat, which was black.

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Identify the sentence that has improved coherence by rearranging ideas.

• She went to the store. She bought apples. She likes apples.

• She likes apples, so she went to the store and bought some.

• Apples she bought because she went to the store.

• She went to the store, she bought apples, she likes apples.

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Which sentence has been revised to improve word choice?

• The big dog barked loudly.

• The large dog barked loudly.

• The enormous dog barked thunderously.

• The dog barked loudly.

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Choose the sentence that best combines the following ideas for clarity: "The sun was setting. The sky turned orange."

• The sun was setting, and the sky turned orange.

• The sky turned orange because the sun was setting.

• The sun setting, the sky turned orange.

• As the sun was setting, the sky turned orange.

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Which of the following sentences has been revised to improve sentence structure?

• The boy ran quickly to the store.

• Quickly, the boy ran to the store.

• The boy to the store ran quickly.

• The store was quickly ran to by the boy.

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Select the sentence that best rearranges ideas for coherence: "The rain stopped. We went outside. We played."

• We went outside and played after the rain stopped.

• The rain stopped, we went outside, we played.

• We played after the rain stopped and went outside.

• After the rain stopped, we went outside and played.

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Which sentence has been revised to improve clarity by deleting unnecessary words?

• The small, tiny kitten was very cute.

• The kitten was cute.

• The kitten, which was small and tiny, was cute.

• The cute kitten was small and tiny.

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Identify the sentence that uses strategic thinking to improve coherence: "The cake was delicious. It was chocolate. Everyone loved it."

• The chocolate cake was delicious, and everyone loved it.

• Everyone loved the cake, it was chocolate and delicious.

• The cake was delicious, chocolate, and everyone loved it.

• Delicious and chocolate, everyone loved the cake.

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Which sentence has been revised to improve sentence structure and clarity?

• The girl, who was tired, went to bed.

• Tired, the girl went to bed.

• The girl went to bed, she was tired.

• The girl went to bed because she was tired.

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Choose the sentence that best combines the following ideas for strategic thinking: "The dog barked. The mailman arrived. The dog was excited."

• The dog barked excitedly when the mailman arrived.

• The mailman arrived, the dog barked, it was excited.

• Excited, the dog barked when the mailman arrived.

• The dog was excited, it barked when the mailman arrived.

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